Get Involved
A KCRW membership is a passport to a rich ecosystem of cultural experiences – important news, music, and culture. We are Southern California’s curators of music, film, food, art and pressing issues, and we want our members to be the first to know, to hear and to experience what’s next, to peek behind the curtain, to get the corner table on opening night.
Apogee Session with artist Courtney Barnett. Photo by Larry Hirshowitz
Member Benefits 
Why Support KCRW?
40 years.
KCRW, a charter member station of NPR, has served Southern California and beyond for more than 40 years through innovative news, music, arts and culture programming, on-air, online, and in-person.
Journalists you can trust.
KCRW is driven by a commitment to ethics and integrity, and our producers and journalists have received prestigious honors, including The George Foster Peabody Award, Edward R. Murrow Awards, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards.
Hand-picked music.
KCRW DJs are given one directive: “play what you love.” Our independent music programming encourages true music discovery. KCRW has helped vault many artists into the mainstream — along the way inspiring those willing to explore music’s uncharted waters.
Eclectic.
KCRW originates and produces 100+ hours of weekly content. KCRW connects Los Angeles to the world and the world to Los Angeles through trusted and representative programming. Our content features varied perspectives to promote the exploration of the nuanced world around us.
For the curious.
We seek to inform, enlighten, and delight by serving the whole person and being human, credible, and striking in everything we do. KCRW creates inspired programming for curious locavores and passionate global citizens alike.
Champions of community.
We’re more than just a radio station, we are a community investigating, teaching, learning, and discovering for you and with you. We’re in your community opening doors to the worlds of art, literature, technology, architecture, food, entertainment, and storytelling.
Members make KCRW.
KCRW members are the largest, most reliable source of critical operating funds for KCRW, and those funds go directly to producing the programs you love.
Photo 1: Champion Chef’s Table event at Maude featuring chef Curtis Stone and Evan Kleiman, Host of Good Food. Photo by Gina Clyne.
Photo 2: KCRW @ Home: Panel discussion on the current state of post-legalization of recreational use of marijuana: Take Me To Your Dealer Panel Discussion by Brian Feinzimer.
Photo 3: Bookworm Live featuring author Charles Yu at KCRW HQ. Photo by Gina Clyne.
About KCRW
KCRW creates and curates a unique mix of content centered around music discovery, NPR news, cultural exploration, and informed public affairs. KCRW is driven by the spirit of Los Angeles and delivers in innovative ways – on the radio, digitally and in person – to diverse, curious communities around the corner and around the world. A community service of Santa Monica College, KCRW can be found on the air in LA, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Mojave, Palm Springs, and San Luis Obispo via the KCRW-developed smart phone app, and online at kcrw.com.
KCRW Pledge for Equity
KCRW cares about diversity of thought, of voices both inside KCRW and what we put out as a media organization.
These are the actions we are taking to continue building a better, more equitable organization and make an impact on public radio as a whole.
Get Involved
Gustavo’s Great Tortilla Tournament.
Photo by Brian Feinzimer
Chinatown Summer Nights with KCRW DJ Jason Bentley.
Photo by Brian Feinzimer
Good Food's Annual Pie Contest at UCLA.
Photo by Brian Feinzimer
LRC Presents: All the President's Lawyers Live at KCRW HQ. Photo by Brian Feinzimer.
Photo by Brian Feinzimer.
Champion event featuring KCRW Program Director of Music Anne Litt in conversation with authors Lauri Kranz and Dean Kuipers about their book, A Garden Can Be Anywhere: Creating Bountiful and Beautiful Edible Gardens.
Photo by Gina Clyne
Chinatown Summer Nights with KCRW DJ Garth Trinidad.
Photo by Brian Feinzimer
KCRW DJ Novena Carmel at KCRW HQ Summer Nights.
Photo by Dustin Downing.
Good Food's Annual Pie Contest at UCLA.
Photo by Brian Feinzimer
Gustavo’s Great Tortilla Tournament.
Photo by Dustin Downing