There are many radio stations in the LA area.
A few that Dave listens to are the following. Compared to other
major cities, the variety of radio stations isn't quite up to
par. Some formats just have 1 or 2 radio stations. Also note
that additional stations can be picked up if you have a HD
Radio.
Photo of billboard to left:
The Great
Phil Hendrie, many years on KFI - Here's to
many
more years years broadcasting from the LA market
FM Radio Stations
KPFK 90.7 is the sister station to KPFA in Berkely
California and has been on the air for 40+ years. This is the
most powerful public radio FM station in the USA. Visit:
www.kpfk.org
KUSC 91.5 This is a great radio station to listen to when
you are fighting your way from one place to the next on one of
LA's
infamous freeways. Consider that they play classical music 24/7 with NO
commercials, and you can't go wrong! With two locations on your dial,
they play not only classical music but broadcast Metropolitan opera as
well. USC runs this radio station broadcasting from downtown Los
Angeles. Visit:
www.kusc.org
KLIT 92.7 Jill FM - Adult contemporary, based in Thousand
Oaks. www.927jillfm.com
KCBS 93.1 - otherwise known as JACK FM, playing
contemporary hits.
www.931jackfm.com
Thanks for the bumper stickers guys!
KMVN 93.9 rhythmic pop and dance hits from the 1970s and 1980s Website:
www.movin939.com
KLOS 95.5 so called the "Legendary KLOS" is the original home of
the Mark & Brian Show. This is a Classic Rock Station. Good coverage all
over the LA area and up to about Santa Barbara in the north. Website:
www.955klos.com
KXOL 96.3 or Latino 96.3 puts the "LA" in Latino! Upbeat fresh
variety of Mexican music.
Website:
www.latino963.com
KYSR 98.7 or Star 98.7 plays current pop and alternative hits.
Listen live online.
Website:
www.star987.com
KSWB 100.3 "the Sound" - playing rock music for Los
Angeles. Visit:
www.thesoundla.com
KRTH 101.1 "K Earth" 101 plays a good variety of oldies and can
be heard all over the LA area. Always a treat to hear some of the "so
cal" featured songs. Website:
www.krth101.com
KISS 102.7 LA's number 1 hit music station. Visit:
www.kiisfm.com
KOST 103.5 Soft Rock. From personal experience they don't
accept calls from non LA area codes (in case you are
calling with a cell phone with a non LA area area code to try and win one of their contests). To get around
this try a service called:
Spoofcard
which lets you change the area code and number that shows up in
caller IDs. Visit:
www.kost1035.com
KBIG 104.3 My FM 104 plays a variety of modern pop music. Visit:
www.kbig.com
KKGO 105.1 "Today's hits and yesterday's favorites" - country
music. This is Los Angeles's only independently
owned-and-operated FM radio station. Visit:
www.gocountry105.com
KPWR106.1 Power 106 bills itself as "where hip hop lives" and is found
at 106.1 on your FM dial. Visit:
www.power106.fm
AM Radio Stations
KFI AM 640, "more stimulating radio"
is a talk radio station. Lively, evocative and informative.
Visit:
www.kfi640.com for more information. Some of our favorite
past DJ's include Joe Crummy, Mr. "KFI", and Phi Hendrie.
Always nice to hear familiar voices who stick with this radio
station year after year.
KABC 790 AM, "talk radio with passion" Mr. KABC
was one of
our favorites. All news talk radio. Visit:
www.kabc.com
KNX AM 1070 - is an all news station that broadcasts from
on the "Miracle Mile" along Wilshire Blvd. They also have pre-set
weather and sports info several times an hour.
This is an amazing station,
we've heard it during the mid afternoon in the winter (clearly)
while north of San Francisco. At night from Oahu 2200+ miles
from Los Angeles in Hawaii we've heard KNX coming in on our
cheap rental car radio. This was the ONLY USA mainland station
we could even pick up. Wow! We have also heard this station
fairly clearly during the afternoons on certain days in the winter
north of San Francisco. This is the
best traffic station in LA - with traffic reports given on the
"5's", i.e., every 10 minutes. KNX is also the sister
station of KCBS in San Francisco. For more
information visit:
www.knx1070.com
KMZT AM 1260 Billed as Southern California's number 1 classical
music station, they can be found at 1260 your AM dial or 105.1 on FM
HD2. Besides a lot of Mozart music, they play other classical
pieces as well as movie music. They broadcast out of a studio in
the Century City area.
Happy 250th birthday to Mozart in 2006 which was also the year Los
Angeles celebrated its own 225th birthday. Visit:
www.kmozart.com
Note: Some Los Angeles area
based radio stations change format, position on the dial or their name
faster than it takes a jet to fly from LA to SF. We make our
best effort to keep this page updated: email corrections or updates to
dave@pon.net
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