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Radio Lineup For Los Angeles Metro/Orange County as of January 1, 1986

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1986.
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 640 LAX KFI a/c top 40
AM 670 LAX KWNK Nostalgia
AM 710 LAX KMPC-AM Nostalgia
AM 740 LAX KBRT-AM Religious Talk
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 830 ORG KSRT ? (signed on the air on January 9)
AM 870 LAX KIEV ?
AM 930 LAX KHJ top 40 (flipped to oldies and call letters to KRTH-AM on January 31)
AM 980 LAX KFWB News
AM 1020 LAX KTNQ Spanish
AM 1070 LAX KNX News
AM 1110 LAX KRLA-AM oldies
AM 1150 LAX KIIS-AM top 40
AM 1190 ORG KPZE Religious
AM 1230 LAX KGFJ urban a/c
AM 1240 LAX KPPC ?
AM 1260 LAX KGIL-AM ?
AM 1280 LAX KFRN Religious
AM 1330 LAX KFAC-AM classical
AM 1390 LAX KGER religious
AM 1480 ORG KWIZ ? (flipped to Spanish, then to Asian, months and years unknown)
AM 1540 LAX KSKQ Spanish
AM 1580 LAX KDAY urban
FM 90.7 LAX KFPK Public
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical
FM 92.3 LAX KFAC-FM classical
FM 93.1 LAX KKHR-FM top 40 (flipped to mor rock and calls to KNX-FM, probably in April)
FM 93.5 LAX KFOX ethnic
FM 93.9 LAX KZLA country
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 97.1 LAX KBZT-FM a/c (changed format to rock, calls to KLSX-FM, on September 26)
FM 98.3 LAX K ?
FM 98.7 LAX KJOI easy listening
FM 100.3 LAX KIQQ-FM a/c
FM 101.1 LAX KRTH-FM Oldies
FM 101.9 LAX KUTE soft R&B
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM urban a/c
FM 102.7 LAX KIIS-FM Top 40
FM 103.1 LAX KSRF a/c
FM 103.1 ORG KOCM easy listening (flipped to a/c in 1986)
FM 103.5 LAX KOST-FM A/C
FM 103.9 LAX KACE urban a/c
FM 104.3 LAX KBIG-FM easy listening
FM 105.1 LAX KKGO traditional jazz
FM 105.5 LAX KNAC-FM alternative rock (flipped to Hard Rock on February 26)
FM 105.9 LAX KMGG top 40 (flipped to CHR/urban, calls to KPWR-FM in January)
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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