This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. The real dogfight in the music business these days is not the fight over the number-one record, but rather the fight over S. 2644. S.2644 is the bill ...

I was on the air, midway through broadcasting my Sunday night radio show on KCRW, when the news broke about the passing of David Bowie. Stunned by the revelation and reeling a bit from the impact, I ...

For KCRW, I'm Nick Madigan of the Baltimore Sun with Minding the Media. If you're a devotee of this radio station, or of National Public Radio in general, you probably don't spend a lot of time ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On The Beat for KCRW. In the last 10 years, commercial radio station ownership has changed dramatically. In that same timeframe, the music business has witnessed its most ...

This Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. I live in New York City, the city that never fails to surprise me. Just this morning, while taking a cab, the taxi driver turned around at a red light ...

This is Celia Hirschman for On The Beat, with KCRW. The goal of every major label is to try and get a song on commercial radio. If a radio station's playlist was made soley on the basis of the music, ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. The current issue facing Internet radio streaming has heated to unprecedented levels. On June 26, KCRW participated in a "Day of Silence" for ...

. . . Who calls the shots and what are the ethical and legal questions surrounding the way the biz works? Join KCRW-s Music Director, Nic Harcourt, in lively conversation with industry insiders and ...

Everyone in the music business knows, that the most effective way to sell records in America, is consistent and considerable airplay on commercial radio. And yet, one of the biggest complaints I hear, ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat on KCRW. Imagine...driving down the highway, with a radio talk show blaring. It's your dental hygienist on the air, discussing the pros and cons of the Iraqi ...

UK Magazine Straight No Chaser was first launched in 1988 as a “designer fanzine,” calling itself the “magazine of World Jazz Jive.” The magazine, co-edited by KCRW favorite Gilles Peterson, persists ...