I got to work with Joe Frank as a recording engineer and mixer in the mid-1990s. By this time he had already created award-winning audio masterpieces. Stories so intimate they…
Radio legend Joe Frank died Monday. He was 79. Press Play talked to some of the people who worked with Frank about his brilliance, his storytelling and his unmistakeable voice.…
Joe Frank, influential radio artist and a longtime voice at KCRW, died Monday at age 79 from complications after surgery for colon cancer. Frank produced more than 230 hours of…
MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY: Joe Frank presents a sweeping philosophical inquiry into the nature of God, morality, love, human suffering and restaurant tipping.
Bob Carlson is the Co-Producer of "Bent By Nature." He is also the producer, host and sound designer of UnFictional, an award-winning radio program and podcast featuring first-person storytelling and highly produced personal documentaries. Before that, he spent over 20 years as the production director and a producer at KCRW: mixing live music performances, recording interviews, DJing, and making radio dramas. In his early days at KCRW, Bob worked with legendary radio producer Joe Frank, and he was the main mix engineer for Deirdre O’Donoghue’s "SNAP!" live performances beginning in 1988.
Bob Carlson is the producer and host of UnFictional, part of KCRW's Independent Producer Project, an initiative to cultivate and support the work of independent radio producers. Previously, Bob was KCRW's Director of Production and helped to shape the radio station's sound for over 20 years. If you're a KCRW listener, you've heard his name and his work countless times all across the broadcast schedule, on shows like The Treatment, Good Food, Guest DJ Project, and now UnFictional.
