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Radio Lineup For All Southern California Radio Stations as of January 1, 2000

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 2000.
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 TIJ XEBACH Classical (flipped to traditional jazz "X-Jazz" in June)
AM 570 LAX KLAC-AM Nostalgia
AM 590 SBN KSZZ Spanish
AM 600 SND KOGO-AM Talk
AM 640 LAX KFI Talk
AM 670 LAX KIRN ethnic
AM 690 TIJ XETRA-AM Sports
AM 710 LAX KDIS-AM Children's
AM 740 LAX KBRT-AM Religious Talk
AM 760 SND KFMB-AM Talk
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 800 TIJ XEMMM Spanish
AM 830 ORG KPLS Religious
AM 850 VEN KBET talk (flipped to AAA rock and calls to KACD on August 30)
AM 860 TIJ XEMO Spanish
AM 870 LAX KIEV Talk (calls to KRLA-AM on January 1 of next year)
AM 900 LAX KALI Spanish
AM 910 SND KECR-AM Religious
AM 930 LAX KKHJ Spanish (changed call letters to KHJ on March 15)
AM 950 TIJ X Spanish
AM 980 LAX KFWB News
AM 1000 SDN KCEO Business
AM 1020 LAX KTNQ Spanish
AM 1040 SND KURS Spanish
AM 1070 LAX KNX News
AM 1090 TIJ XEPRS Spanish
AM 1110 LAX KRLA-AM Talk (flipped to KSPN-AM in December, format to sports)
AM 1130 SND KSDO financial/talk
AM 1150 LAX KXTA Sports
AM 1170 SND KCBQ-AM Talk
AM 1190 ORG KEZY-AM ethnic (calls to KXMX, month unknown)
AM 1210 SDN KPRZ-AM Religious
AM 1220 LAN KIIS-AM top 40 (flipped to sports, month unknown)
AM 1220 LAX KWPA Spanish
AM 1230 LAX KYPA ethnic
AM 1240 SBN KLTH religious
AM 1240 SND KSON-AM Children's
AM 1260 LAX KGIL-AM Nostalgia (flipped to jazz, calls to KJZZ in June)
AM 1270 TIJ X Spanish
AM 1280 LAX KFRN Religious
AM 1290 SBN KKDD children's
AM 1300 LAX KAZN ethnic
AM 1310 TIJ XEC Spanish
AM 1320 SDN KKSM-AM College
AM 1330 LAX KWKW Spanish
AM 1340 CCV KWXY easy listening
AM 1350 SBN KCKC country/talk (flipped to Spanish, month unknown)
AM 1360 SND KPOP Nostalgia
AM 1370 LAX KWRM ethnic/Spanish
AM 1380 TIJ XEKT Spanish (moved to 1390, date unknown)
AM 1390 LAX KLTX religious (flipped to Spanish, month unknown)
AM 1420 TIJ XEXX Spanish
AM 1430 LAX KMRB ethnic
AM 1450 SDN KSPA Nostalgia
AM 1470 TIJ XERCN Spanish
AM 1480 ORG KVNR ethnic
AM 1510 SBN KIKA country
AM 1530 RIV KHPY Spanish
AM 1540 LAX KCTD sports (changed calls to KMPC, month unknown)
AM 1550 TIJ XEBG Spanish
AM 1580 LAX KBLA ethnic
AM 1650 BST KKJZ nostalgia
FM 88.1 LAX K? Traditional Jazz
FM 88.3 SND KSDS Traditional Jazz
FM 89.5 SND KPBS-FM News/Talk
FM 89.9 LAX KCRW Public
FM 90.3 TIJ XHITZ Urban
FM 90.7 LAX KFPK Public
FM 90.7 TIJ XHLNC Classical (signed on the air on February 14)
FM 91.1 TIJ XETRA-FM Alternative
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical
FM 91.7 TIJ XHGLX-FM A/C (flipped to Spanish in March as XHEXA)
FM 92.1 SDN KFSD-FM Classical
FM 92.3 LAX KKBT-FM Urban (in an ownership swap, KKBT-FM and urban move to 100.3, while R&B oldies and KCMG calls move to 92.3 all on June 30)
FM 92.5 TIJ XHRM R&B oldies
FM 92.7 CCV KKUU urban top 40
FM 92.7 ORG KLIT a/c
FM 92.7 RIV KELT a/c
FM 92.9 TMC KXFG country
FM 93.1 LAX KCBS-FM Rock Oldies
FM 93.3 SND KHTS-FM CHR/Top 40
FM 93.5 LAX KFOX ethnic (flipped to Spanish and KMJR in July)
FM 93.5 SBN KREA ethnic (flipped to Spanish and KNJR in July)
FM 93.7 CCV KCLB rock
FM 93.9 LAX KZLA country
FM 94.1 SND KJQY-FM A/C (flipped to A/C Oldies in November)
FM 94.3 LAX KBUA Spanish
FM 94.3 ORG KIKF country (flipped to hot a/c on June 25, calls to KMXN on September 29)
FM 94.5 TIJ XHAMR Spanish
FM 94.5 TMC KTMK ? (flipped to talk, calls to KOGO-FM, month and year unknown)
FM 94.7 CCV KLOB Spanish
FM 94.7 LAX KTWV-FM Pop Jazz/NAC
FM 94.9 SND KBZT-FM Oldies (50s-70s) (flipped to 80's oldies on November 10)
FM 95.1 SBN KFRG country
FM 95.3 TIJ XHATE Spanish
FM 95.5 LAX KLOS-FM Rock
FM 95.7 SND KMSX-FM Hot A/C (flipped to 80's oldies on November 11)
FM 95.9 ORG KXMX-FM hot a/c (flipped to Religious Music in August, calls to KFSH-FM in September 21)
FM 96.1 RIV KWRP nostalgia
FM 96.3 LAX KFSG religious
FM 96.5 SND KYXY A/C
FM 96.7 CCV KUNA Spanish (not sure when it signed on the air)
FM 96.7 ORG KWIZ-FM Spanish
FM 97.1 LAX KLSX-FM Talk
FM 97.3 SND KSON-FM Country
FM 97.5 RIV KSSE-FM Spanish
FM 97.7 CCV KMRJ top 40 (not sure what year that station signed on)
FM 97.9 LAX KLAX-FM Spanish
FM 98.1 SND KIFM-FM Pop Jazz
FM 98.3 LAX KRTO urban a/c (flipped to Spanish and calls to KRCV on February 1)
FM 98.5 CCV KWXY easy listening
FM 98.7 LAX KYSR-FM modern a/c
FM 98.9 TIJ XHMORE Rock in Espanol
FM 99.1 RIV KGGI CHR
FM 99.3 TIJ XHCR-FM Country
FM 99.5 CCV KMRJ modern rock
FM 99.7 TIJ XHTY Spanish
FM 99.9 SBN KOLA Oldies
FM 100.1 SDN KLVW-FM Religious music
FM 100.3 LAX KCMG-FM R&B Oldies (format and calls moved to 92.3, acquires urban format and KKBT calls from there on June 30)
FM 100.5 CCV KPSI top 40
FM 100.7 SND KFMB-FM Hot AC
FM 101.1 LAX KRTH-FM Oldies
FM 101.5 SND KGB-FM Classic Rock
FM 101.9 LAX KSCA Spanish
FM 102.1 SDN KXST-FM AAA
FM 102.3 CCV KJJZ smooth jazz
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM adult R&B
FM 102.5 TIJ XHUAN Spanish
FM 102.7 LAX KIIS-FM Top 40
FM 102.9 SND KLQV-FM Spanish
FM 103.1 CCV KEZN adult pop (station signed on in 1971 but not on 103.1, orignal frequency, formats, and calls unknown)
FM 103.1 LAX KACD-FM AAA (flipped to Spanish in September, calls to KSSC-FM)
FM 103.1 ORG KBCD-FM AAA (flipped to Spanish in September, calls to KSSD-FM)
FM 103.3 TMC KFXM country (signed on that year)
FM 103.5 LAX KOST-FM A/C
FM 103.7 SND KPLN-FM Classic Rock
FM 103.9 LAX KACE urban a/c (flipped to Spanish and calls to KRCD on February 1)
FM 103.9 SBN KCXX alternative rock
FM 104.3 LAX KBIG-FM hot a/c
FM 104.5 TIJ XHLTN Spanish
FM 104.7 CCV KDES oldies
FM 105.1 LAX KKGO Classical (changed calls to KMZT on March 31)
FM 105.3 SND KIOZ-FM Hard Rock
FM 105.5 LAX KBUE-FM Spanish
FM 105.9 LAX KPWR-FM Urban
FM 106.1 CCV KPLM country
FM 106.3 ORG KALI-FM ethnic
FM 106.5 SND KLNV-FM Spanish
FM 106.7 LAX KROQ-FM Alternative Rock
FM 107.1 LAX KLYY-FM Spanish
FM 107.1 SDN KSYY-FM Spanish
FM 107.3 TIJ XHFG-FM Spanish
FM 107.5 LAX KLVE-FM Spanish
FM 107.7 TIJ XHRST Spanish
FM 107.9 ORG KWVE-FM Religious

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