In October, the DJ and former KCRW host Jeremy Sole climbed atop a booth to address the crowd in the front bar of the Moroccan Lounge in downtown L.A. He was in mourning. “It’s been a hell of a week,” Sole said to a hundred or so clubgoers. Sole, known for his cosmically peaceful voice and deep knowledge of electronic, dub and global music, had just been laid off after 18 years at the Santa Monica public radio fixture. Speaking to the crowd at his event, Le Frique Sonique, he reminisced on the mixing desk that changed his life. “I realized for the first time that this is a different medium,” he said. Tens of thousands of fans may be listening to you, he said, but “you’re talking to one friend, sitting right there at the table with you. It felt like we were just in the room together for 18 and a half years, listening to music together.” Last year’s staff cuts, following similar waves in 2020 and 2024, have reshaped the station, losing …