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Radio Lineup For All Southern California Radio Stations as of January 1, 1950

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1950.
Included are notable radio stations from surrounding areas.
Also included are what happened to the formats for the rest of the year.
Please E-Mail me any corrections and additions to this page.

Note: please do not grab the data and post on Wikipedia as this is a work in progress and contains incomplete information. Thanks.

AM 540 SND KFMB-AM ?
AM 570 LAX KLAC-AM ?
AM 600 SND KFSD-AM ?
AM 640 LAX KFI ?
AM 710 LAX KMPC-AM MOR
AM 790 LAX KECA-AM ?
AM 870 LAX KIEV ?
AM 910 SND KDEO ? (signed on as KBAB, year unknown)
AM 930 LAX KHJ ?
AM 980 LAX KFWB ?
AM 1020 LAX KFVD ?
AM 1070 LAX KNX music and news
AM 1110 LAX KXLA country
AM 1130 SND KSDO ? (new owners taking over the frequency once occupied by KYOR. and the owner's old frequency on 1510 was vacated.)
AM 1150 LAX KRKD ? (flipped to easy listening, month and year unknown)
AM 1170 SND KCBQ-AM ?
AM 1230 LAX KGFJ ?
AM 1240 LAX KPPC ?
AM 1240 SBN K ?
AM 1240 SND KSON-AM ? (not sure when this station signed on)
AM 1260 LAX KGIL-AM ?
AM 1330 LAX KFAC-AM classical
AM 1360 SND KGB-AM ?
AM 1390 LAX KGER ?
AM 1480 ORG KVOE ?
AM 1490 LAX KWIK ?
AM 1510 SND KUSN ? (station's owner acquried the remains of KYOR, which was on 1130 kHz but went off the air, and moved into the 1130 kHz frequency, calls became KSDO-AM)
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical (unsure of when it signed on)
FM 92.3 LAX KFAC-FM classical
FM 93.1 LAX KNX-FM easy listening
FM 94.1 SND KFSD-FM mor
FM 94.7 LAX KRHM-FM ?
FM 95.5 LAX KECA-FM ?
FM 98.7 LAX K ? (changed calls to KCBH, month and year unknown)
FM 100.3 LAX KMPC-FM ? (not sure when this station signed on, changed to KMLA, then country KFOX-FM later)
FM 101.1 LAX KHJ-FM ?

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