Garth Trinidad, whose mellow voice and deep grooves had long traveled the nighttime airwaves at KCRW-FM 89.9, announced Monday he is leaving the Santa Monica-based radio station that’s been his home for nearly three decades.
“Thank you KCRW for welcoming me with open arms 27 years ago,” Trinidad wrote in a farewell post at KCRW.com. “A lifetime of marvelous moments recorded onto the records, 8 tracks, cassettes, CDs, and WAVs of my memory, gently gathered up as I depart. The symbiotic relationship we shared was extraordinary. It’s simply time for me to chase some other dreams.
“Thank you dear listeners for allowing me to share wondrous and profound possibilities of rhythm and sound,” he continued. “Although blending and bending sonic galaxies is a delightful, personal therapy, know that it’s always been about you. From the beginning, a demonstration of my love for you.”
In the early ’90s, while still in school with dreams of a career in visual arts, Trinidad was tipped by a friend to check out the sounds broadcast by KCRW FM. In that moment, his life changed, he says in his farewell.
He became a volunteer at the station, tackling any job that needed doing. On-air personalities such as Jason Bentley, Tom Schnabel and Liza Richardson offered their guidance. In 1996, he was given a late-night weekend shift, a program he called Chocolate City.
Longtime KCRW DJ and current program director Ann Litt said goodbye on behalf of the station.
“Garth has been my heart at KCRW since I met him 25 years ago,” Litt wrote. “We’ve shared more than just music. We’ve grown up together, we’ve learned to be parents together. Hearing his voice on the air has always felt like a balm on my soul.”
“For now, I’m taking a well-earned extended vacay, exploring what’s next in my journey to self-love and actualization,” Trinidad wrote. “I am evolving.”
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