KDIS (AM)
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| City | Pasadena, California |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Branding | Radio Disney Los Angeles |
| Slogan | Your Music Your Way |
| Frequency | 1110 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1942 |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 20,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 25076 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°6′50″N 117°59′51″W / 34.11389°N 117.99750°WCoordinates: 34°6′50″N 117°59′51″W / 34.11389°N 117.99750°W |
| Callsign meaning | Kids DISney |
| Former callsigns | KPAS (1942–1945) KXLA (1945–1959) KRLA (1959–2000) KSPN (2000–2003) |
| Affiliations | Radio Disney |
| Owner |
ABC, Inc. (Disney) (ABC Radio Los Angeles Assets, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KABC-TV, KSPN |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
KDIS (1110 AM) is a children's contemporary hit radio-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. The station is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. The KDIS broadcast license is held by ABC Radio Los Angeles Assets, LLC.
KDIS was broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format until late 2014 when all Radio Disney affiliates were sold except for the Los Angeles station which returned to analog transmissions. KDIS is still licensed for digital (HD) operation.
The station initially signed on as KPAS in 1942, a station featuring popular music. In 1945 they took the call sign KXLA, playing country music. On-air personalities included Tennessee Ernie Ford and Stan Freberg. The station originally broadcast from its El Monte transmitter site, near Santa Anita Ave and the Pomona, or "60" Freeway, in the vicinity of the Peck Road exit.
The station later became KRLA, "The Big 11-10", on September 1, 1959, and became one of the top radio stations in the Los Angeles area, competing with KFWB and later KHJ to be L.A.'s dominant top 40 station. The on-air personalities included Dave Hull (The Hullabalooer), Emperor Bob Hudson, Ted Quillin, Reb Foster, Jimmy Rabbitt,Casey Kasem, Bob Eubanks, Dick Biondi, Sam Riddle, Dick Moreland, Jimmy O'Neill, Wink Martindale, and Johnny Hayes. In 1968, news director Lew Irwin created The Credibility Gap, which broadcast topical comedy along with the news. In 1969, John Gilliland debuted the Pop Chronicles music documentary. The 1969 film The Model Shop features a radio newscast by Ralph Thompson, KRLA. During the 1960s, the KRLA studio was just off the parking lot of the old Huntington Sheraton Hotel on Oak Knoll in Pasadena, making it possible to drop by and watch the on-air DJ do his show. When the station switched to oldies, KRLA was noted for its prominence in Southern California Chicano culture. One of the highlights of this station was the Big 11 Countdown Show hosted by Johnny Hayes, with stories and facts about the songs and the artists, as well as the historical events that were going on at that time. The show also included a trivia question that Hayes asked for people to call in with their answer in order to win a prize. The show counted down the top 11 songs on the Southern Californian charts as well as a few extras. Some of the shows were a tribute to a rock legend or a producer.
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