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Radio Lineup For All Southern California Radio Stations as of January 1, 1979

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1979.
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 Country
AM 600 SND KOGO mor
AM 640 LAX KFI a/c top 40
AM 690 TIJ XETRA-AM Easy Listening
AM 710 LAX KMPC-AM Nostalgia
AM 740 LAX KBRT-AM mor
AM 760 SND KFMB-AM Full Service
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 850 VEN KGOE mor
AM 860 TIJ XEMO Religious
AM 870 LAX KIEV ?
AM 910 SND KMJC mor
AM 930 LAX KHJ top 40
AM 950 TIJ X Spanish
AM 980 LAX KFWB News
AM 1020 LAX KTNQ top 40 (changed to Spanish-language programming on July 31)
AM 1070 LAX KNX News
AM 1090 TIJ XEPRS Spanish
AM 1110 LAX KRLA-AM pop music
AM 1130 SND KSDO Talk
AM 1150 LAX KPRZ-AM religious
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 1270 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1280 LAX KFRN Religious
AM 1330 LAX KFAC-AM classical
AM 1340 CCV KWXY easy listening
AM 1360 SND KGB-AM mellow rock (flipped to top 40 in October)
AM 1390 LAX KGER ?
AM 1480 ORG KWIZ ?
AM 1500 LAX KROQ-AM ethnic
AM 1540 LAX KPOL a/c
AM 1580 LAX KDAY top 40 (unsure of change of format years, had a rap format in late 80s and early 90s)
AM 1600 LAX KPMO country (flipped to oldies, calls to KWOW, months and years unknown)
FM 90.3 TIJ XHIS Spanish
FM 90.7 LAX KFPK Public
FM 91.1 TIJ XETRA-FM rock
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical
FM 92.1 SDN K ?
FM 92.3 LAX KFAC-FM classical
FM 93.1 LAX KNX-FM mellow rock
FM 93.5 LAX KFOX country
FM 93.9 LAX KZLA nostalgia
FM 94.1 SND KFSD-FM classical
FM 94.3 LAX KGIL-FM nostalgia
FM 94.3 ORG KIKF country
FM 94.5 TIJ XHTY Spanish (need more history on this station, I know this has existed since at least 1979)
FM 94.7 LAX KMET-FM rock
FM 94.9 SND KLRO oldies (flipped calls to KBZS, month and year unknown)
FM 95.5 LAX KLOS-FM Rock
FM 95.9 SDN KARL mor
FM 96.5 SND KYXY A/C
FM 97.1 LAX KHTZ-FM country (changed to a/c on July 31)
FM 97.3 SND KSON-FM Country
FM 98.1 SND KIFM-FM mellow
FM 98.3 LAX K ?
FM 98.5 CCV KWXY easy listening
FM 98.7 LAX KJOI easy listening
FM 99.1 RIV KGGI top 40
FM 100.3 LAX KIQQ-FM soft rock (flipped to top 40, date unknown)
FM 100.7 SND KFMB-FM top 40
FM 101.1 LAX KRTH-FM Oldies
FM 101.5 SND KGB-FM rock and roll
FM 101.9 LAX KUTE disco
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM urban a/c
FM 102.7 LAX KIIS-FM disco
FM 102.9 SND KEZL-FM 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 103.7 SND KOZN-FM easy listening (format to a/c and calls to KJQY on May 20)
FM 103.9 LAX KACE ?
FM 104.3 LAX KBIG-FM easy listening
FM 104.5 TIJ XHERS Spanish (calls to XHLTN, year unknown)
FM 104.7 CCV KDES top 40
FM 105.1 LAX KKGO traditional jazz
FM 105.3 SND KITT-FM disco (flipped to top 40 the following year)
FM 105.5 LAX KNAC-FM rock
FM 105.9 LAX KWST rock
FM 106.1 CCV KPLM easy listening
FM 106.5 SND KPRI-FM rock
FM 106.7 LAX KROQ-FM Alternative Rock
FM 107.5 LAX KLVE-FM Spanish
FM 107.9 ORG KWVE-FM Religious

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