- KYPA
Infobox Radio station
name = KYPA
city = Los Angeles,California
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branding = "AM 1230 JBC"
frequency = 1230kHz
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format =News Talk Information
power =
erp = 1,000watt s unlimited
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class = C
facility_id = 18273
coordinates = coord|34|2|15.00|N|118|16|35.00|W|region:US_type:city
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former_callsigns =KGFJ (1979-1996)
owner = Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC
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website = [http://www.myjbc.com www.myjbc.com]
affiliations = JBC RadioKYPA ("AM 1230 JBC") is a Korean-language radio station in
Los Angeles, California . It is owned byMulticultural Broadcasting .The format includes various shows that serve the largest Korean population in the United States. They include
talk shows ,news casts,variety shows , and popular music.Many years ago, this station served a much different community -
African-Americans . The call letters were KGFJ, and from the 1960s to around 1997, and again in the early 2000s, the programming consisted of R&B, classic soul, andgospel music . During the Los Angeles riots in 1992, KGFJ briefly adopted a talk format.A recreated example of KGFJ's R&B programming in the late 1950's can be found on Ron Jacobs' "Cruisin'
1959 " (Increase Records INCR 5-2004). This recreation featuresDJ Hunter Hancock and includes several classic R&B songs of that era, contemporary commercials (e.g., Champion spark plugs, theSaturday Evening Post , and others), and DJ patter.Between the two eras of black-oriented formats, KGFJ was KYPA, "Personal Achievement Radio." The station, as well as AM 820 in Chicago, aired condensed seminar speeches and interviews with business executives.
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2002 , the current format was adopted and the KYPA call sign restored.Many Angelenos have a hard time listening to KYPA at night due to a drastic reduction in signal strength. The station is replacing their roof-top wire antenna (possibly the last in the U.S.) with a new site in the hills northwest of
Dodger Stadium using one of the six-tower array of co-ownedKBLA .External links
*AMQ|KYPA
*AML|KYPA
* [http://www.reelradio.com/rj/cruisin/index.html Cruisin' 1959 at reelradio.com]KYPA 1230am or JBC Radio is owned by Joongang Ilbo or Korea Daily. Korean newspaper will broadcasting news, music, talk shows throughout large korean population that will impact korean-american community. JBC Joongang Broadcasting Corp has inquired WPBC AM 1310 in Atlanta and has plans to broadcast in DC and NYC markets.www.myjbc.com
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