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The flagship and founding station for Arrow was KCBS-FM in Los Angeles which created and launched the format in September 1993. In 1996, the station adjusted to a broad-based classic rock format that lasted until its flip to adult hits as " Jack FM " in 2005. [ 3 ]
On October 16, 1972, [14] KHJ-FM switched to what was then called a "gold" format, featuring older hit songs from the past. At the time, this "oldies" format featuring songs from 1953 to 1963 was a novel idea since most stations played current music with only a few older songs mixed in. [13] The only local competition in this format was KWOW (1600 AM), a mostly automated station in nearby Pomona.
On July 1, 2016, a signal swap in Ventura County enabled rhythmic oldies sister station KOCP, previously at 95.9 FM, to be heard at 104.7 FM as well. This in effect increased the reach of the "Old School" brand across the Greater Los Angeles area on a single frequency. [9] On October 6, 2017, KOCP began streaming online.
On February 6, 2015, KHHT—Los Angeles, the successor to the first rhythmic oldies station, KCMG, flipped to urban contemporary, returning that format to the 92.3 FM dial position for the first time since 2000. Legendary Los Angeles radio personality Art Laboe, whose show was carried at nights on KHHT, later moved to KDAY.
KNX-FM (97.1 MHz, "KNX News 97.1 FM") is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, United States.The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an all-news radio format in a full-time simulcast with KNX (1070 AM).
The station first signed on the air on December 29, 1948, as KFAC-FM, the FM adjunct to KFAC. [2] First owned by Errett Lobban Cord, a luxury vehicle manufacturer who purchased KFAC in 1931 from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, [3] [4] KFAC became one of the first commercially operated radio stations in the United States to adopt a full-time fine arts/classical music format, having ...
He also brought to East Los Angeles groups such as Them, Sonny and Cher, The Righteous Brothers and Dusty Springfield, acts that may otherwise have not been accessible to Mexican-American audiences. Hugg was on KRKD , 1951–55; KWKW , 1954; KALI ; KGFJ , 1955; KBLA , 1965; [ 4 ] KRKD, 1965–66; KRTH , 1975; XPRS , 1981–82; KRLA , 1983–98 ...
University of California, Los Angeles [6] Michael Bishop: Member of the band Gwar: PhD Music [7] University of Virginia: Ian Bostridge: Opera and lieder singer DPhil: History [8] University of Oxford: Michael Burns: Actor DPhil: History [9] Yale University: Bill Bruford: Member of the bands Yes, King Crimson and U.K. PhD Music [10] University ...