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Radio Lineup For All Southern California Radio Stations as of January 1, 1983

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1983.
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 ?
AM 640 LAX KFI a/c top 40
AM 690 TIJ XETRA-AM Top 40
AM 710 LAX KMPC-AM Nostalgia
AM 740 LAX KBRT-AM Religious Talk
AM 760 SND KFMB-AM Full Service
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 800 TIJ XEMMM Spanish
AM 850 VEN KGOE mor
AM 860 TIJ XEMO Spanish
AM 870 LAX KIEV ?
AM 910 SND KMJC Religious
AM 930 LAX KHJ country (switched to top 40, month unknown)
AM 950 TIJ X Spanish
AM 980 LAX KFWB News
AM 1020 LAX KTNQ Spanish
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 mor (flipped to nostalgia, month and year unknown
AM 1170 SND KCBQ-AM country
AM 1190 ORG KEZY-AM top 40 (flipped to all news, month unknown, calls to KNWZ on March 30)
AM 1230 LAX KGFJ urban a/c
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 1310 TIJ XEC Spanish
AM 1330 LAX KFAC-AM classical
AM 1340 CCV KWXY easy listening
AM 1360 SND KCNN news (flipped to nostalgia and calls to KPQP, month unknown)
AM 1390 LAX KGER religious
AM 1480 ORG KWIZ ?
AM 1500 LAX KROQ-AM Spanish
AM 1540 LAX KZLA-AM country
AM 1580 LAX KDAY ? (believed to change to an urban format in the mid 80s)
AM 1600 LAX KWOW oldies
FM 90.3 TIJ XHIS Spanish (flipped to top 40 and calls to XHITZ, month unknown)
FM 90.7 LAX KFPK Public
FM 91.1 TIJ XETRA-FM rock (flipped to Alternative in January)
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical
FM 92.1 SDN K ?
FM 92.3 LAX KFAC-FM classical
FM 92.5 TIJ XHRM Urban
FM 93.1 LAX KNX-FM mellow rock (flipped to top 40 and calls to KKHR-FM on August 25)
FM 93.5 LAX KFOX country
FM 93.9 LAX KZLA-FM country
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
FM 94.7 LAX KMET-FM rock
FM 94.9 SND KBZS oldies
FM 95.5 LAX KLOS-FM Rock
FM 95.9 SDN KKOS a/c
FM 96.5 SND KYXY A/C
FM 97.1 LAX KHTZ-FM a/c
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 99.7 TIJ XHAMR Spanish
FM 99.9 SBN KOLA rock
FM 100.3 LAX KIQQ-FM top 40
FM 100.7 SND KFMB-FM a/c
FM 100.9 CCV KPSI top 40
FM 101.1 LAX KRTH-FM Oldies
FM 101.5 SND KGB-FM rock and roll
FM 101.9 LAX KUTE soft R&B
FM 102.1 SDN KJFM-FM easy listening (unsure of date it signed on, possibly in the 70s, may have been on 102.3)
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM urban a/c
FM 102.7 LAX KIIS-FM Top 40
FM 102.9 SND KEZL-FM a/c (flipped to top 40 and calls to KSDO-FM in November)
FM 103.1 LAX KSRF a/c
FM 103.1 ORG KOCM a/c
FM 103.5 LAX KOST-FM A/C
FM 103.7 SND KJQY-FM a/c
FM 103.9 LAX KACE urban a/c
FM 104.3 LAX KBIG-FM easy listening
FM 104.5 TIJ XHLTN Spanish
FM 104.7 CCV KDES top 40
FM 105.1 LAX KKGO traditional jazz
FM 105.3 SND KCBQ-FM country
FM 105.5 LAX KNAC-FM alternative rock
FM 105.9 LAX KMGG top 40
FM 106.1 CCV KPLM easy listening
FM 106.5 SND KPRI-FM rock (flipped to a/c and calls to KLZZ-FM in December)
FM 106.7 LAX KROQ-FM Alternative Rock
FM 107.3 TIJ XHFG-FM Spanish
FM 107.5 LAX KLVE-FM Spanish
FM 107.9 ORG KWVE-FM Religious

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