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KABC (AM)

KABC
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City Los Angeles, California
Broadcast area Greater Los Angeles Area
Branding 790 KABC
Slogan "News. Talk. Evolved."
Frequency 790 kHz (also on HD Radio)
(also on HD Radio via KLOS-HD2)
First air date August 1925
Format News/Talk
Audience share 0.7 Increase (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1])
Power 5,000 watts
Class B
Facility ID 33254
Transmitter coordinates 34°01′41″N 118°22′22″W / 34.02806°N 118.37278°W / 34.02806; -118.37278Coordinates: 34°01′41″N 118°22′22″W / 34.02806°N 118.37278°W / 34.02806; -118.37278
Callsign meaning K American Broadcasting Company
(former owner)
Former callsigns KFXB (1925-1927)
KPLA (1927-1929)
KECA (1929-1954)
Affiliations Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
Westwood One Network
KABC-TV
Owner Cumulus Media
(Radio License Holdings LLC (in da)
Sister stations KLOS
Webcast Listen Live (via iHeartRadio)
Website kabc.com

KABC (790 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California. It serves as a West Coast flagship station for the Cumulus Media company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in September 1960, the second radio station to do so, a few months after KMOX in St. Louis. Despite different owners, 790 KABC, ESPN LA 710 (KSPN) and ABC 7 (KABC-TV, the local ABC owned-and-operated TV station) all maintain an informal partnership. KABC's studios and transmitter are both co-located on La Cienega Boulevard in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.

KABC broadcasts in the HD (hybrid) format. The station airs local talk shows and news updates weekdays, with the nationally syndicated shows Jonathan Brandmeier and Red Eye Radio airing at night, from co-owned Westwood One Network. National news from Westwood One News is heard at the beginning of some hours. KABC also airs Los Angeles Kings professional hockey games. Doug McIntyre hosts the morning show and John Philips and Jillian Barberie are heard in the early afternoons, while Ronn Owens is heard during afternoon drive. In early mornings, the station simulcasts the news-heavy 4:30am half-hour of Today in L.A. from television station KNBC.


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