KDAY-AM
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| City | Redondo Beach, California |
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California |
| Branding | 93.5 KDAY |
| Slogan | LA's 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 (1961-1965) KKOP (1965-1978) KFOX (1978-2000) KMJR (2000-2001) KFSG (2001-2003) KZAB (2003-2004) |
| Owner |
Meruelo Group (Meruelo Radio Holdings, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KDEY-FM, KPWR, KWHY-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 935kday.com |
KDAY (93.5 FM, 93.5 KDAY) is a radio station based in 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 KDEY-FM 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. Due to low ratings, in September 2009, KDEY would resume simulcasting with KDAY; the simulcast would be dropped again in February 2017.
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. As KDAY began losing listeners to FM stations like KJLH in the early 1980s, KDAY hired Greg Mack out of KMJQ in Corpus Christi, Texas as music director in 1983. Mack eventually added hip hop to its playlist to appeal to mostly young black and Latino listeners. Dr. Dre and MC Yella became the first mixer DJs at the station.
In the first ratings period under Mack's leadership, KDAY's ratings beat another Los Angeles black AM station, KGFJ and "began to enjoy a second life as the only rap-friendly station in town and, frankly, in the entire country."
After violence in the stands forced the cancellation of an August Run-DMC show at the Long Beach Arena for the group's Raising Hell tour, KDAY organized a "Day of Peace" on October 9, 1986. In a two-hour special, KDAY featured Run-DMC, singer Barry White, and boxer Paul Gonzales appealing on rival gangs to stop feuding and opened phone lines for callers to describe gangs' impact in their communities. There were no murders or incidents of gang violence that day. Within two weeks, the Bloods and Crips, the two largest gangs in Los Angeles, signed a peace treaty.
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