Global Village founder Betto Arcos announced his last day on-air at KPFK on September 29th, one day after colleague Derek Rath did the same. Arcos founded KPFK’s Global Village music strip in 1997.
Doors drummer John Densmore called in to say goodbye to Betto during the broadcast.
Among his other accomplishments: Arcos is a regular contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered reviewing Latin and world music and has been a contributing reporter and producer for NPR’s Latino USA and Radio Bilingüe’s Noticiero Latino. In addition to his public radio work, he co-produced three award-winning experimental radio art collaborations with performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Peña and helped with a number of recording projects, including Ry Cooder’s “Chavez Ravine” and Lila Downs’ “La Cantina”. Arcos collaborated as music supervisor in the documentary films “Calavera Highway” by Renee Tajima-Peña and “2501 Migrants: A Journey” by Yolanda Cruz.
Global village was the jewel in the KPFK crown.
Sad times but I hope these three talented radio host will continue to curate music that have fueled us for the past decade.