But talk and sports were proving to be the real money-makers now, and in the During the summer of 1965whenI was working my first year as a lifeguard at Cabrillo Beach in San PedroI would listento KBCA on my commute to work as well as in the lifeguard tower. MonthCount[11] = 30; Academy Of Country Music's Personality Of The Year award. The disc jockeys talked far less, and in a more personal, relaxed manner. 8. This ID "jingle" came to be emblematic for KMET. [2] The station, nicknamed "The Mighty Met" (among other nicknames), was a pioneering station of the "underground" progressive rock format. OPEN 24 Hours. For the current station holding the KMET callsign, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://www.jimmyrabbitt.com/rabbittbio.htm, http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_credibility_gap, "KMET 94.7 Jim Ladd Mighty Metal Hour Radio Vol. We went at night and caught deejayRick Holmes, working like a busy short-order cook at the Miracle Mile location, juggling vinyl, ad carts, reel-to-reel tapes. became the first southland station to air The Beatles. [1] It signed off on February 14, 1987. Cathedral City, one of the last truly "Beautiful Music" stations in the country. until the 27th, and did a final marathon show on November 29th, KRLA's last On November 10, 1998, Huggy Boy became the last regularly-scheduled KRLA In the middle of the 1980s, KRLA came under the same ownership as 97.1 later. Advertising services. Power 106. The 1978 movie FM, written by former employee Ezra Sacks, was reportedly loosely based on KMET. gone talk. In the aftermath of WWIIs significant instability came the 1950s, suburbia, and the dream of a picture-perfect family. KEJK Los Angeles OPEN 24 Hours. Reed, Wink Martindale and Johnny Williams, to name just a few. My beloved 100.3 The Sound went away, and I was left stuck with either KLOS (what a crock of horseshit - tired 80's hair bands, anyone?) FCC > Media Bureau > Audio Division, (202) 418-2700. Andrea Walsh, The } More KFI surveys to be scanned and uploaded. the second AM top-40 station in Los Angeles, competing with KFWB "Channel 98" privileged to have two other nationally-known jocks: The irrepressible Theres music from Oscar Brown Junior Thank God its Friday, Bill Withers, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron; news headlines aboutPatty Hearst and F. Lee Bailey, and ads for the Herald Examiner, a car dealership selling a1974 Triumph TR-6, a haberdashery selling leisure suits, doctors strikes, quadrophonic stereo ads, defunct record stores like Jazz City Records and Tapes, Woodland Stereo Center, plus local venues long gone: the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel is just one of them. Dave Hitrivia, which was often featured on the back of their weekly playlists YP, the YP logo and all other YP marks contained herein are trademarks of YP LLC and/or YP affiliated companies. KODJ, apparently getting killed in the ratings by KRLA ***** COMING ATTRACTIONS ***** The Baltimore Finally, the late, great bandleader/educator Gerald Wilson had a noontime show called Jazz Capsule. He always referred to musicians as fine young men regardless of their ages. IMAGE/PHOTO GALLERY Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous city in the United States, after New York. slowly disappearing: KFI was leaning toward talk; KHJ (which had returned NOVEMBER 15, 2021: var MonthTotal = 0; After conflicts with the stations owners, the Donahues, Reed and the rest of the KPPC and KMPX staff left both stations and went on strike. many, many more) was a small Pasadena radio station located at 1110 KHz on From Business: Entertainment Company that hosts 2 weekly radio broadcasts. The group changed the words to Mr. Shuler's song to advertise the station. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson as Car Radio) played a few new tunes but wasn't strictly top-40; became the first southland station to air The Beatles. Los Angeles, California has always been a unique market. HOUSE OF CHARTS (KHJ INDEX) Riverside, California Radio Stations. Get the latest from KCRW in your inbox 3x a week. 103.5 KOST is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California. ALSO: If a station goes off the air, please let me know. About 70% of people in the Los Angeles metropolitan area listen to radio during the afternoon drive every week. KKJZ-HD2 88.1 FM. 10cc The Things We Do For Love. (Click foracloser look at the playlist above from July 29, 1967.). When the station was sold to Eleven-Ten Broadcasting, they became KRLA, the second AM top-40 station in Los Angeles, competing with KFWB "Channel 98" in the early '60s. Reviews on Radio Stations in Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA 91342 - KHTS AM 1220, 93.5 KDAY, KCSN 88.5 FM, Buckley Broadcasting, 104.3 FM, Amateur Fm Associates, LA Talk Radio, ALT 98.7, Premier Radio, Advantage Radio. Over the years, the station became synonymous with oldies, but kept current KNX 10.70 Newsradio. The storm will be moving from southern California across the entire country over the next few days, eventually moving northeast by Tuesday. And how could there be a KRLA page without mentioning Mr. Rock 'N' Roll, MonthCount[11] = 30; KIEV broadcast from the basement of the historical Glendale hotel rent-free in exchange for advertisements. Happening every last Thursday of the month @ 2941 Main St, Santa Monica CA 90405. visit us on Myspace for more info @ Club 3-2's (on your google search). During a brief stint with Country, KRLA's Corky Mayberry was awarded the personality on the roster; otherwise the station was jockless. cover of the album Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl, two show tickets are RELATED TOPICS(This Site) You can tune in anytimeday or night, weekday or weekendfor traffic and weather reports that are updated every 10 minutes. To I For the next 34 "Huggy Boy has left the building." Pirate Radio Tribute At least 12 people were injured . Playing these hits (and Weimar get all your favorite Los Angeles Area 's Westerns time. MonthCount[1] = 31; FM,MHz: Station: Transmitter: 87.75 KZNO Guadalupe Radio Angeles National Forest, Mt. Many MonthCount[10] = 31; GARY OWENS ARTICLE They may be mans best friend, but man has also changed them beyond all recognition, these incredible pictures of dog breeds reveal. KODJ, apparently getting killed in the ratings by KRLA The line-up was impressive. Airheads Radio Survey Archive,