KAMP-FM
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| City | Los Angeles, California |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Branding | 97.1 AMP Radio |
| Slogan | LA's New Hit Music |
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) 97.1 HD-2 (KNX simulcast) |
| First air date | 1954 (as KKLA-FM) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Top 40 (CHR) HD2: News (KNX simulcast) |
| Audience share | 2.6  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 21,000 watts |
| HAAT | 967 meters (3,173 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 25075 |
| Callsign meaning | "AMP Radio" |
| Former callsigns | KKLA-FM (1954-Mid 1960s) KGBS-FM (Mid 1960s-8/1978) KHTZ (8/1978-11/1985) KBZT (11/1985-9/1986) KLSX (9/1986-6/30/09) |
| Owner | CBS Radio (Sale to Entercom pending) |
| Sister stations |
KCBS-FM, KNX, KROQ-FM, KRTH, KTWV part of CBS Corp. cluster w/ TV stations KCBS-TV & KCAL-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ampradio.com |
KAMP-FM (97.1 FM, 97.1 AMP Radio) - is a Top 40 radio station in Los Angeles, California. The station is owned by CBS Radio and currently programmed by Kevin Weatherly. The station has studios at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles, and the transmitter is based on Mount Wilson. The station also broadcasts an HD2 subchannel and simulcasts sister station KNX (AM).
KAMP-FM is one of two Top 40 stations in the Los Angeles area, the other being KIIS-FM.
The station had originally signed on as KKLA-FM and operated under those call letters during the 1950s and early mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, 97.1 FM became home to KGBS-FM, a country music station when KKLA was purchased by Storer Broadcasting. Since its AM station KGBS 1020 was only authorized to be on the air during daylight hours, this allowed the format to be broadcast 24 hours a day. In the early 1970s, the station experimented with rock 'n' roll and pop music formats before returning to country in 1973, when it adopted the name "Gentle Country". In 1976, KGBS-FM continued with its country music format while its AM sister station switched to a top-40 format. On August 28, 1978, the call letters changed to KHTZ while continuing with its country music format.
On July 31, 1979, Storer, after having sold the AM radio station which was now known as KTNQ 1020 (Ten-Q), moved its top-40 format to 97.1 FM and began broadcasting as KHTZ (K-Hits). For a few hours the two stations simulcasted the signal until KTNQ switched to Spanish language programming at noon. Within a few weeks the station evolved into a more adult contemporary station, leaving top-40 to others for almost 30 years. On November 27, 1985, the station changed its call letters to KBZT and was known as "K-Best 97".
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