KZLA: Buck who?

RobertMoore · Mar 27, 2006

Re: L.A./O.C. Calls

At least you can put the COL(City of license) to their origins:

> > 92.3 - KFAC-FM, KKBT, KCMG, KHHT(Los Angeles)
> > 92.7 - KNJO, KMLT(Thousand Oaks)
> > 93.1 - KNX-FM, KKHR, KNX-FM, KODJ, KCBS-FM(Los Angeles)
> > 93.5 - KKOP, KFOX, KMJR, KFSG, KZAB, KDAY(Redondo Beach)
> > 93.9 - KPOL-FM, KZLA(Los Angeles)
> > 94.3 - KVFM, KGIL-FM, KMGX, KYKF, KBUA(City of San Fernando, LA County)
> > 94.3 - KGGK, KTBT, KORJ, KIKF, KMXN, KEBN(Garden Grove, Orange County)
> > 94.7 - KRHM, KMET, KTWV(Los Angeles)
> > 95.5 - KABC-FM, KLOS(Los Angeles)
> > 95.9 - KEZY-FM, KXMX, KFSH(Anaheim, Orange County)
> > 96.3 - KRKD-FM, KFSG, KXOL(Los Angeles)
> > 96.7 - KWIZ-FM(Santa Ana, Orange County)
> > 97.1 - KGBS-FM, KHTZ, KBZT, KLSX(Los Angeles)
> > 97.9 - KNOB, KSKQ, KLAX(Long Beach, later East Los Angeles)
> > 98.3 - KBOB, KRTO, KRCV(West Covina)
> > 98.7 - KCBH, KJOI, KXEZ, KYSR(Los Angeles)
> > 99.5 - KHOF-FM, KKLA(Los Angeles)
> > 100.3 - KMPC-FM, KMLA, KFOX-FM, KIQQ, KQLZ, KXEZ, KIBB, KCMG, KKBT(Los Angeles)
> > 101.1 - KHJ-FM, KRTH(Los Angeles)
> > 101.9 - KUTE, KMPC-FM, KEDG, KLIT, KSCA(Glendale)
> > 102.3 - KJLH(Compton)
> > 102.7 - KLAC-FM, KRHM, KKDJ, KIIS(Los Angeles)
> > 103.1 - KSRF, KACD, KSSC, KDLD(Santa Monica, LA County)
> > 103.1 - KOCN, KBCD, KSSD, KDLE(Newport Beach, Orange County)
> > 103.5 - KGLA, KADS, KOST(Los Angeles)
> > 103.9 - KTYM-FM, KACE, KRCD(Inglewood)
> > 104.3 - KPLA, KBIG-FM, KXTZ, KBIG(Los Angeles)
> > 105.1 - KCLI, KDBX, KBCA, KKGO, KMZT(Los Angeles)
> > 105.5 - KNAC, KBUE(Long Beach)
> > 105.9 - KFI-FM, KBMS, KWST, KMGG, KPWR(Los Angeles)
> > 106.3 - KYMS, KALI-FM(Santa Ana, Orange County)
> > 106.7 - KPPC-FM, KROQ(Pasadena)
> > 107.1 - KMAX, KLYY, KSSE(Arcadia)
> > 107.5 - KBBI, KPSA, KLVE(Los Angeles)

KMRichards · Mar 27, 2006

Re: L.A./O.C. Calls

> At least you can put the COL(City of license) to their
> origins:

I thought about that when I amended the original list, but since the COL has so little meaning anymore ...

BTW, I noticed an error in the original list that I didn't catch earlier. 103.1 Newport Beach was KOCM, not KOCN.

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Garrett · Mar 27, 2006

Re: 100.3

> > > The Urban format came in 1990 or 1991 (and
> > > the frequency switch with Mega 100.3 was around 1995 or
> > > 1996, IIRC).
> >
> > Actually, the frequency swap between 92.3 and 100.3 was in
>
> > late June 2000. I lived in the area during the frequency
> > swap. I also remember the aircheck being posted as an mp3
> > file on Napster (remember that?) Wasn't 100.3 KXEZ in
> 1995?
> > I think it was 1997 or 1998 when it became Mega (after it
> > was B-100 of course.)
>
> I'll defer to Tim's recollections, as the 100.3 frequency
> became something of a blur in my mind (and probably most of
> the listeners' minds) during the 90s with all the format and
> call letter changes.
>
> A good clue as to when it was KXEZ would be to determine
> when 98.7 dropped that format to become Star. There was
> about a year delay before the calls and format resurfaced on
> 100.3 (which replaced the all-New Wave format*, referred to
> only by the frequency, after Pirate Radio was shown the
> door). And KXEZ didn't last long before B100 replaced it
> (no hyphen; the San Diego B-100 was the one with the
> hyphen).

I didn't realize there was an official " - " in the KFMB FM name version.

KMRichards · Mar 27, 2006

KFM, BFM, San Diego ...

> > (no hyphen; the San Diego B-100 was the one with the
> > hyphen).
>
> I didn't realize there was an official " - " in the KFMB FM
> name version.

Well, the Gene Knight page at Uncle Ricky's has a B-100 boogie sticker on it, and the hyphen is definitely there:

http://www.amandfmmorningside.com/socal_area_bumperstickers.html

Note also that it has a sticker from the short-lived "100.3" format, and a Y107 sticker ...______________

Kyle_Hojem · Mar 27, 2006

Quiz time/KXEZ

> Actually, the frequency swap between 92.3 and 100.3 was in
> late June 2000. I lived in the area during the frequency
> swap. I also remember the aircheck being posted as an mp3
> file on Napster (remember that?) Wasn't 100.3 KXEZ in 1995?
> I think it was 1997 or 1998 when it became Mega (after it
> was B-100 of course.)

Quiz:
What did KXEZ's jingle sound like and what was the jingle?______________

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SuperRadioFan · Mar 27, 2006

Re: KFM, BFM, San Diego ...

> I found a page with bumper stickers from the Los Angeles
> area, including a B100 sticker proving the L.A. one had no
> hyphen:
>
http> ://www.amandfmmorningside.com/socal_area_bumperstickers.html
>
>
> Note also that it has a sticker from the short-lived "100.3"
> format, and a Y107 sticker ...
>

'the short-lived "100.3"'
THAT was a pretty good station, IIRC January-March 1993
They played a lot of stuff that Indie plays now

I notice that site is missing bumper stickers for "FM 101.9 LA's Finest Rock"
and also "World Class Rock 103.1".

Did the old KMPC-FM/The Edge 101.9 have a bumper sticker?

Kyle_Hojem · Mar 27, 2006

Re: L.A./O.C. Calls

> I thought about that when I amended the original list, but
> since the COL has so little meaning anymore ...
>
> BTW, I noticed an error in the original list that I didn't
> catch earlier. 103.1 Newport Beach was KOCM, not KOCN.

OCN was the short-lived Orange County News channel on cable here in the OC back in the 90s. Studios were in the OC Register building in Santa Ana.
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Kyle_Hojem · Mar 27, 2006

Re: L.A./O.C. Calls

> > > 94.3 - KVFM, KGIL-FM, KMGX, KYKF, KBUA(City of San Fernando, LA County)
> > > 94.3 - KGGK, KTBT, KORJ, KIKF, KMXN, KEBN(Anaheim, Orange County)

The COL for the OC 94.3 is Garden Grove.______________

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KMRichards · Mar 27, 2006

Re: KFM, BFM, San Diego ...

> Did the old KMPC-FM/The Edge 101.9 have a bumper sticker?

Yes.

You'll find a scan of it here:

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/5515/laradio.html#stations>http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/5515/laradio.html#stations</a>

They weren't The Edge long enough for a new sticker, though.

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RobertMoore · Mar 27, 2006

Re: L.A./O.C. Calls

> The COL for the OC 94.3 is Garden Grove.

Just corrected it. Thanks.

KMRichards · Mar 27, 2006

Re: L.A./O.C. Calls

I did a little more digging and found something that is somewhat interesting.

The Summer 1958 edition of North American Radio TV Station Listings by Vane A. Jones showed that KFOX-FM was at 102.3, COL Long Beach. As 100.3 was listed with the KMLA call letters, it is obvious that KFOX moved the call letters to 100.3 when they acquired it and took 102.3 dark, then the latter was put back on the air later under the KJLH calls (I say this is obvious because I know KFOX-FM was on 100.3 long before KJLH went on the air).

98.3 is listed with the call letters KDWC. Bob Burdette acquired it in the early 1960s, so I presume KDWC was the original set of calls.

97.1, COL Glendale, is KFMU. Since it didn't become KGBS-FM until the mid-1960s, I again presume these were the original calls.

KNOB was on 103.1 then; I presume the later move to 97.9 was part of the allocation of 103.1 to Santa Monica and Newport Beach.______________

Garrett · Mar 28, 2006

Hyphen talk...

Ok.

But the San Diego B100 Stickers in the 80's (when the station turned more AC) have no hyphen. I'm talking about the red and white logo from that period.

> Well, the Gene Knight page at Uncle Ricky's has a B-100
> boogie sticker on it, and the hyphen is definitely there:
>
> http://www.reelradio.com/gk/
>
> ALSO ....
>
> I found a page with bumper stickers from the Los Angeles
> area, including a B100 sticker proving the L.A. one had no
> hyphen:
>
http> ://www.amandfmmorningside.com/socal_area_bumperstickers.html
>
>
> Note also that it has a sticker from the short-lived "100.3"
> format, and a Y107 sticker ...
>

KMRichards · Mar 28, 2006

Re: Hyphen talk...

> But the San Diego B100 Stickers in the 80's (when the
> station turned more AC) have no hyphen. I'm talking about
> the red and white logo from that period.

Never saw it. Can you find a scan of it somewhere?

(Possibly, the stickers from the CHR period were more prevalent and memorable?)______________

Garrett · Mar 28, 2006

Re: Hyphen talk...

> > But the San Diego B100 Stickers in the 80's (when the
> > station turned more AC) have no hyphen. I'm talking about
> > the red and white logo from that period.
>
> Never saw it. Can you find a scan of it somewhere?
>
> (Possibly, the stickers from the CHR period were more
> prevalent and memorable?)
>
let me see what I can find.
-G.

ChannelFlipper · Mar 28, 2006

Re: Quiz time/KXEZ

Don't know the answer to your question, but the station failed miserably because it was such an obvious canned production. They did virtually nothing to distinguish themselves from KOST, except to play more Diamond and Manilow, when KOST was playing more Mariah, Celine, and Whitney - that is to say more upbeat soft rock,which was the way the go at the time.

> Quiz:
> What did KXEZ's jingle sound like and what was the jingle?
>

ChannelFlipper · Mar 29, 2006

Re: KFM, BFM, San Diego ...

Yes. Both as KMPC-FM and KEDG. I have no sample to show though.

> Did the old KMPC-FM/The Edge 101.9 have a bumper sticker?
>

KMRichards · Mar 29, 2006

Re: KFM, BFM, San Diego ...

> Yes. Both as KMPC-FM and KEDG. I have no sample to show
> though.

I don't believe there was a KEDG bumper sticker. I would have seen it if there had been.______________

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