KRLA
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| City | Glendale, California |
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| Broadcast area | Southern California |
| Branding | AM 870 The Answer |
| Slogan | Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio. |
| Frequency | 870 kHz |
| First air date | 1933 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Audience share | 1.1  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| Power | 50,000 watts (Daytime) 3,000 watts (Nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 61267 |
| Callsign meaning | Radio Los Angeles |
| Former callsigns | KIEV (1933–2001) |
| Owner |
Salem Communications (New Inspiration Broadcasting Company) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | am870theanswer.com |
KRLA (870 AM) is a radio station calling itself "AM 870 The Answer." KRLA broadcasts a Talk format. Licensed to Glendale, California, United States, it serves Los Angeles and Southern California. The station is owned by Salem Communications, which also owns 99.5 KKLA-FM which features a Christian talk and instruction format, and 95.9 KFSH-FM with a Contemporary Christian music format.
KRLA airs a local wake up show known as "The Morning Answer" with hosts Brian Whitman, Ben Shapiro and Elisha Krauss. Former 790 KABC (AM) personality Larry Elder hosts a nighttime show. Salem's line up of syndicated conservative talk shows air the rest of the day, including hosts Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Bill Bennett and Michael Medved. KRLA also carries Mark Levin, syndicated by Westwood One. On Christmas Day, AM870 broadcasts Christmas Across The Lands, a 24 hour program.
The station went on the air as KIEV in February 1933 broadcasting at 850 kHz. It moved to 870 kHz in 1941 as a result of the NARBA agreement. The station had various formats, including top 40, big bands/standards, and talk. Programs included Tomorrow's Heroes with Andrea Speyer, Talk Back with George Putnam, The Swingin' Years with host Chuck Cecil, horse racing from Santa Anita Park and Hollywood Park Racetrack, and University of Nebraska football.
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