KRRL
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| City | Los Angeles, California |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Branding | Real 92.3 |
| Slogan | LA's Home For Hip Hop |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | December 29, 1948 (as KFAC-FM) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Urban Contemporary HD2: Urban AC HD3: Air 1 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 3.1  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 42,000 watts |
| HAAT | 887.0 meters (2,910.1 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 35022 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′35″N 118°03′58″W / 34.22639°N 118.06611°WCoordinates: 34°13′35″N 118°03′58″W / 34.22639°N 118.06611°W |
| Callsign meaning | K Real R&B/Hip-Hop Los Angeles; also worded to say ReaL |
| Former callsigns | KFAC-FM (1952-1989) KKBT (1989-2000) KCMG (2000-2001) KHHT (2001-2015) |
| Former frequencies | 100.3 MHz (1957-2000) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (AMFM Broadcasting Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBIG, KFI, KIIS-FM, KLAC, KOST, KEIB, KYSR |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | real923la.com |
KRRL (92.3 FM, Real 92.3) is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, with an Urban Contemporary format. It is owned by iHeartMedia (Clear Channel Communications until September 2014). Its studios are located in Burbank between the Warner Bros. Studios and The Burbank Studios, and it has a transmitter site on Mount Wilson with most other television and FM radio stations serving Los Angeles.
The station first signed on the air on December 29, 1948 as KFAC-FM, the sister station of 1330 KFAC (now KWKW). The stations aired a commercial classical music format for the Los Angeles media market. At first, the two stations simulcast but later aired separate fine arts programming for part of the day. According to a quote from a 1989 New York Times article, "only 41 of nearly 9,000 commercial radio stations in the United States play classical music, and KFAC was considered one of the best".
For more, see KFAC (defunct).
In January 1989, Evergreen Media announced they would be purchasing KFAC, with the sale to close that Summer. On September 20, 1989, at 2 PM, after a simulcast with non-commercial classical station KUSC and a farewell luncheon outside the KFAC studios, 92.3 began stunting with a heartbeat sound effect and brief clips of music. The following day at noon, the station flipped to KKBT, "The New Beat FM 92". The first song under the new format was "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed. The station offered a blend of adult rock, dance music, and adult contemporary, with the slogan "Rock with a Beat". The format failed, and by March 1990, the adult rock cuts were gone, and the station was renamed "92.3 The Beat". The station then moved toward a rhythmic AC format playing a blend of disco, soft pop hits, current R&B and oldies. The station still did not do well, and by the summer of that year, it evolved to a strictly urban AC format. By 1991, rap and hip-hop were being mixed in, and the station evolved to an Urban Contemporary format.
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