NTS Guide to: The Recordings of Joe Frank - 4th February 2026
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Description
Selected recordings from Joe Frank, the cult radio presence with a "voice like dirty honey". From the mid-1970s, Joe Frank's absurdist, smoke-filled memoirs and semi-fictional narratives on stations such as KCRW made him one of radio's first auteurs, beguiling a small cadre of devoted fans, and inspiring a generation of broadcasters with his demonstration of radio as an artform.
Joe's programmes are available to buy at [joefrank.com](https://www.joefrank.com/)
Selected and mixed by Joe Whalley.
Image: Jerome Henkel / Los Angeles Times. Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-joe-frank-3rd-february-2026
