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Radio broadcasting comes to Los Angeles in 1922 with stations KHJ, KFI and KNX.
Also: FM Radio Stations in the Los Angeles Area
and Most Popular Radio Stations in the Los Angeles Area
See stations by dial location in table below.
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
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AM 570 | KLAC AM 570 LA Sports |
Sports | iHeartMedia, Inc | 3400 W Olive St #550, Burbank 91505 |
AM 610 (1) | KAVL Fox Sports 610 |
Sports | RZ Radio LLC, High Desert Broadcasting | 5348 E Avenue K4, Ste A, Lancaster 93535 |
AM 640 | KFI More Stimulating Talk |
News/Talk | iHeartMedia, Inc | 3400 W Olive Ave, #550, Burbank 91505 |
AM 670 | KIRN SoCal Persian |
Ethnic Iranian | Lotus Communications | 3301 Barham Blvd #300, Los Angeles 90068 |
AM 690 | XEWW URadio |
Chinese / Cantonese Music | H&H USA | 3810 Durbin St, Irwindale 91706 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 710 | KSPN ESPN LA |
Sports | ABC, Inc (Walt Disney Co) | 800 W Olympic Blvd, Ste 200, Los Angeles 90015 |
AM 740 | KBRT K-Brite |
Christian Talk | Crawford Broadcasting (Kiertron, Inc) | 3183 Airway Ave, #D, Costa Mesa 92626 |
AM 790 | KABC Talk Radio |
News/Talk | Cumulus Media | 8965 Lindblade St, Culver City 90232 |
AM 830 | KLAA Angels Radio |
Sports | Los Angeles Angels | Angel Stadium 2000 Gene Autry Way, Anaheim 92806 |
AM 870 | KRLA The Answer |
Talk | Salem Communications | 701 N Brand Blvd, Glendale 92301 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 900 | KALI | Mandarin Chinese | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting | West Covina |
AM 930 | KHJ Relevant Radio |
Religious Catholic | Relevant Radio, Inc | 1496 Bellevue St, Ste 202, Green Bay, WI 54307 |
AM 980 | KFWB La Mera Mera! |
Spanish Ranchera | Lotus Communications | 3301 Barham Blvd, Ste 201, Los Angeles 90068 |
AM 1020 | KTNQ KTNQ 1020 AM |
Spanish News/Talk | Univision Communications, Inc | 5999 Center Dr, Los Angeles 90045 |
AM 1070 | KNX News Radio |
News | Audacy, Inc | 5670 Wilshire Blvd, #200, Los Angeles 90036 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 1110 | KRDC (Simulcasts KSPN AM 710) |
Sports | ABC Radio Los Angeles Assets LLC (Walt Disney Co) | 800 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles 90015 |
AM 1150 | KEIB The Patriot |
Talk | iHeartMedia, Inc | 3400 W Olive Ste #550, Burbank 91505 |
AM 1190 | KGBN | Korean Religious | Korean Gospel Broadcasting Co | 2641 W La Palma Ave, Anaheim 92801 |
AM 1220 (2) | KHTS Hometown Station.com |
Local Talk/ News/Sports/Music | Jeri Lyn Broadcasting, Inc | 24320 Main St, Newhall 91321 |
AM 1230 | KYPA Radio JBC |
Korean News/Talk/Variety | Woori Media Group, LLC | 449 S Broadway, Los Angeles 90013 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 1260 | KMZT-AM (Simulcast with FM 105.1 HD4) K-Mozart |
Classical | Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters, Inc | 1500 Cotner Ave, Los Angeles 90025 |
AM 1280 | KFRN Family Radio |
Christian Programming | Family Stations, Inc | 1350 S Loop Rd, Alameda 94502 |
AM 1300 | KAZN Chinese Radio |
Chinese Programming | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc | 747 E Green St, Ste 101, Pasadena 91101 |
AM 1330 | KWKW Tu Liga Radio |
Spanish Sports | Lotus Communications, Inc | 3301 Barham Blvd, Ste 200, Los Angeles 90068 |
AM 1340 (1) | KTPI News Talk 1340 |
News/Talk | RZ Radio LLC / High Desert Broadcasting | 348 East Ave K4, Ste A, Lancaster 93535 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 1370 | KWRM iCiti Radio Los Angeles |
Chinese News | EDI Media, Inc | 1773 W San Bernardino Rd, Bldg C-31, West Covina 91791 |
AM 1380 (1) | KOSS News Talk 1380am |
News/Talk | High Desert Broadcasting | 570 E Ave Q-9, Palmdale 93550 |
AM 1390 | KLTX Radio Inspiración |
Spanish Religious | Hi-Favor Broadcasting LLC | 136 S Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena 91101 |
AM 1430 | KMRB | Cantonese Programming | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting LLC | 747 E Green St, Ste 208, Pasadena 91101 |
AM 1460 | KTYM | Spanish Catholic | El Sembrador Ministries | 20720 Marilla St, Chatsworth 91311 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 1470 (1) | KUTY Hermosa 1470 |
Regional Mexican | High Desert Broadcasting LLC | 570 E Avenue Q-9, Palmdale 93550 |
AM 1480 | KVNR Little Saigon Radio |
Vietnamese Programming | Estrella Media / Liberman Broadcasting | 3101 W 5th St, Santa Ana 92703 |
AM 1510 | KSPA Viên Thao Radio |
Vietnamese Programming | Intelli LLC | 1982 Senter Rd, San Jose 95112 |
AM 1540 | KMPC Radio Korea |
Korean Programming | P&Y Broadcasting Corp | 3700 Wilshire Blvd, #600, Los Angeles 90010 |
AM 1580 | KBLA 1580 AM Talk Radio |
Progressive Talk | Smiley Audio Media, Inc | 4434 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles 90043 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Owner | Address |
AM 1600 | KAHZ (simulcast of KAZN AM 1300) |
Chinese Mandarin Programming | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc | 747 E Green St, #101, Pasadena 91101 |
AM 1650 | KFOX Radio Seoul |
Korean Programming | HK Media, Inc | 3731 Wilshire Blvd, 10th Flr, Los Angeles 90010 |
(1) Broadcasts in Antelope Valley (Northern Los Angeles County).
(2) Broadcasts in Santa Clarita Valley area of Los Angeles County.
Also visit: LA Radio
AM News radio station KNX is one of the oldest stations in the nation. Under the call letters KGC, it received its first formal broadcasting license on December 8, 1921. The station can even trace its origin to an earlier amateur station, 6ADZ, started by Fred Christian on September 10, 1920.
First licensed on March 10, 1922, as KJS, the 1330 kHz frequency (AM) is also one of the oldest radio stations in the nation. It is also the one of the oldest Spanish-language radio stations in the nation.
According to a Neilson Audio survey in 2019, about 66% of working adults in the Los Angeles metropolitan area listen to radio each day. About 70% of people in the Los Angeles metropolitan area listen to radio during the afternoon drive every week.
According to a Neilson Audio survey in 2018, Spanish language radio drew more than 4.6 million different listeners in the course of a week, or about 45 percent of the radio-listening audience in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
During the summer of 2021, radio station KRTH-FM (101.1) has held the leading position with the largest share of radio listeners in the Los Angeles area. Spanish language music station KLVE-FM (107.5) was the leading Spanish language station and KFI-AM (640) the leading news/talk station. Stations are measured in "cumulative audience," or total number of unique listeners who tune in for at least five minutes per week. This number can approach nearly 4 million listeners.
In 2017, Radio Disney on 1110 AM changed their format from pop music for children to country music. The children's pop format continues to be broadcast only on KRTH's 101.1 FM HD2, but only through HD radios. Disney also broadcasts thier KRDC signal through K256CX FM on 99.1 FM, but, currently, the signal only reaches the Irwindale area.
KAVL AM has been continuously broadcasting Los Angeles Dodgers games since 1958.
The John and Ken Show on KFI AM 640 is the most listened-to local radio talk show in the nation. In the peak hour of their daily broadcasts, they draw an audience of about one million listeners. John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou began broadcasting in Los Angeles in 1992, coming from New Jersey and New York.
In 1971, then Los Angeles International Airport manager Clifton Moore came up with an idea for a radio station that would broadcast airport traffic information for visitors to LAX. He thought it would help relieve growing airport traffic congestion. Radio engineers William S. Halstead and Richard W. Burden were brought in to put the project together. By 1972, the new station began broadcasting in the immediate LAX area on AM frequency 840. It quickly became apparent that early 1970s drivers still had to find radio stations on a “slide dial" which distracted them from driving. Halstead and Burden found that car radios could actually tune into radio frequency 530 at the very “bottom of the dial.” Such a station frequency could easily be located on the radio dial without actually having to look at the dial. The new station switched to AM 530 and came to be known as LAX Air Radio 530. The station, which eventually could be heard as far away as 30 miles from the airport, broadcast continuously until 2011. By then, the contract with the vendor that managed the station expired and the airport decided not to fund the station any longer.