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KJLH aircheck from 1987

Personally, this was a Golden time for radio in L.A.....Late 80's, early 90's.

You had KJLH sounding really good.....KACE 103.9 sounding really good......The New KPWR (Power 106)......sounding really, really good.....KROQ paving the way for Modern and sounding really good....KIIS doing straight Top 40.......KRTH in kind of an eclectic Oldies/Today format and sounding good....KIQQ competing with KIIS and sounding good with a Modern Lean....KODJ doing oldies, then Top 40 and sounding good....KLOS even sounded good.

Did I leave anything out?
 
Thanks for sharing. Sounds a lot like Power 106 from that same time. Interesting how Power 106 sounded so much like an urban station like KJLH in 1987 but classified itself as CHR/dance.
 
That was great; made me nostalgic. Lon McQ is still with the station after all these years; what a survivor.

As for LA Radio's Golden Time, I think you are correct, airpab. I liked KUTE from that time period, too. Another of my old favorites, KNX-FM, made a brief comeback in between its KKHR and KODJ stints. I also liked KSRF (103.1 FM) when it was a soft AC.
 
Notice how the timeframe being described here is just pre-Telecom Act? Think there's any connection?

When you've got a building full of stations who no longer need to compete with each other, the creative force usually runs screaming from the room. (Or is fired.)

-- Doc
 
KPWRairchecks said:
Thanks for sharing. Sounds a lot like Power 106 from that same time. Interesting how Power 106 sounded so much like an urban station like KJLH in 1987 but classified itself as CHR/dance.
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Power 106 was KJLH's first setback. From 1986-1992 KJLH is renamed Rhythm 102.3 KJLH. Then came came 92.3 The Beat who's evolution to an Mainstream Urban prompted KJLH's move to Urban AC direction it's known for today.
 
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