KLAA (AM)
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| City | Orange, California |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Branding | AM830 |
| Frequency | 830 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | January 9, 1986 |
| Format | Sports |
| Audience share | 0.1  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 20,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 50516 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°55′43″N 117°36′57″W / 33.92861°N 117.61583°WCoordinates: 33°55′43″N 117°36′57″W / 33.92861°N 117.61583°W |
| Callsign meaning |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (station owner) |
| Former callsigns |
KSRT (1986-1991) KPLS (1991-2003) KMXE (2003-2006) |
| Affiliations |
ESPN Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (LAA 1, LLC) |
| Webcast | AM830 Listen Live |
| Website | AM830 Website |
KLAA is a sports radio station licensed to the city of Orange, California, and broadcasting at 830 AM. It is owned by LAA 1, LLC, composed of the owners of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team, held separately from the baseball club. Studios for KLAA are located on the grounds of Angel Stadium of Anaheim, with the transmitter in Chino, California.830 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WCCO (AM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota is the dominant Class A station; for that reason must reduce power from sunset to sunrise.
As of 2014, President Dennis Kuhl carries out the duties of the General Manager.
830 AM first came on air on January 9, 1986 as KSRT, a Spanish language news station. The station was directional day and night, with day power of 2,500 watts and 1,000 watts night. Former National Football League placekicker Danny Villanueva was co-owner and general manager. The transmitter site was at Oak Flat in the Santa Ana Mountains between Sierra Peak and Santiago Peak. While mountain tops are good for FM transmission, AM stations need low, flat land for best signal propagation. The poor ground conductivity yielded a poor signal for KSRT.
In 1991, the station was sold to Children's Radio Network and became KPLS "Radio AAHS" and was part of the first nationwide network of radio programs for children. The downfall of Radio AAHS came when the Walt Disney Company established a competitor, Radio Disney. After the sign-off of Radio AAHS in January 1998, the parent company, Children's Broadcasting Corporation, needed programming for the network of stations until they could find buyers. KPLS and the other nine CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS stations flipped to "Beat Radio", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours a day.
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