Nic Harcourt to take over daily morning show at KCSN; Mark Sovel named station’s music director; Jackson Browne to headline big benefit on Nov. 18

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Nic Harcourt, the former music director and DJ at KCRW who jumped to KCSN (88.5 FM) last year, is returning to the Los Angeles airwaves on a daily basis. The all-music, listener-supported KCSN announced today that Harcourt would take over the station’s morning show (6 to 11 a.m.) beginning next week.

In another move announced by the Cal State Northridge-based station today, Mark Sovel – aka “Mr. Shovel,” the former music director at Indie 103.1 and current host of KCSN’s “City of Night” on Saturdays – has been named music director.

KCSN also announced that Jackson Browne would head up a major benefit show on Nov. 18 at the Valley Performing Arts Center. Browne will be joined by Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Sara Watkins and others at the concert, part of a fundraising effort to help the station boost its signal strength across SoCal.

In a press release, KCSN general manager and program director Sky Daniels said: “Nic has established a strong, international reputation in music. We are thrilled that he seeks to re-invent himself at 88.5 KCSN with a show that will reveal a broader scope of his musical awareness, integrating the best new music with the powerful legacy acts of Los Angeles radio.”

KCSN is also home to the L.A. Buzz Bands Show featuring local music every Sunday at 7 p.m.