KRLA, the Glossary
KRLA (870 AM) "AM 870 The Answer" is a commercial radio station broadcasting a conservative talk radio format.[1]
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- Radio stations established in 1942
Adult standards
Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia or Big Band format) is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.
Big band
A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
Brokered programming
Brokered programming (also known as time-buy and blocktime) is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot commercials.
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Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station.
Charlie Kirk
Charles J. Kirk (born October 14, 1993) is an American conservative political activist, radio talk show host, and internet personality.
Christian radio
Christian radio refers to Christian media radio formats that focus on Christian religious broadcasting or various forms of Christian music.
Chuck Cecil (broadcaster)
Chuck Cecil (December 26, 1922 – April 30, 2019) was a veteran Los Angeles radio broadcaster and longtime host of the syndicated program "The Swingin' Years", a "Best of" radio show for the "big band" era in music, which lasted from 1935 to 1955.
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City of license
In U.S., Canadian, and Mexican broadcasting, a city of license or community of license is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.
Clear-channel station
A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals.
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Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship, for example.
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Conservative talk radio
Conservative talk radio is a talk radio format in the United States and other countries devoted to expressing conservative viewpoints of issues, as opposed to progressive talk radio.
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Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music.
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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.
Cumulus Media, Inc., is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States ahead of Audacy and behind iHeartMedia.
Dennis Prager
Dennis Mark Prager (born August 2, 1948) is an American conservative radio talk show host and writer.
Directional antenna
A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater radio wave power in specific directions.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News. KRLA and Fox News Radio are conservative talk radio.
Genesis Communications Network
The Genesis Communications Network, often referred to as GCN, was a radio network that operated from 1998 to 2024, owned by Ted Anderson.
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George Putnam (newsman)
George Putnam (July 14, 1914 – September 12, 2008) was an American television news reporter and talk show host based in Los Angeles.
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Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Glenn Beck
Glenn Lee Beck (born February 10, 1964) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host, entrepreneur, and television producer.
Greater Los Angeles
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with Los Angeles County in the center, and Orange County to the southeast.
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Hollywood Park Racetrack
Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena.
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Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is an American conservative political commentator, radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network, attorney, academic, and author.
Inland Empire
The Inland Empire (commonly abbreviated as the IE) is a metropolitan area and region inland of and adjacent to coastal Southern California, centering around the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, and bordering Los Angeles County to the west and San Diego County to the south.
John MacArthur (American pastor)
John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American pastor and author who hosts the national Christian radio and television program Grace to You.
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KABC (AM)
KABC (790 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. KRLA and KABC (AM) are news and talk radio stations in the United States and radio stations in Los Angeles.
KCBQ
KCBQ (1170 AM "The Answer") is a commercial radio station in San Diego, California. KRLA and KCBQ are conservative talk radio, news and talk radio stations in the United States and Salem Media Group radio stations.
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KFSH-FM
KFSH-FM (95.9 MHz, "95.9 The Fish") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to La Mirada, California, and serves Orange County and southern Los Angeles County. KRLA and KFSH-FM are radio stations in Los Angeles and Salem Media Group radio stations.
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KKLA-FM
KKLA-FM (99.5 MHz, "99.5 KKLA") is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. KRLA and KKLA-FM are radio stations in Los Angeles and Salem Media Group radio stations.
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KTIE
KTIE (590 AM, "AM 590 The Answer") is a commercial radio station licensed to San Bernardino, California. KRLA and KTIE are conservative talk radio, news and talk radio stations in the United States and Salem Media Group radio stations.
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KWVE (AM)
KWVE (1110 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, serving Greater Los Angeles as a simulcast of Christian talk and teaching station KWVE-FM. KRLA and KWVE (AM) are radio stations established in 1942 and radio stations in Los Angeles.
Larry Elder
Laurence Allen Elder (born April 27, 1952) is an American conservative political commentator and talk radio host.
List of North American broadcast station classes
This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Mark Levin
Mark Reed Levin (born September 21, 1957) is an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, radio personality, and writer.
Mike Gallagher (born April 7, 1960) is an American radio host and conservative political commentator.
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement
The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA, Accord régional sur la radiodiffusion en Amérique du Nord; Convenio Regional Norteamericano de Radiodifusión) refers to a series of international treaties that defined technical standards for AM band (mediumwave) radio stations.
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Oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
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Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radio format
A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station.
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Salem Media Group, Inc. (formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian values and what it describes as "family-themed content and conservative values".
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Salem Radio Network
Salem Radio Network is a United States-based radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian political talk, music, and conservative secular news/talk programming.
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San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States.
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Lukács Gorka (Gorka Sebestyén Lukács) (born October 22, 1970) is a British-Hungarian-American media host and commentator, currently affiliated with Salem Radio Network and NewsMax TV, and a former United States government official.
Sign-on and sign-off
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day.
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Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre.
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Tower array
A tower array is an arrangement of multiple radio towers which are mast radiators in a phased array.
Townhall
Townhall is an American conservative website, print magazine and radio news service.
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver.
Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
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Westwood One
Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media.
WWL (AM)
WWL (870 kHz) is an AM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by Audacy, Inc. WWL and 105.3 WWL-FM simulcast a news/talk format with sports talk at night. KRLA and WWL (AM) are news and talk radio stations in the United States.
1110 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1110 kHz: 1110 AM is a U.S. clear-channel frequency as defined by the Federal Communications Commission.
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870 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 870 kHz: 870 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency.
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See also
Radio stations established in 1942
- CHVR-FM
- CKRU-FM
- CKWS-FM
- Congress Radio
- KGMY
- KHHO
- KIBM
- KICD (AM)
- KRLA
- KWVE (AM)
- KXEL
- NHK Okinawa Broadcasting Station
- Radio Nacional del Paraguay
- Tobacco Radio Network
- Voice of America Indonesia
- WALL
- WASK (AM)
- WCKL (FM)
- WDLX
- WILL-FM
- WJLD
- WKRO (AM)
- WLTJ
- WMGM-FM (New York City)
- WMMR
- WNBF-FM
- WOGL
- WSBA (AM)
- WVUV (AM)
- XEAI-AM
- XEEST-AM
- XENET-AM
- XHDE-FM
- XHHQ-FM
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRLA
Also known as KIEV (870 AM), KRLA-AM, KRLA-FM.
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