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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 | Licensee | Address | Telephone |
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AM 570 | KLAC AM 570 LA Sports |
Sports | iHeartMedia Inc | 3400 W Olive St #550, Burbank 91505 | (818) 559-2252 |
AM 610* | KAVL Fox Sports 610 |
Sports | RZ Radio LLC, High Desert Broadcasting | 570 E Ave Q-9, Palmdale 93550 | (661) 947-3107 |
AM 640 | KFI More Stimulating Talk |
News/Talk | iHeartMedia Inc | 3400 W Olive Ave, #550, Burbank 91505 | (818) 559-2252 |
AM 670 | KIRN Radio Iran |
Ethnic Iranian | Lotus Communications | 3301 Barham Blvd #300, Los Angeles 90068 | (323) 851-5476 |
AM 690 | XEWW URadio |
Chinese / Cantonese | H&H Group USA | 3810 Durbin St, Irwindale 91706 | (626) 388-1173 |
AM 710 | KSPN ESPN LA |
Sports | ABC Inc (Walt Disney Co) | 800 W Olympic Blvd, Ste 200, Los Angeles 90015 | (213) 284-7100 |
AM 740 | KBRT K-Brite |
Christian Talk | Kiertron Inc | 3183 Airway Ave #D, Costa Mesa 92626 | (714) 754-4450 |
AM 790 | KABC Talk Radio |
News/Talk | Cumulus Media | 8965 Lindblade St, Culver City 90232 | (310) 840-4900 |
AM 830 | KLAA Angels Radio |
Sports | Los Angeles Angels | Angel Stadium 2000 Gene Autry Way, Anaheim 92806 |
(714) 940-2500 |
AM 870 | KRLA The Answer |
Talk | Salem Communications | 701 N Brand Blvd, Ste 550, Glendale 92301 | (818) 956-5552 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Licensee | Address | Telephone |
AM 900 | KALI | Mandarin Chinese | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting | 747 E Green St, 4th Flr, Pasadena 91101 | --- |
AM 930 | KHJ Relevant Radio |
Religious | Immaculate Heart Media Inc | 3256 Penryn Rd, Ste 100, Loomis, CA 95650 | (877) 291-0123 |
AM 980 | KFWB La Mera Mera! |
Spanish Ranchera | Lotus Communications | 3301 Barham Blvd, Ste 201, Los Angeles 90068 | (323) 851-5959 |
AM 1020 | 1020 Radio AM Univision América 1020 |
Spanish News/Talk | Univision Communications Inc | 5999 Center Dr, Los Angeles 90045 | (310) 216-3434 |
AM 1070 | KNX News Radio |
News | Entercom Communications Corp | 5670 Wilshire Blvd, #200, Los Angeles 90036 | (323) 900-2070 |
AM 1110 | KRDC Radio Disney Country |
Country | ABC Radio Los Angeles Assets LLC (Walt Disney Co) | 3800 W Alameda Ave, Flr 17, Burbank 91505 | (818) 569-5000 |
AM 1150 | KEIB The Patriot |
Talk | iHeartMedia Inc | 3400 W Olive Ste #550, Burbank 91505 | (818) 559-2252 |
AM 1190 | KGBN | Korean Religious | Korean Gospel Broadcasting Co | 2641 W La Palma Ave, Anaheim 92801 | (714) 484-1190 |
AM 1220** | KHTS Hometown Station.com |
Local Talk/ News/Sports/Music | Jeri Lyn Broadcasting Inc | 24320 Main St, Newhall 91321 | (661) 298-2020 |
AM 1230 | KYPA Radio JBC |
Korean News/Talk/Variety | Woori Media Group, LLC | 449 S Broadway, Los Angeles 90013 | (415) 392-5272 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Licensee | Address | Telephone |
AM 1260 | KSUR LA Oldies K-SURF |
Oldies Music | Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters Inc | PO Box 250028, Los Angeles 90025 | (310) 478-5540 |
AM 1280 | KFRN Family Radio |
Christian Programming | Family Stations Inc | 1350 S Loop Rd, Alameda 94502 | (800) 543-1495 |
AM 1300 | KAZN Radio Chinese |
Chinese Programming | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc | 747 E Green St, Ste 101, Pasadena 91101 | (626) 568-1300 |
AM 1330 | KWKW Radio Deportes |
Spanish Sports | Lotus Communications Inc | 3301 Barham Blvd, Ste 201, Los Angeles 90068 | (323) 851-5959 |
AM 1340* | KTPI News Talk 1340 |
News/Talk | RZ Radio LLC / High Desert Broadcasting | 348 A East Ave K-4, Lancaster 93535 | (661) 942-1121 |
AM 1370 | KWRM iCiti Radio Los Angeles |
Chinese News | EDI Media Inc | 210 Radio Rd, Corona 92878 | (951) 737-1370 |
AM 1380* | KOSS News Talk 1380am |
News/Talk | High Desert Broadcasting | 570 E Ave Q-9, Palmdale 93550 | (661) 947-3107 |
AM 1390 | KLTX Radio Inspiración |
Spanish Religious | Hi-Favor Broadcasting LLC | 136 S Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena 91101 | (626) 356-4230 |
AM 1430 | KMRB | Cantonese Programming | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting LLC | 747 E Green St, Ste 208, Pasadena 91101 | (626) 792-8890 |
AM 1460 | KTYM The Angels |
Spanish Catholic | El Sembrador Ministries | PO Box 471, San Fernando 91341 | (818) 700-4938 |
AM 1470* | KUTY Hermosa 1470 |
Regional Mexican | High Desert Broadcasting LLC | 570 E Avenue Q-9, Palmdale 93550 | (661) 947-3107 |
Dial Location | Call Letters | Format | Licensee | Address | Telephone |
AM 1480 | KVNR Radio KVNR |
Vietnamese Programming | Liberman Broadcasting | 3101 W 5th St, Santa Ana 92703 | (714) 414-7528 |
AM 1510 | KSPA Viên Thao Radio |
Vietnamese Programming | Intelli LLC | 1982 Senter Rd, San Jose 95112 | (408) 947-7517 |
AM 1540 | KMPCRadio Korea | Korean Programming | P&Y Broadcasting Corp | 3700 Wilshire Blvd #600, Los Angeles 90010 | (213) 388-1540 |
AM 1580 | KBLA Radio Esperanza |
Spanish Religious | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc | 747 E Green St, Pasadena 91101 | (626) 844-8882 |
AM 1600 | KAHZ (simulcast of KAZN) |
Chinese Mandarin Programming | Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc | 747 E Green St, #101, Pasadena 91101 | (626) 568-1300 |
AM 1650 | KFOX Radio Seoul |
Korean Programming | HK Media, Inc | 3731 Wilshire Blvd, 10th Flr, Los Angeles 90010 | (323) 935-0606 |
* Broadcasts in Antelope Valley (Northern Los Angeles County area).
** Santa Clarita Area
In 2012, about 80 percent of surveyed employed adults age 18 or older living in the Los Angeles metropolitan area listen to radio each day. Their average listening time totals 2 hours and 15 minutes. Of these, Spanish-speaking working adults spend the most time on average listening to radio (Source: Arbitron).
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.
First licensed on March 10, 1922, as KJS, the 1330 kHz frequency (AM) is one of the oldest radio stations in the nation. It is also the one of the oldest Spanish-language radio stations in the nation.
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.