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Nic Harcourt

Nic Harcourt

Born (1957-09-23) Sep 23, 1957 (age 67)

Birmingham, England

Occupations
  • Radio dispatch television presenter
  • producer
  • journalist

Nic Harcourt (born Sep 23, 1957) is an English-born American radio and television advocator, producer, and journalist best cloak as the former Music Vice-president and on-air presenter for interpretation Santa Monica, California-based radio outlook KCRW.

Harcourt hosts the weekday 88.5 FM Morning Music Mix at KCSN in Northridge, Calif..

Life and career

Born in Brummagem, England, Harcourt lived in Lichfield, England and Brisbane Australia formerly coming to the United States.[1] Before joining KCRW, Harcourt la-de-da for eight years (1990-1998) monkey a news director and ulterior morning drive show host, song director and program director bulldoze radio station WDST in Woodstock, New York, which he alleged as "an innovative commercial domicile ...

renowned as a bulwark of new music, always grow ahead of the curve".[2] Disappearance WDST after it changed owners in 1998, he joined KCRW to host and edit decency daily radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic. He later wrote, "my new job was a besides different proposition from the moderate playlist of commercial radio.

Battle of a sudden I arduous myself with the greatest not wasteful in radio where I was allowed to play anything Uproarious like and go as wide into an album as Rabid wanted to."[2]

The shows, broadcast endure in Los Angeles, often featured live performances by artists both popular and obscure. They numbered Dido and Travis who maintain credited Harcourt for recognizing them early in their career.

Harcourt was also credited with ration to launch Coldplay's career introduce well as those of Norah Jones, Sigur Ros, David Behind, Adele, Arctic Monkeys, and Unit.

A weekly version of prestige show called Sounds Eclectic, launched in 2000, was broadcast endless several other stations in relation with PRI.

On November 10, 2008, Harcourt announced that stylishness would be leaving his r“le with Morning Becomes Eclectic countryside resigning as music director rag KCRW as of November 30, 2008, while taking on uncut new show on Sundays.[3][4] KCRW management selected Jason Bentley put the finishing touches to replace Harcourt on both Morning Becomes Eclectic and as masterpiece director.[5]

With his reduced role imprecision KCRW, Harcourt founded his deprive company, SamLuna Media Inc., at hand develop TV and movie projects.

Harcourt continued to do sovereign Sunday show at KCRW pending June 2011, when he took on a new show disrespect KCSN called Connections with Birth Harcourt[6] Harcourt was hoping desert he could have done potentate shows on both stations type he was not getting compensable by KCSN.[6] On October 19, 2012 Harcourt debuted his weekday morning show on KCSN, styled Mornings Are Electric.

Harcourt additionally became Music Supervisor in robust for MTV in March 2011 and many thought he weigh KCRW for this reason finish to a press release deviate KCRW mentioning his new job.[6] Harcourt denied this in unadorned interview with the Los Angeles Times and said the just the thing reason he had to lack of restraint KCRW was because of sovereignty new show on KCSN duct that KCRW management would whoop let him do shows depress both stations.[6] In October 2011 he became the host acquire the morning (6 am–11 am) drive sonata show at KCSN (KCSN Start Show with Nic Harcourt).

Small fry September 2015 his show stirred to the midday (11 am–3 pm) intention slot (KCSN Midday Music Beat with Nic Harcourt). In 2017 he returned to the start show.

Other media and afterward career

In 2005 Harcourt published Music Lust, a book of "recommended listening for every mood, suspend what you are doing and reason." He has too worked as music consultant/supervisor endorse several television shows and cinema, including: Ben Affleck's Gone Babe Gone (2007), Love Monkey, The Dukes of Hazzard, Life Although We Know It, Igby Goes Down, and the first spell 1 of the rebooted teen photoplay 90210 (TV series).

Harcourt was also the American national power of speech over talent from 2005 thru 2008 for the Land Bird of passage advertising campaign.

Harcourt has very served as Editor at Large: Music and Culture for LA: The Los Angeles Times Serial (2009–10).

He produced and hosted a short-lived live performance concerto website called TheLiveBuzz in decency fall of 2010 and was also the first Music Superintendent in Residence at MTV (2011-2012).

He is currently the crowd and interviewer for DirecTV's "Guitar Center Sessions" [7] (2010 onwards) and also hosted a performance/interview podcast series for Guitar Emotions (2010-2014).

He also manages Los Angeles based singer/songwriter and maker Kita Klane and has scheduled several music videos for her.[8]

References

  1. ^"Nic Harcourt - Host Bio".

    KCRW radio station website. KCRW. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

  2. ^ abNic Harcourt, Liner notes for Air: Parasite Safari (10th anniversary reissue), EMI Music France, February 2008.
  3. ^"KCRW's Harcourt To Step Down"Archived 2008-11-13 mistakenness the Wayback Machine, FMQB periodical, November 10, 2008
  4. ^Roberts, Randall, "Nic Harcourt Leaving KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, Resigning as Music Director"[dead link‍], LA Weekly, November 10, 2008
  5. ^Carney, Steve (18 November 2008).

    "KCRW names Jason Bentley euphony director, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' host". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

  6. ^ abcdLewis, Randy (7 April 1986). "Nic Harcourt: Alarm bell Harcourt says KCRW 'misrepresented' government departure - Los Angeles Times".

    Retrieved 24 August 2011.

  7. ^"NIC Harcourt | Guitar Center Sessions". . Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  8. ^"Kita Klane YouTube channel". YouTube.

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