KIEV (AM)
| City | Culver City, California |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California |
| Frequency | 1500 AM kHz |
| First air date | October 10, 1951 |
| Format | Defunct |
| Power | 50,000 watts (daytime) 4300 watts (nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Former callsigns | KBLA (1951-67), KBBQ (1967-72), KROQ (1972-78), KRCK (1978-86) |
| Owner | Royce International |
KIEV was a radio station call sign associated with a construction permit for 1500 AM in Culver City, California serving the Los Angeles area. The construction permit is held by Royce International Broadcasting and was issued on March 27, 2001. The station is not currently on the air. A Travelers' Information Station licensed to the City of Beverly Hills operates on 1500 AM.
During the week of Memorial Day 2008, KIEV sent out test signals to measure the strength of its signal. During that time, it aired a syndicated talk show hosted by Tammy Bruce and simulcast Monica Crowley's show from "77 WABC" in New York City. KIEV also aired some news updates from USA Radio Network. But the test ended shortly after the holiday, and whether the station will return to the air and with what format is not yet known. (Crowley's show has been sold locally to KGIL.) The current KIEV should not be confused with the previous station possessing the KIEV call letters. Both stations are separate entities.
The birth of 1500 AM in Los Angeles had its origins in 1947. The 1490 kHz channel became available when KVOE-Santa Ana moved from 1490 to 1480 in 1945. A new station was licensed to Burbank on 1490 by the FCC on May 8, 1947, with the call letters KWIK. The station was known then as "The Voice of the San Fernando Valley".
On December 12, 1949, the FCC demanded that KWIK surrender its license due to repeated technical rule violations. But, KWIK stayed on the air for two more years, while they appealed the FCC ruling through the courts. The station finally went silent and its license deleted by the FCC May 15, 1951.
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