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KRCD (FM)
KRCD (103.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Inglewood, California, and broadcasting to Greater Los Angeles Area.
KRCV (98.3 MHz) is also a commercial FM radio station, licensed to West Covina, California, and broadcasting to the eastern San Gabriel Valley area of the eastern Los Angeles radio market.
KRCV and KRCD simulcast a Spanish oldies radio format branded as "Recuerdo" or in English, "Memory." The music focuses on the Spanish Oldies Californian soft regional, pop and ballad hits of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and up to 2010. The stations are owned by the Uforia Audio Network subsidiary of TelevisaUnivision.
The stations have studios at the Univision Los Angeles Broadcast Center located on Centre Drive (near I-405) in Westchester area of Los Angeles. KRCD's transmitter is at a site in the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in the Baldwin Hills. KRCV's transmitter is off Via Blanca in San Dimas near California State Route 57 (The Orange Freeway).
On February 14, 1958, the station signed on as KTYM-FM. In its early days, 103.9 mostly simulcast co-owned KTYM (AM 1460), and both stations were owned by Al J. Williams. Because KTYM was then a daytimer, required to be off the air at night, programming continued in the evening on KTYM-FM.
In 1961, KTYM-FM began targeting Los Angeles' African-American community at night with R&B and soul music. The first black Operations Manager on Los Angeles FM radio was Charles (Chuck) Johnson and Lonnie Cook was the first African-American program director on an FM station. KTYM-FM carried the AM station's programming by day, then from sunset to midnight, the station aired black programming. Johnson had been a popular disc jockey at KPRS in Kansas City, and Cook was also from Kansas City.
The format included R&B, Doo Wop, and Blues. Floyd Ray, the owner of the first black Los Angeles record distributor and former big band leader, hosted one of the shows. Ron Johnson was the lone white DJ. At midnight, just before sign-off, the station played "Sugarloaf at Twilight" by Ahmad Jamal, Lonnie Cook doubled as a station engineer. Many future celebrities made their debuts on the station including a police officer who would soon be the Mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley. LaMonte McLemore was a member of The Intervals (the Doo Wop group that represented the station at promotional functions) and was the station photographer. He was the photographer of the center page models in Jet magazine and later was one of The 5th Dimension.
KTYM-FM was noted for its independent approach to programming, and many times refused to air the designated "A" side of a record. It even played tunes like "Your Old Lady" by The Isley Brothers which had been banned from airplay in 1961. Cook featured the Doo Wop "B" side "Write to Me". AM 1230 KGFJ's Larry McCormick (brother to lead singer Charles from Bloodstone) heard the station making noise and getting attention with "Your Old Lady" and added it to his playlist and to his televised dance show. When Atlantic Records got calls for the 45 rpm record, the record label put it back on the market, earning a new hit song.
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KRCD (FM)
KRCD (103.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Inglewood, California, and broadcasting to Greater Los Angeles Area.
KRCV (98.3 MHz) is also a commercial FM radio station, licensed to West Covina, California, and broadcasting to the eastern San Gabriel Valley area of the eastern Los Angeles radio market.
KRCV and KRCD simulcast a Spanish oldies radio format branded as "Recuerdo" or in English, "Memory." The music focuses on the Spanish Oldies Californian soft regional, pop and ballad hits of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and up to 2010. The stations are owned by the Uforia Audio Network subsidiary of TelevisaUnivision.
The stations have studios at the Univision Los Angeles Broadcast Center located on Centre Drive (near I-405) in Westchester area of Los Angeles. KRCD's transmitter is at a site in the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area in the Baldwin Hills. KRCV's transmitter is off Via Blanca in San Dimas near California State Route 57 (The Orange Freeway).
On February 14, 1958, the station signed on as KTYM-FM. In its early days, 103.9 mostly simulcast co-owned KTYM (AM 1460), and both stations were owned by Al J. Williams. Because KTYM was then a daytimer, required to be off the air at night, programming continued in the evening on KTYM-FM.
In 1961, KTYM-FM began targeting Los Angeles' African-American community at night with R&B and soul music. The first black Operations Manager on Los Angeles FM radio was Charles (Chuck) Johnson and Lonnie Cook was the first African-American program director on an FM station. KTYM-FM carried the AM station's programming by day, then from sunset to midnight, the station aired black programming. Johnson had been a popular disc jockey at KPRS in Kansas City, and Cook was also from Kansas City.
The format included R&B, Doo Wop, and Blues. Floyd Ray, the owner of the first black Los Angeles record distributor and former big band leader, hosted one of the shows. Ron Johnson was the lone white DJ. At midnight, just before sign-off, the station played "Sugarloaf at Twilight" by Ahmad Jamal, Lonnie Cook doubled as a station engineer. Many future celebrities made their debuts on the station including a police officer who would soon be the Mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley. LaMonte McLemore was a member of The Intervals (the Doo Wop group that represented the station at promotional functions) and was the station photographer. He was the photographer of the center page models in Jet magazine and later was one of The 5th Dimension.
KTYM-FM was noted for its independent approach to programming, and many times refused to air the designated "A" side of a record. It even played tunes like "Your Old Lady" by The Isley Brothers which had been banned from airplay in 1961. Cook featured the Doo Wop "B" side "Write to Me". AM 1230 KGFJ's Larry McCormick (brother to lead singer Charles from Bloodstone) heard the station making noise and getting attention with "Your Old Lady" and added it to his playlist and to his televised dance show. When Atlantic Records got calls for the 45 rpm record, the record label put it back on the market, earning a new hit song.