Raymond Jones (Station manager of WHRO FM in Norfolk VA) told me that DeKoven's first name was Reginald, and I think he maybe the son of the composer Reginald DeKoven. Not sure. And yes he did ask that when you addressed mail to him that "you skip the 'Sir' or 'Mr' since I view them as anachronisms". I would certainly wonder what DeKoven would have thought of the tremendous amount of recording thats occured in his favorite period of music. He died right about at the time CDs were being introduced. A lot of the albums he featured on his show were either budget albums or 2nd hand copies he would purchase at used record stores. I also remember his bemoaning the fact record companies would jip the public with only putting 45 minutes on an album (sound familiar?) and the record companies justification back then (they claimed it improved quality of the sound having less music on the album). Its kinda hard to explain why his show was so engaging. I have heard many classical music format shows since then. And I enjoy them. But they just don't have the magic that DeKoven had. Kim