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KABC (AM)
KABC (790 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a conservative talk radio format. The studios are located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City. The transmitter is off West Martin Luther King Boulevard in the Crenshaw District, shared with KWKW (1330 AM) and KFOX (1650 AM). KABC’s power is 6,600 watts daytime and 7,900 watts nighttime, using a directional antenna.
KABC carries a mix of local and nationally syndicated talk shows. In afternoon drive time, John Phillips hosts a three-hour show, followed by Frank Mottek and Randy Wang. Syndicated programs include Armstrong & Getty, The Vince (Coglianese) Show, America in the Morning and Red Eye Radio. On weekends, The Kim Komando Show is heard, along with paid brokered programming. National news from NBC News Radio and local news updates begin each hour. Early on weekdays, KABC airs a simulcast of KABC-TV's morning newscast. UCLA Bruins sports air on some weekends.
The station first signed on in August 1925. The original call sign was KFXB, licensed to Big Bear Lake, California, and broadcasting at 1430 kHz. KFXB moved to Los Angeles in 1927, changing its call letters to KPLA in the process.
On November 15, 1929, KPLA was sold to Earle C. Anthony, a Packard automobile dealer and owner of rival radio station KFI. Anthony changed KPLA's call letters to KECA, representing Anthony's initials. KECA and KFI were located in studios at 1000 Hope Street. KFI, then and now, transmitted with 50,000 watts, while KECA broadcast at 1,000 watts.
In August 1939, Anthony purchased KEHE (780 kHz, formerly KTM) and took that station off the air so he could relocate KECA to that station's frequency. In 1941, KECA moved one step up the dial to 790 kHz as part of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), which shifted the frequencies of many radio stations. The power was increased to 5,000 watts, with a directional antenna used at night.
In 1944, new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules went into effect prohibiting any person or company from owning more than one radio station in the same media market. Anthony decided to keep KFI, and divested KECA to the Blue Network for $800,000 in July 1944; the FCC approved the transfer on July 18. The studios and offices were then moved to 1440 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood. (A Chick-fil-A restaurant now stands on the site.)
KECA became the West Coast flagship station of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network. Some of the programs broadcast nationally by ABC originated in the KABC studios. In 1947, an FM station was added at 95.5 MHz. At first, KECA-FM transmitted with 4,500 watts and it largely simulcast the AM station; in 1971, it became album rock station KLOS.
In 1949, ABC put KECA-TV (channel 7) on the air. It was the last of Los Angeles' six original VHF television stations to sign on and the last of ABC's five original owned-and-operated stations to go on the air. To reflect their corporate ownership, in 1954, the call letters for the three ABC stations were changed to KABC, KABC-FM, and KABC-TV, after that call sign was released by a station in San Antonio. The studios for KABC-AM-FM-TV were at 1539 North Vine Street in Hollywood. The radio stations later moved to 3321 La Cienega Boulevard, where the AM station transmitter and towers had been located since 1938.
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KABC (AM)
KABC (790 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a conservative talk radio format. The studios are located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City. The transmitter is off West Martin Luther King Boulevard in the Crenshaw District, shared with KWKW (1330 AM) and KFOX (1650 AM). KABC’s power is 6,600 watts daytime and 7,900 watts nighttime, using a directional antenna.
KABC carries a mix of local and nationally syndicated talk shows. In afternoon drive time, John Phillips hosts a three-hour show, followed by Frank Mottek and Randy Wang. Syndicated programs include Armstrong & Getty, The Vince (Coglianese) Show, America in the Morning and Red Eye Radio. On weekends, The Kim Komando Show is heard, along with paid brokered programming. National news from NBC News Radio and local news updates begin each hour. Early on weekdays, KABC airs a simulcast of KABC-TV's morning newscast. UCLA Bruins sports air on some weekends.
The station first signed on in August 1925. The original call sign was KFXB, licensed to Big Bear Lake, California, and broadcasting at 1430 kHz. KFXB moved to Los Angeles in 1927, changing its call letters to KPLA in the process.
On November 15, 1929, KPLA was sold to Earle C. Anthony, a Packard automobile dealer and owner of rival radio station KFI. Anthony changed KPLA's call letters to KECA, representing Anthony's initials. KECA and KFI were located in studios at 1000 Hope Street. KFI, then and now, transmitted with 50,000 watts, while KECA broadcast at 1,000 watts.
In August 1939, Anthony purchased KEHE (780 kHz, formerly KTM) and took that station off the air so he could relocate KECA to that station's frequency. In 1941, KECA moved one step up the dial to 790 kHz as part of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), which shifted the frequencies of many radio stations. The power was increased to 5,000 watts, with a directional antenna used at night.
In 1944, new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules went into effect prohibiting any person or company from owning more than one radio station in the same media market. Anthony decided to keep KFI, and divested KECA to the Blue Network for $800,000 in July 1944; the FCC approved the transfer on July 18. The studios and offices were then moved to 1440 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood. (A Chick-fil-A restaurant now stands on the site.)
KECA became the West Coast flagship station of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network. Some of the programs broadcast nationally by ABC originated in the KABC studios. In 1947, an FM station was added at 95.5 MHz. At first, KECA-FM transmitted with 4,500 watts and it largely simulcast the AM station; in 1971, it became album rock station KLOS.
In 1949, ABC put KECA-TV (channel 7) on the air. It was the last of Los Angeles' six original VHF television stations to sign on and the last of ABC's five original owned-and-operated stations to go on the air. To reflect their corporate ownership, in 1954, the call letters for the three ABC stations were changed to KABC, KABC-FM, and KABC-TV, after that call sign was released by a station in San Antonio. The studios for KABC-AM-FM-TV were at 1539 North Vine Street in Hollywood. The radio stations later moved to 3321 La Cienega Boulevard, where the AM station transmitter and towers had been located since 1938.