- KABC (AM)
Infobox Radio Station
name = KABC
city =Los Angeles, California
area =Greater Los Angeles Area
branding = "TalkRadio 790 KABC"
slogan = Talkradio with Passion
airdate =April 14 ,1925 (as KFVF)
frequency = 790 kHz HD Radio
format = News/Talk
erp = 5,000Watt s
class = B
owner =Citadel Broadcasting
licensee = Radio License Holing VI, LLC
webcast = [http://www.kabc.com/article.asp?ID=295121 Listen Live]
website = [http://www.kabc.com/ www.kabc.com]
callsign_meaning = K American Broadcasting Company
(former owner)
sister_stations =KLOS
affiliations =ABC News KABC 790 AM is a
Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the Citadel Broadcasting company. A pioneer of thetalk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in 1960 and was one of the first stations to do so. KABC is one of many Disney/ABC Radio stations that has now merged withCitadel Broadcasting but remains an ABC affiliate.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. In the early 1940s, new FCC rules prohibited any entity from owning more than oneradio 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 KABC in 1954.KABC has been the base of operation for many influential radio hosts, including early talk polemicists
Joe Pyne andLouis Lomax ,Ira Fistel , Michael Jackson, whose talk show attracted celebrities, politicians, and newsmakers of all types, pioneering radio psychologistsDr. Toni Grant andDavid Viscott , and more recent syndicated hosts includingDennis Prager (now with NewsTalk 870KRLA and the Salem Radio Network),John and Ken (onKFI before their stint on KABC and now currently back onKFI ) andLarry Elder . In the 1980s, Jackson, Grant and Viscott were also heard nationwide onABC Radio 's Talkradio network.From 1974-97, it was also the station of the
Los Angeles Dodgers and their hall-of-fame broadcasterVin Scully . In 2008, the Dodgers Radio Network returned to KABC.Though still a prominent Los Angeles station, KABC, during the past decade, has declined in the ratings. It now consistently ranks behind KFI, the other major talk station in Los Angeles.
In April 2007, administrators at
Academia Semillas del Pueblo (ASDP) in the El Sereno community of North East Los Angeles filed a defamation lawsuit against KABC 790 AM andDoug McIntyre , claiming that the host of "McIntyre in the Morning" "targeted the school for destruction because the children were Latino, the teachers were Latino, the principal director was Latino," as stated in the lawsuit. [ "Academia Semillas del Pueblo and Marcos Aguilar v. Douglas McIntyre, ABC, Inc., et al.", Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No.: BC 369626] The lawsuit alleges that school employees received death threats and that the school was the target of a bomb threat because of McIntyre's extensive on-air criticism of the school, in which he accused ASDP of espousing a racist and separatist Anti-American philosophy. ["Los Angeles Times ", Apr. 19, 2007, page B4]On November 6, 2007, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Ralph W. Dau took the case under submission, and it is currently pending in his courtroom. ["Los Angeles Daily News ", November 6, 2007, http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_7385574?IADID]Current programming
Current personalities on KABC include Elder,
Doug McIntyre , Bill O'Reilly, andAl Rantel .Imus in the Morning will air on KABC beginning on December 10. (A complete list of shows is in the next section below.)KABC also has rights to Sunday night
National Football League games from Westwood One. In 2008, the Dodgers returned to KABC. ["Los Angeles Times ", Oct. 24, 2007, page D8]Current Hosts
Don Imus (early mornings)Doug McIntyre (mornings)—occasionally fills in for Bill O'ReillyRob 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)Richard Santiago (news)Paul Harvey (news/comment twice daily)Al Rantel (mid-mornings/early evenings)Tommy in Glasgow (with talksport mendoza show/islamic bhoy)Sean Hannity Larry Elder (afternoons)Mark Levin (evenings)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)Leo Terrell (weekends)Tammy Bruce (weekends)Mark Isler (weekends)—occasionally fills in for Al RantelNellkane Benton (community affairs)Vin Scully —Dodgers baseballRoss Porter —former Dodgers broadcaster, hosts "Real Heroes with Ross Porter"Rick Monday —Dodgers baseballCharley Steiner -Dodgers baseballKen Levine-Dodger Talk
Curtis Sliwa (fill-in, via ISDN from WABC)Alumni
Ira Fistell —who never liked computersDavid Viscott (afternoons/deceased 1996)Michael Jackson (mid-mornings/joined KGIL in 2007)Don Drysdale (Dodgers/deceased 1993)Jerry Doggett (Dodgers/deceased 1997)Ed "Superfan" Bieler Bud Tucker Roger Barkley (mornings/deceased 1997)Robert Arthur (mornings/deceased, date unknown)Ken Minyard (mornings/retired 2006)Carol Hemingway Mr. Blackwell Geoff Witcher Joe Pyne (overnights/deceased 1970)Ray Briem (overnights)—last known to be on KRLA-AMDr. Toni Grant (afternoons/in Dallas)Dennis Prager (mornings/now syndicated; currently at KRLA-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 onKNBC-TV )Dan Avey (left the station 2007)Gloria Allred (co-hosted "Allred and Taylor" with Mark Taylor)Mark Taylor (co-hosted "Allred and Taylor" with Gloria Allred)
Peter Tilden (overnights/came from KZLA in 2006/fired February 2008 in a cost-cutting move)Elmer Dills long-time restaurant critic(from the late 1970s to 2000?;deceased as of Tuesday, September 16, 2008);was succeeded by his son, PeterLogos
Fred Wallin-Left station in 1990..Sportstalk and Dodger Talk
References
External links
* [http://www.kabc.com Talk Radio 790 KABC]
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*AML|KABC
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