KDAY
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| City | Redondo Beach, California |
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California |
| Branding | 93.5 KDAY |
| Slogan | LA's #1 for Back In The Day Hits |
| Frequency | 93.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1961 (as KAPP-FM) |
| Format | Classic hip-hop |
| ERP | 4,200 watts |
| HAAT | 117 meters (384 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 10100 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°00′19″N 118°21′44″W / 34.00528°N 118.36222°W |
| Former callsigns | KAPP-FM (1961-?) KKOP (?-?) KFOX (1970s-2000) KMJR (2000-2001) KFSG (2001-2003) KZAB (2003-2004) |
| Owner |
Meruelo Group (Meruelo Radio Holdings, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KDEY-FM, KWHY-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 935kday.com |
KDAY (93.5 FM, 93.5 KDAY) is one of a pair of synchrocastingradio stations based in South Los Angeles that airs a classic hip-hop format. KDAY is owned by Meruelo Radio Holdings, LLC, and is licensed to Redondo Beach.
From 2004 to 2008, KDAY and KDAI in Ontario, California were a pair of synchrocastingradio stations serving LA/Orange County and Riverside/San Bernardino. But on August 14, 2008 both stations ended their simulcast as KDAY increased its signal coverage and began focusing on the Los Angeles area as a hybrid Urban/Talk outlet targeting 18- to 49-year-olds, while KDAI became KWIE and flipped to a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary format covering the Inland Empire. In September 2009, KWIE dropped the Rhythmic AC format and returned to simulcasting KDAY as KDEY-FM.
The studios for KDAY are located in the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located on a site in Baldwin Hills.
KDAY is a resurrection of the original R&B/dance/pop and Hip-Hop station of the 1970s and 1980s, KDAY AM 1580.
Those instrumental in bringing "The Original" KDAY's R&B/Dance music format (during the 1970s and early 1980s) to a 4.0 Arbitron rating prominence included early radio pioneers Russell Dean "Bobby Jimmy" Parr, Jim Maddox, Steve Woods, JJ Johnson, Mark Morgann, Donald Tracy, Dereke Clements (Public Affairs/Promotions Director), Romelle Price (Promotions Director) Roy Latimer (News), Doug Banks, Jack Patterson, Roger Aldi (News), and Jonny Badeaux (Production and Music Director). Community-based public affairs involvement and larger than life promotions including the "1580 KDAY Gold Give-A-Way", basketball games at the L.A. Lakers Forum with The Jacksons and Cameo, Bike-A-Thon with the Sylvers and Funkadelics, and the Annual KDAY Toys for Tots Drive with Lakeside, Shalamar and Side Effect, helped to make AM Stereo 1580 KDAY the most popular hit music radio station in the Los Angeles market.
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