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A modest proposal by B.M.C. (New Dial Card)

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FM Digital Calls COL
77.0 KABC Los Angeles ex-AM 790
77.2 KAHZ Pomona ex-AM 1600
77.4 KALI West Covina ex-AM 900
77.7 KBRT Avalon ex-AM 740
77.8 KAZN Pasadena ex-AM 1300
78.0 KBLA Santa Monica ex-AM 1580
78.3 KDIS Pasadena ex-AM 1110
78.4 KFMB San Diego ex-AM 760
78.7 KFI Los Angeles ex-AM 640
78.9 KFOX Torrance ex-AM 1650
79.1 KFRN Long Beach ex-AM 1280
79.3 KFWB Los Angeles ex-AM 980
79.5 KGIL Beverly Hills ex-AM 1260
79.7 KHJ Los Angeles ex-AM 930
80.0 KLAA Orange ex-AM 830
80.1 KIRN Simi Valley ex-AM 670
80.3 KLAC Los Angeles ex-AM 570
80.4 KOGO San Diego ex-AM 600
80.5 KLTX Long Beach ex-AM 1390
80.7 KMPC Los Angeles ex-AM 1540
80.9 KMRB San Gabriel ex-AM 1430
81.1 KNX Los Angeles ex-AM 1070
81.6 KRLA Glendale ex-AM 870
81.8 KSPA Ontario ex-AM 1510
82.0 KSPN Los Angeles ex-AM 710
82.2 KTYM Inglewood ex-AM 1460
82.3 KTIE San Bernardino ex-AM 590
82.5 KTLK Los Angeles ex-AM 1150
82.7 KTNQ Los Angeles ex-AM 1020
82.9 KVNR Santa Ana ex-AM 1480
83.3 KWKW Los Angeles ex-AM 1330
83.4 KWRM Corona ex-AM 1370
83.6 KXMX Anaheim ex-AM 1190
83.8 KYPA Los Angeles ex-AM 1230
 
I'd be ok with moving small AM stations (graveyarders, high-band less-than-1kW, etc) to an expanded FM band that replaces TV 5 and 6, but not the bigger stations. I'd prefer in most cases that stations not do anything to reduce their coverage radius in any direction (except in cases where it's necessary to allow another station to upgrade facilities or a new station to come on.)

If some of those stations moved to FM, I'd no longer be able to hear them in Mt Helix area on the south & east side of some hills. Following is a list of ones I currently cannot receive anyway, from your list:
77.4 KALI West Covina ex-AM 900
77.8 KAZN Pasadena ex-AM 1300
80.5 KLTX Long Beach ex-AM 1390
80.9 KMRB San Gabriel ex-AM 1430
82.2 KTYM Inglewood ex-AM 1460
82.9 KVNR Santa Ana ex-AM 1480
83.8 KYPA Los Angeles ex-AM 1230
(Of the ones I can receive, some DO require the select-a-tenna to even be detected, I'll admit that. :))

Also, IMO, whatever all-digital mode AM goes to (not the hybrid digital+analog, but digital only), should have its clear dropout-free coverage radius using a cheap receiver and almost no antenna be equivalent to what its analog coverage was to where a pro could barely detect it using a beverage antenna and high-end military-grade receiver, assuming NOTHING else (no other stations, no RFI, etc) was on the air at the time. Also, I'd prefer it to either be backward compatible with existing analog radios, or, digital receivers priced such that if you sold your current analog receiver and bought an equal quality & featured digital receiver, you'd break even.
 
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