The passing of a radio hero

Nov 23, 2007 01:19

Mitchell Harding was one of the radio voices I would listen to at night in my bed through the earphones, late at night, after my parents were in bed. He was a voice on the legendary Hour 25 science fiction program at KPFK and later a constant voice on KCRW, where he did news programming ( Read more... )

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planetdracula November 23 2007, 22:58:07 UTC
Wow. I used to listen to this show religiously. I wanted to be a famous sf writer when I grew up. Harding was one of the few voices in the scene who didn't seem like somebody I didn't wanna be - I could listen to Hour 25 and not feel like I was doomed to attend Star Trek conventions or something. (One never knows if one's scratching a scab with a comment like that so apologies if so.)

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substitute November 23 2007, 23:01:38 UTC
No scab! I exactly agree. He and Mike Hodel were my radio uncles.

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hyniof November 24 2007, 14:56:06 UTC
He and Hodel:

Were pretty much the reason I got into radio at UCI and have stayed in it there all these years.

Mike

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