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LA Radio Dream Dial

radio128 said:
I took my Langer's pastrami sandwich across the street to Macarthur Park to eat when Langer's was take out only early in the pandemic. The worst thing that happened was when a bird swooped down, grabbed a few of my fries and then flew off.
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A #19 ( https://losangelesexplorersguild.com/2021/12/14/langers-no-19-worlds-best-pastrami-sandwich/ ) is now $24. If you're not getting mugged for that, you're fine.

In all seriousness, my wife and I try to get to Langer's whenever we're in town. I usually have to park a block or two away on Alvarado. We've never been bothered. Back in '18 and '19, we had to stand in line to get in at lunchtime, and there was a preacher across the street in MacArthur Park with a bullhorn reading the Gospel en Espanol while vendors with carts cooked and sold street corn. This time the vendors were still there, but the preacher wasn't. Kinda missed hearing it.

Not saying I want to go for a leisurely stroll through MacArthur Park, but you're not in immediate danger going to Langer's.
 
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michael hagerty said:
We didn't drive Santa Monica Boulevard this time, but we drove Sunset from Vermont all the way out to PCH. WeHo (it's still called that) is gentrifying fast---a lot of mid-to-high-rise new construction---but the Whisky, Roxy and Rainbow are still there.

KHJ's studios were in Hollywood, but nowhere near WeHo or the strip. They were at 5515 Melrose, adjacent to the Paramount lot, between Vine and Western. That building is now the office for the Paramount Pictures Studio Tour.

KHJ's transmitter (and later, studios for KRTH, KROQ and other CBS/Infinity stations) was at Venice and Fairfax (5901 Venice).

The towers came down nine years ago ( video here: https://www.rbr.com/93-khj-radio-tower-demolished-in-la-video/ ) and housing was built on that part of the lot. CBS moved the stations still using the Venice studios (I believe KROQ, AMP and JACK at the time) to 5670 Wilshire (all the CBS, now Audacy, stations are there) and the Venice building is now a Kaiser Permanente testing facility.

As for KFWB, that building was condemned after the 1994 Northridge quake (KFWB itself had moved to an old supermarket on Yucca decades earlier), and was torn down. It's still an empty lot.

Most radio stations in L.A. had the kind of security and no-visitors policy you describe. KRLA was a rarity.
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HI Michael, Thank you very much for the reply, the detailed information, and the interesting video ! Greatly appreciated. -- D.L. L.A.
 
Pop+EDM said:
If it were for me, 70% of the FM dial would be teen/mainstream pop and mainstread EDM and the other 30% would be Christian rock and pop, lol.
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So everyone over 40 that’s a non Christian should stop listening to FM.

To bad most of the active listening to radio is probably over the age of 35.
 
With all due respect for Langer's (I ate there all the time when I worked in LA) but just for reference you can get just as great tasting a pastrami sandwich at Art's in Studio City or at Brent's in Northridge. Yes I I'm really off topic but food is food...oh well...
 
TomásEstefan said:
With all due respect for Langer's (I ate there all the time when I worked in LA) but just for reference you can get just as great tasting a pastrami sandwich at Art's in Studio City or at Brent's in Northridge. Yes I I'm really off topic but food is food...oh well...
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Art's and Brent's are great---but they're in the Valley. If I'm at the La Brea Tar Pits, or the Petersen Museum, or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum (went this trip---it's GREAT), it's an hour to Brent's, 35 minutes to Art's or 20 to Langer's.
 
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
So everyone over 40 that’s a non Christian should stop listening to FM.

To bad most of the active listening to radio is probably over the age of 35.
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No offense to the person who suggested it, but the whole concept of an L.A. Radio Dream Dial is a recipe for self-indulgence. It's asking us to fantasize choices that will undoubtedly serve some---a lot---people less well than what really exists.
 
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
So everyone over 40 that’s a non Christian should stop listening to FM.

To bad most of the active listening to radio is probably over the age of 35.
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No need to worry because that'd never happen. I was just telling eveyrone the kind of stations I like.
Although I sometimes listen to talk radio, since English is not my mother tongue I prefer to listen music on my way to work or at home.
 
Pop+EDM said:
No need to worry because that'd never happen. I was just telling eveyrone the kind of stations I like.
Although I sometimes listen to talk radio, since English is not my mother tongue I prefer to listen music on my way to work or at home.
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Indeed no worries, you're not missing much by not listening to the one-sided diatribe on so-called Talk Radio.
 
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michael hagerty said:
Art's and Brent's are great---but they're in the Valley. If I'm at the La Brea Tar Pits, or the Petersen Museum, or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum (went this trip---it's GREAT), it's an hour to Brent's, 35 minutes to Art's or 20 to Langer's.
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I guess what I was trying to put across is that people seemed to be complaining about the neighbourhoods surrounding their favorite eateries...yes, I think it's a little easier going in the Valley...but what I forgot to mention is the deli I grew up with: Canter's on Fairfax. The neighbourhood is still not that bad, certainly when compared to a lot of other places, it's an "Institution" and the food has always been really good. My fav dish there: Lox Eggs and Onions Scrambled, makes my mouth water just thinking about it! (So you see you don't have to go to the Valley!)
 
ChannelFlipper said:
Unless you are the poor sap who got robbed and shot near MacArthur Park just today. Here is a pearl of advice for you, especially useful in LA:

Nothing is as safe as you think it is. Act accordingly.

LAPD investigating robbery, shooting in MacArthur Park
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Hey, there’s a mass killer loose in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. The victims were asleep in their beds.

www.nytimes.com

‘We Do Not Have a Suspect,’ the Police Say After Idaho Killings (Published 2022)

After four college students were stabbed to death, the police sought to downplay any wider danger. But with no suspect, they’re not so sure.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Also, actually watching the video you posted, we learn that the robbery victim was not in MacArthur Park, nor in line at Langer’s, but in an upscale apartment four blocks from MacArthur Park, where he was relieved of his Rolex and shot.
 
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TomásEstefan said:
I guess what I was trying to put across is that people seemed to be complaining about the neighbourhoods surrounding their favorite eateries...yes, I think it's a little easier going in the Valley...but what I forgot to mention is the deli I grew up with: Canter's on Fairfax. The neighbourhood is still not that bad, certainly when compared to a lot of other places, it's an "Institution" and the food has always been really good. My fav dish there: Lox Eggs and Onions Scrambled, makes my mouth water just thinking about it! (So you see you don't have to go to the Valley!)
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I love Canter’s…but I go there for corned beef. And let’s not forget Nate ‘N Al’s, but that’s more a breakfast thing for me.
 
michael hagerty said:
Hey, there’s a mass killer loose in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. The victims were asleep in their beds.

www.nytimes.com

‘We Do Not Have a Suspect,’ the Police Say After Idaho Killings (Published 2022)

After four college students were stabbed to death, the police sought to downplay any wider danger. But with no suspect, they’re not so sure.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Also, actually watching the video you posted, we learn that the robbery victim was not in MacArthur Park, nor in line at Langer’s, but in an upscale apartment four blocks from MacArthur Park, where he was relieved of his Rolex and shot.
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This story is actually getting really interesting. Victim was driving a Rolls-Royce Phantom registered to a member of the Korean imperial family:

abc7.com

Man shot and robbed of Rolex, jewelry near Koreatown

A man was shot and robbed of his Rolex watch and jewelry outside a luxury apartment complex near Koreatown Friday afternoon, Los Angeles police say.
abc7.com abc7.com
 
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TomásEstefan said:
I guess what I was trying to put across is that people seemed to be complaining about the neighbourhoods surrounding their favorite eateries...yes, I think it's a little easier going in the Valley...but what I forgot to mention is the deli I grew up with: Canter's on Fairfax. The neighbourhood is still not that bad, certainly when compared to a lot of other places, it's an "Institution" and the food has always been really good. My fav dish there: Lox Eggs and Onions Scrambled, makes my mouth water just thinking about it! (So you see you don't have to go to the Valley!)
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I apologize for being really off-topic. But L.A. has some wonderful, really really old school restaurants. Langer's is one of them - also The Pantry cafe on Figueroa St. and Philippe's French Dip Sandwiches on Alameda. Those places were old when I worked in downtown L.A. in the '70's. And they are still there, with the same good food. They are ancient institutions now, but they bring back memories of fun lunches with friends. Lawry's Prime Rib on La Cienega is the same way. It's just been there forever. :)
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Daryl Lynn L.A. said:
I apologize for being really off-topic. But L.A. has some wonderful, really really old school restaurants. Langer's is one of them - also The Pantry cafe on Figueroa St. and Philippe's French Dip Sandwiches on Alameda. Those places were old when I worked in downtown L.A. in the '70's. And they are still there, with the same good food. They are ancient institutions now, but they bring back memories of fun lunches with friends. Lawry's Prime Rib on La Cienega is the same way. It's just been there forever. :)
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All of them are great---in fact, we had dinner with friends at Lawry's on this trip. Lawry's opened on La Cinega in 1938, but moved, and of the six of us at dinner, we all realized we hadn't been in the "new" Lawry's (they moved across the street). We looked it up---the "new" Lawry's has been there for 32 years now.
 
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hotpatrick2004 said:
Everyone please get back to topic at hand.
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Patrick, this got off track when the person who started this thread on the NY board expressed on page two how much they'd like to visit L.A., which was followed by a whole bunch of BS about how crappy it is as a whole.

I'm not letting that go unanswered, especially when it can be answered by facts.

If Frank and/or David wish, they can scrub all that and take this 58-post thread down to 23 posts, exactly ONE (from GEDA1990) of which followed the original prompt of laying out their L.A. Radio Dream Dial, and user Pop+EDM getting closest after that with:

"70% of the FM dial would be teen/mainstream pop and mainstread EDM and the other 30% would be Christian rock and pop."

I've already given my opinion of the topic (see post #47 above).
 
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