KABC (AM)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Benhocking (talk | contribs) at 17:33, 4 October 2007 (→‎Current Hosts: more dab BOR). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Jump to navigation Jump to search
KABC
File:790KABC.gif
Broadcast areaGreater Los Angeles Area
Frequency790 (kHz) (HD Radio)
Branding"TalkRadio 790 KABC"
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
AffiliationsABC News
Ownership
Owner
KLOS, KSPN
Also part of the Disney/ABC Cluster: TV Station KABC
History
First air date
April 14, 1925 (as KFVF)
Call sign meaning
American Broadcasting Company (former owner)
Technical information
ClassB
ERP5,000 watts
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.kabc.com

KABC 790 AM is a Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the American Broadcasting Company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in 1960; they are of the first station ever to do so. This is one of many Disney/ABC Radio stations that has now merged with Citadel Broadcasting and remains an ABC affiliate to this day.

KABC first went on the air on April 14, 1925 as KVFV. On November 15, 1929 the station was sold to Earle C. Anthony, a local car dealer who already owned KFI-AM 640. He owned it until the early 1940s, when FCC rules changes meant no entity could own more than one radio station. While he owned the station, Anthony changed the call letters to reflect his initials, KECA. ABC bought the station in 1944, changing the call letters to the present KABC in 1954.

KABC has been the base of operation for many influential radio hosts, including early talk controversialists Joe Pyne and Louis Lomax, Michael Jackson, whose talk show attracted celebrities, politicians, and newsmakers of all types, pioneering radio psychologists Dr. Toni Grant and David Viscott, and more recent syndicated hosts including Dennis Prager (now with NewsTalk 870 KRLA and the Salem Radio Network), John and Ken (on KFI before their stint on KABC and now currently back on KFI) and Larry Elder. In the 1980s, Jackson, Grant and Viscott were also heard nationwide on ABC Radio's Talkradio network. For decades, it was also the station of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their Hall-Of-Fame broadcaster Vin Scully.

Though still a prominent Los Angeles station, during the past decade KABC's ratings share has declined; it now consistently ranks behind KFI, the other major talk station in Los Angeles.

Current locally-based personalities on KABC include Elder, Doug McIntyre, Bill O'Reilly, Peter Tilden, and Al Rantel.

Current Hosts

Doug McIntyre (mornings)--occasionally fills in for Bill O'Reilly

Rod Marinko (news/"McIntyre in the Morning")

Jorge Jarrin (traffic)--his father, Jaime Jarrin, broadcasts in Spanish for the Dodgers.

The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly

Richard Santiago (news)

Sandy Wells (news)

Paul Harvey (news/comment twice daily)

Al Rantel (mid-mornings/early evenings)

Sean Hannity

Larry Elder (afternoons)

Mark Levin (evenings)

Peter Tilden (overnights)

Moneytalk with Bob Brinker (weekends/financial)

Joe Aldeguer (weekends/financial)

Ric Edelman (weekends/financial)

Compound Stock Earnings (weekends/financial)

Leon Kaplan (weekends/automotive)

Dr. Gary Cohen (weekends/medical)

Chef Jamie Gwen (weekends/cooking)

Marc Cohen (weekends/computers)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Cohen

Leo Terrell (weekends)

Tammy Bruce (weekends)

Rob Nelson (weekends)

Mike Walker (weekends)

Mark Isler (weekends)--occasionally fills in for Al Rantel

Nellkane Benton (community affairs)

Bob Anderson (community affairs)

Satellite Sisters (weekends)

Alumni

Ira Fistell--who never liked computers

David Viscott (afternoons/deceased 1996)

Michael Jackson

Vin Scully (Dodgers)--currently broadcasting on KFWB-AM

Ross Porter (Dodgers)--currently broadcasting on KFWB-AM

Rick Monday (Dodgers)--currently broadcasting on KFWB-AM

Don Drysdale (Dodgers/deceased 1993)

Jerry Doggett (Dodgers/deceased 1997)

Roger Barkley (mornings/deceased 1997)

Robert Arthur (mornings/deceased, date unknown)

Ken Minyard (mornings/retired 2006)

Joe Pyne (overnights/deceased 1970)

Ray Briem (overnights)--last known to be on KIEV-AM

Dr. Toni Grant (afternoons/in Dallas)

Dennis Prager (mornings/currently at KIEV-AM)

John and Ken John Kolbylt and Ken Chiampou (returned to KFI-AM)

Louis Lomax

Bud "The Steamer" Furillo (sports/last reported to be in Northern California)

Tom Hawkins (sports)

Dr. Susan Forward

Kelly Lange (last seen on KNBC-TV)

Dan Avey (left the station 2007)

Logos


Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KABC_(AM)&oldid=162281441"