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Oldies were a ratings success for KRTH-FM and similar stations across the United States and Canada. In March 1989, another Los Angeles FM oldies station emerged at 93.1 FM under the call sign KODJ, later KCBS-FM, as a direct competitor to KRTH-FM. KODJ/KCBS-FM played oldies from 1955 to 1972 with a heavy focus on pre-1964 oldies.
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 ]
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).
KXO broadcasts oldies music with a playlist from the 1960s and 1970s, along with some 1980s titles. It also carries the games of several Southern California sports teams: San Diego Padres baseball, Los Angeles Chargers football and Los Angeles Lakers basketball. CBS News Radio is heard at the beginning of most hours.
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.
Several programming changes also occurred in March 1999. The first was "10-in-a-row's" - where the station now played 10 songs each hour non-stop without commercials. The second was a new program called "Underground Planet", hosted by Sini Man. "UP" highlighted non-mainstream artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Fleming & John, and Vertical Horizon.
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 ...