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Most Popular Radio Stations
Los Angeles Radio Market

Radio, Broadcasting, Los Angeles

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Also see:
AM Radio Stations in the Los Angeles Area.
FM Radio Stations in the Los Angeles Area.


The leading most popular radio stations in September 2025 (ranking in the top five) each took from 3.9 to 7.2 percent of radio audience market share. Combined, they reached more than 27 percent of all radio listeners in the Greater Los Angeles area.


Of the 42 L.A. radio stations listed here, 12 are Spanish-language stations. Combined, these 12 stations draw 18 percent of the L.A. radio audience.



Ranked in Popularity, June-September 2025

Stations ranked by percent share of listening audience.

Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KRTH FM 101.1 Classic Hits 1 1 1 1
KBIG FM 104.3 Hot Adult Contemporary 2 3 3 4-tie
KOST FM 103.5 Adult Contemporary 3 2 2 2
KTWV FM 94.7 Urban Adult Contemporary 4 4 4-tie 4-tie
KNX FM 97.1 News 5 6 4-tie 4-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KIIS FM 102.7 Top 40 Contemporary 6 5 5 3
KCBS FM 93.1 Variety Hits 7-tie 7-tie 6 6-tie
KLOS FM 95.5 Classic Rock 7-tie 7-tie 7 5
KUSC FM 91.5 Classical 7-tie 10 11-tie 10
KLVE FM 107.5 Spanish Adult Contemporary 8 11 10 7
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KROQ FM 106.7 Alternate Rock 9 12-tie 12-tie 9
KLAX FM 97.9 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 10-tie 9 11-tie 11
KYSR FM 98.7 Alternate Rock 10-tie 14 9 8
KFI AM 640 News/Talk 11-tie 8 8 6-tie
KPCC FM 89.3 News/Talk Public Radio 11-tie 13 12-tie 12-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KSCA FM 101.9 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 11-tie 12-tie 11-tie 12-tie
KCRW FM 89.9 Public Radio/ Variety 12 15-tie 14 14
KKGO FM 105.1 Country 13 15-tie 13 13
KKJZ FM 88.1 Jazz 14 18 17-tie 16-tie
KXOL FM 96.3 Spanish Contemporary 15 17-tie 15 15
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KBUE FM 105.5 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 16-tie 16 19-tie 20-tie
KJLH FM 102.3 Urban Contemporary 16-tie 17-tie 17-tie 18-tie
KRRL FM 92.3 Urban Contemporary 16-tie 19 18 17-tie
KKLQ FM 100.3 Christian Contemporary 17-tie 17-tie 16 17-tie
KLAC AM 570 Sports 17-tie 20-tie 21 18-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KPWR FM 105.9 Urban Contemporary 17-tie 20-tie 19-tie 16-tie
KLLI FM 93.9 Hot Adult Contemporary 18 21 20 17-tie
KDAY FM 93.5 Classic Hip Hop 19-tie 22-tie 19-tie 20-tie
KRCD FM 103.9 / 98.3 Spanish Classic Hits 19-tie 22-tie 19-tie 16-tie
KLYY FM 97.5 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 20 23 22 19
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KFWB AM 980 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 21 24 24-tie 21-tie
KRLA AM 870 Talk 22 27-tie 25 23-tie
KAIA FM 95.9 Christian Contemporary 23-tie 27-tie 23 22-tie
KEIB AM 1150 Talk 23-tie 25 24-tie 22-tie
KCSN FM 88.5 Adult Alternative 24 26 24-tie 21-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KDLD FM 103.1 Spanish/ Regional Mexican 25-tie 29-tie 27-tie 25-tie
KKLA FM 99.5 Christian Talk 25-tie 29-tie 26 25-tie
KTNQ AM 1020 Spanish News/Talk 25-tie 29-tie 27-tie 24
KWKW AM 1330 Spanish Sports 25-tie 30-tie 27-tie 26-tie
KHJ AM 930 Religious Catholic 26-tie 30-tie 28-tie 26-tie
Station Dial Location Format Listener Popularity Rank
Sep 2025 Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Jun 2025
KTLW-FM FM 88.9 Christian Contemporary 26-tie 30-tie 31-tie 26-tie
KWVE-FM FM 107.9 Christian Talk/ Music 26-tie 30-tie 28-tie 26-tie

Source: Radio Online and Neilsen Audio