- KMPC
Infobox Radio station
name = KMPC
city =Los Angeles, California
area =Greater Los Angeles
branding = "Radio Korea"
slogan =
frequency = 1540 (kHz)
repeater =
airdate =1952
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format = Korean programming
power =
erp = 50,000watt s (Day)
37,000watt s (Night)
haat =
class = B
facility_id = 61647
coordinates = coord|34|4|43.00|N|118|11|5.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = McMillan Petroleum Company
(former owner)
former_callsigns = KPOL (1952-1981)
KZLA (1981-1984)
KSKQ (1984-1992)
KXED (1992-1996)
KXMG (1996-1997)
KCTD (1997-2000)
affiliations =
owner = P&Y Broadcasting Licensee, LLC
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website = [http://www.radiokorea.com/ www.radiokorea.com]KMPC ("Radio Korea", 라디오코리아) is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California that airs Radio Korea programming. It broadcasts news, information, and entertainment for the largest Korean community in the
United States .KMPC is one of three radio stations in L.A. that broadcast entirely in Korean; the others are
KYPA and KFOX.KMPC 1540 history
KMPC began airing Radio Korea programming on
May 1 ,2007 ; before that, it was an owned-and-operated affiliate ofSporting News Radio as an all-sports station. However, some of the network's daily programming did not air on the station, except in certain situations.It covered
San Diego Chargers football (one of two flagship stations for the Chargers Radio Network; the other beingKIOZ inSan Diego ), and selectedWestwood One sports programming not carried byCBS Radio 's KFWB-AM and KLSX-FM. Among the broadcasts that KMPC carried from Westwood One, they includedNCAA basketball,PGA Tour golf tournament updates (mostly those covered fromCBS Sports television),The Masters Tournament , NFL football (includingMonday Night Football on occasion), and more.In 2006, KMPC lost the broadcast rights to USC basketball and football to rival KSPN-AM, and in response, the station acquired the local broadcast rights of the
University of Notre Dame 's football games fromWestwood One . The station also stopped coveringNASCAR races after having done so for several years. Among the station's regular talk-show hosts includedTony Bruno , who began his morning show inApril 2005 following the departure ofRoger Lodge ; long-time local sports talk host Dave Smith (whose show became part ofSporting News Radio in June 2006), and a late-afternoon show hosted by former USC football playerPetros Papadakis .A new addition to KMPC was former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter, who filled in for Roggin on an early-June
2005 broadcast.Roger Nadel , former GM of all-newsKFWB in Los Angeles, was the station's VP/GM and Program Director.In June 2006, former afternoon host and current
KNBC-TV sports directorFred Roggin left the station and a new program, the Atlanta-based2 Live Stews , took his place. Roggin's departure (due to increased commitments to KNBC andNBC Sports ) triggered a shift in the station's daily programming lineup, which had Smith and Papadakis switch dayparts, which in turn accommodated the Los Angeles debut of the 2 Live Stews.On September 5, 2006, KMPC's parent company was sold to
American City Business Journals for an undisclosed price, along with similarly-formatted stations inNew York City , Chicago, and Boston,Sporting News Radio , and "The Sporting News " magazine.In 2007, before the station's sale to
Radio Korea , there were no local shows on the station.Bob Keisser of the "Long Beach Press-Telegram " said that KMPC is "on life support." (Page B2, December 29, 2006 issue).On
March 30 ,2007 , AllAccess.com, an online news service covering the radio and music industries, reported that AmCity had decided to sell the station to P&Y Broadcasting, doing business as Radio Korea Media Group. Again, the price was not revealed.Dispersal of former programming
*The Chargers' current local affiliate is
KLAC , a change made for the 2008 season. [cite web|url=http://www.chargers.com/broadcasting/radio-network.htm|title=San Diego Chargers Radio Network] In 2007, the Chargers had signed KSPN as the new local affiliate in the Los Angeles area. Some early season games were not available in 2007 due to that station's continuing coverage of theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim and theMajor League Baseball postseason. (The Angels have since changed the flagship station to KLAA.)
*Most Westwood One sporting events, including theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship , NFL football, and theSummer Olympic Games , are now available on KSPN. (However, if the USC Trojans make the basketball tournament, the local flagship feed replaces the national one.) The exception is the Sunday NFL packages, which air on KLAC; KSPN airs Monday night games only. (Later in the 2008 season, KTLK is expected to carry some Sunday night games, as coverage of theLos Angeles Lakers starts on KLAC.) In 2007, coverage was shared by four stations: KLAC, KTLK, KABC, and KLAA. (KABC is now the home station of theLos Angeles Dodgers .)
*The Fighting Irish debuted on KLAA with theSeptember 6 season opener against San Diego State; however, the game may have been left early ("a la" theHeidi Game ); that game kicked off at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time and Angels' pre-game coverage was scheduled for 3 p.m. How many games will air the rest of the season will be dependent on the Angels' regular season and postseason schedule.
*No new local affiliate has been found for the Masters golf tournament.
*Roggin and Papadakis joined the lineup of KLAC, in morning drive and afternoon drive respectively. Roggin and co-hosts T.J. Simers and Tracie Simers were removed in October 2007 in favor ofDan Patrick . Papadakis remains on KLAC.
*Bruno debuted on KLAC on September 29, replacing Joe McDonnell at 7 p.m. weeknights. Bruno's program, like Patrick's, is syndicated by Content Factory.
*Neither the 2 Live Stews, nor Sporting News Radio are available in the L.A. area. Some SNR shows are available viasatellite onXM Sports Nation or onterrestrial radio from San Diego sports radio station XX 1090.Before KMPC
The history of AM1540 goes back to its days as KPOL. It aired a wide variety of formats until the early 1980s. KPOL also advertised on the 1959
television series "Home Run Derby".Throughout the 1980s and much of the 1990s, this frequency broadcast in Spanish, first as
KXEZ then as KXMG "Mega 1540." In 1999, One on One Sports Inc. of Northbrook,Illinois purchased the station and converted it to sports radio. It was part of the sale to Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures in 2001.KMPC-710
Prior to
November 21 ,1997 the call letters KMPC were assigned on AM-710, and it was at one time one of the top AM radio stations in Southern California. In the 1960s and 70s, it used the moniker "The Station of the Stars" and featured a number of notable DJs, includingDick Whittinghill ,Robert W. Morgan ,Bob Arbogast ,Geoff Edwards ,Ira Cook ,Roger Carroll ,Wink Martindale ,Jim Lange ,Gary Owens ,Johnny Magnus ,Kathy Gori , andSonny Melendrez .A powerhouse in local sports reporting, KMPC-710 broadcast
Los Angeles Rams , California Angels, andUCLA football games. Some of the notable sports announcers wereFred Hessler ,Don Wells ,Bob Starr ,Jim Healy ,Kent Derdivanis ,Dave Niehaus ,Dick Enberg , andJoe Torre .KMPC-710 was also noted for its extensive use of field reporters and news/traffic aircraft. It was also the first station to issue
Sigalert traffic alerts.At one time, KMPC was owned by the famous singing cowboy
Gene Autry .KMPC appeared fictionally in the
Steven Spielberg movie "1941" (see1941 (film) , the dance contest broadcast), and inThat Thing You Do (brief interview).Reference
External links
* [http://www.radiokorea.com Radio Korea Website] ko icon
* [http://www.tonybrunoshow.com Tony Bruno Show]
* [http://www.710kmpc.com/ KMPC-710 Tribute Site]
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