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Radio Lineup For All Southern California Radio Stations as of January 1, 1972

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1972.
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 570 LAX KLAC-AM a/c
AM 600 SND KOGO mor
AM 640 LAX KFI mor
AM 690 TIJ XETRA-AM Easy Listening
AM 710 LAX KMPC-AM Nostalgia
AM 740 LAX KBIG-AM mor
AM 760 SND KFMB-AM Full Service
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 850 VEN KGOE mor
AM 870 LAX KIEV ?
AM 910 SND KDEO Top 40 (switched to mor, calls to KMJC, year and month unknown)
AM 930 LAX KHJ top 40
AM 950 TIJ X Spanish
AM 980 LAX KFWB News
AM 1020 LAX KGBS a/c pop
AM 1070 LAX KNX News
AM 1090 TIJ XEPRS soul
AM 1110 LAX KRLA-AM pop music
AM 1130 SND KSDO Talk
AM 1150 LAX KIIS-AM ?
AM 1170 SND KCBQ-AM top 40
AM 1190 ORG KEZY-AM top 40
AM 1230 LAX KGFJ ?
AM 1240 LAX KPPC ?
AM 1240 SBN K ?
AM 1240 SND KSON-AM Country
AM 1260 LAX KGIL-AM ?
AM 1280 LAX KFOX-AM country (flipped to religious, month and year unknown)
AM 1330 LAX KFAC-AM classical
AM 1340 CCV KWXY easy listening
AM 1360 SND KGB-AM top 40 (flipped to mellow rock, date unknown)
AM 1390 LAX KGER ?
AM 1480 ORG KWIZ ?
AM 1500 LAX KBBQ country (flipped to top 40, calls to KROQ-AM on Sep 2)
AM 1540 LAX KPOL a/c
AM 1600 LAX KPMO country
FM 90.3 TIJ XHIS rock (flipped to Spanish, month and year unknown)
FM 90.7 LAX KFPK Public
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical
FM 92.3 LAX KFAC-FM classical
FM 93.1 LAX KNX-FM mellow rock
FM 93.5 LAX KKOP mellow (not sure when this station signed on)
FM 93.9 LAX KZLA a/c
FM 94.1 SND KFSD-FM classical
FM 94.3 LAX KGIL-FM nostalgia
FM 94.3 ORG KIKF country
FM 94.7 LAX KMET-FM rock
FM 95.5 LAX KLOS-FM Rock
FM 95.9 SDN KARL mor
FM 97.1 LAX KGBS-FM rock and pop formats, months and years unknown
FM 97.3 SND K ?
FM 98.3 LAX K ?
FM 98.7 LAX KJOI easy listening
FM 100.3 LAX KIQQ-FM soft rock
FM 101.1 LAX KHJ-FM rock (flipped to oldies, calls to KRTH-FM on October 16)
FM 101.5 SND KGB-FM rock and roll (not sure when it signed on, started as KBKB-FM)
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM ?
FM 102.7 LAX KKDJ top 40
FM 103.1 CCV KWXY easy listening
FM 103.1 LAX KSRF easy listening
FM 103.1 ORG KOCM easy listening
FM 103.5 LAX KOST-FM easy listening
FM 103.9 LAX KACE ?
FM 104.3 LAX KBIG-FM easy listening
FM 104.5 TIJ XHERS Spanish
FM 104.7 CCV KDES unknown format
FM 105.1 LAX KKGO traditional jazz
FM 105.5 LAX KNAC-FM rock
FM 105.9 LAX KFI-FM easy listening
FM 106.5 SND KPRI-FM rock
FM 106.7 LAX KPPC-FM rock
FM 107.9 ORG KWVE-FM Religious

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