After 32 years as General Manager of Santa Monica College’s public radio station KCRW-89.9 FM and www.KCRW.com, Ruth Seymour has announced that she is retiring at the end of February. Former URB editor and current KCRW music director and Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bently had this to say:
Ruth Seymour has been our fearless leader at KCRW from the beginning, so of course today’s announcement was hard to comprehend. Ruth is one of those personalities that you seldom come across in life – a real original. She built the station over 32 years with a strong vision and an instinct for talent into the highly regarded beacon for music, news, and culture we are today. All the while broadcasting from modest basement studios converted from classrooms at Santa Monica College, relying on countless volunteers, and of course the support of listeners to make a difference. She brought people together with a sense of purpose and integrity, to serve the community through this extraordinary medium – public radio. Looking forward, my sense having been at the station for a couple decades now myself, and more recently in the role of Music Director, is that she leaves us in the best position to continue to grow and (re)define the meaning of great radio to an audience worldwide.
Jason Bentley (November 18, 2009)
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