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Radio Lineup For Los Angeles Metro/Orange County as of January 1, 1996

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1996.
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 Nostalgia
AM 640 LAX KFI Talk
AM 670 LAX KWNK sports
AM 710 LAX KTZN-AM Talk
AM 740 LAX KBRT-AM Religious Talk
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 830 ORG KPLS Childrens
AM 870 LAX KIEV ? (switched to talk, month unknown)?
AM 900 LAX KRRA ? (flipped to Spanish, month unknown)
AM 930 LAX KKHJ Spanish
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 KORG talk
AM 1220 LAX KTSJ Spanish (flipped to talk, and calls to KWPA, month unknown)
AM 1230 LAX KGFJ gospel
AM 1240 LAX KPPC ? (signed off the air in September, calls to KXPA)
AM 1260 LAX KNNZ-AM News (flipped to all Beatles in mid 1996)
AM 1280 LAX KFRN Religious
AM 1300 LAX KAZN ethnic
AM 1330 LAX KWKW Spanish
AM 1390 LAX KGER religious
AM 1430 LAX KALI ethnic
AM 1480 ORG KWIZ ?
AM 1540 LAX KXED Spanish (calls to KXMG, month unknown)
AM 1580 LAX KBLA Business
FM 88.1 LAX K? Traditional Jazz
FM 89.9 LAX KCRW Public
FM 90.7 LAX KFPK Public
FM 91.5 LAX KUSC-FM Classical
FM 92.3 LAX KKBT-FM Urban
FM 92.7 ORG KRCI ? (flipped to a/c, month unknown)
FM 93.1 LAX KCBS-FM Rock Oldies
FM 93.5 LAX KFOX ethnic
FM 93.9 LAX KZLA country
FM 94.3 LAX KYKF country (flipped to Spanish on October 31)
FM 94.3 ORG KIKF country
FM 94.7 LAX KTWV-FM Pop Jazz/NAC
FM 95.5 LAX KLOS-FM Rock
FM 95.9 ORG KEZY hot a/c
FM 96.7 ORG KWIZ-FM ethnic
FM 97.1 LAX KLSX-FM Talk (weekdays)/Rock (weekends)
FM 97.9 LAX KLAX-FM Spanish
FM 98.3 LAX KMQA-FM Spanish (format to urban a/c and calls to KRTO, month unknown)
FM 98.7 LAX KYSR-FM modern a/c
FM 100.3 LAX KXEZ light music (flipped to Dance and calls to KIBB, month unknown)
FM 101.1 LAX KRTH-FM Oldies
FM 101.9 LAX KSCA AAA
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM adult R&B
FM 102.7 LAX KIIS-FM Top 40
FM 103.1 LAX KACD-FM Pop A/C (flipped to dance on June 21)
FM 103.1 ORG KBCD-FM Pop A/C (flipped to dance on June 21)
FM 103.5 LAX KOST-FM A/C
FM 103.9 LAX KACE urban a/c
FM 104.3 LAX KBIG-FM pop a/c
FM 105.1 LAX KKGO Classical
FM 105.5 LAX KBUE-FM Spanish
FM 105.9 LAX KPWR-FM Urban
FM 106.3 ORG KALI-FM ethnic
FM 106.7 LAX KROQ-FM Alternative Rock
FM 107.1 LAX KMAX-FM Sports (switched to alternative in March as KLYY-FM)
FM 107.5 LAX KLVE-FM Spanish
FM 107.9 ORG KWVE-FM Religious

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