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Radio Lineup For Los Angeles Metro/Orange County as of January 1, 1997

Here's a snapshot of what radio was like on this day in 1997.
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 (flipped to Spanish and calls to KVCA, month unknown)
AM 710 LAX KTZN-AM Talk (flipped to Radio Disney Children's on August 26, calls to KDIS-AM)
AM 740 LAX KBRT-AM Religious Talk
AM 790 LAX KABC-AM Talk
AM 830 ORG KPLS Childrens
AM 870 LAX KIEV Talk
AM 900 LAX KRRA Spanish
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 (calls to KXTA-AM, format to sports, month unknown
AM 1190 ORG KORG talk
AM 1220 LAX KWPA talk (flipped to Spanish, month unknown)
AM 1230 LAX KGFJ gospel
AM 1240 LAX KXPA dark (calls to KBLY in February, FCC deleted the license on July 11)
AM 1260 LAX KNNZ-AM All Beatles (switched to nostalgia and calls KGIL-FM in early 1997)
AM 1280 LAX KFRN Religious
AM 1300 LAX KAZN ethnic
AM 1330 LAX KWKW Spanish
AM 1370 LAX KWRM Spanish
AM 1390 LAX KGER religious (calls to KLTX, month unknown)
AM 1430 LAX KALI ethnic
AM 1480 ORG KWIZ ethnic
AM 1540 LAX KXMG Spanish (changed calls to KCTD, month unknown)
AM 1580 LAX KBLA Business (changed formats to ethnic, month and day unknown)
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 a/c (flipped calls to KLIT, 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 Spanish (calls to KBUA on January 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 (flipped to Spanish, month unknown)
FM 97.1 LAX KLSX-FM Talk (weekdays)/Rock (weekends)
FM 97.9 LAX KLAX-FM Spanish
FM 98.3 LAX KRTO urban a/c
FM 98.7 LAX KYSR-FM modern a/c
FM 100.3 LAX KIBB-FM Dance (flipped to R&B Oldies on November 19)
FM 101.1 LAX KRTH-FM Oldies
FM 101.9 LAX KSCA AAA (flipped to Spanish on February 5)
FM 102.3 LAX KJLH-FM adult R&B
FM 102.7 LAX KIIS-FM Top 40
FM 103.1 LAX KACD-FM Dance
FM 103.1 ORG KBCD-FM Dance
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 (flipped to hot a/c, month unknown)
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 KLYY-FM Alternative Rock
FM 107.5 LAX KLVE-FM Spanish
FM 107.9 ORG KWVE-FM Religious

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