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KKLA-FM
Los Angeles, California;
Broadcast area	Greater Los Angeles
Frequency	99.5 MHz
Branding	99.5 KKLA
Programming
Format	Christian/talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner	Salem Media Group; (New Inspiration Broadcasting Co., Inc.);
Sister stations	KFSH-FM, KRLA, KTIE
History
First air date	1985; November 13, 1956 as KHOF
Former call signs	KHOF (1956–1985)
Technical information
Facility ID	48453
Class	B
ERP	10,000 watts
HAAT	902.0 meters (2,959.3 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.kkla.com

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KKLA-FM (99.5 MHz, "99.5 KKLA") is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching format. The KKLA-FM studios are located in Glendale and the transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

History

The 99.5 FM frequency in Los Angeles has been home to two stations operating under separate licenses, both broadcasting a Christian radio format.

KHOF (1956–1985)

Originally owned by Pastor Ray Schoch's Faith Center Church in Glendale, California, the station signed on November 13, 1956, with the call letters KHOF.^[1] During the 1960s and 1970s, programming consisted of various syndicated ministries and programming produced by Faith Center. In 1975, Gene Scott took over Faith Center and moved properties including KHOF to strictly in-house programming. Some stations were sold. By 1980, Scott's sermons aired around-the-clock. The Federal Communications Commission canceled KHOF's license in September 1982, citing improper conduct on the part of Faith Center, including misappropriation of fundraising proceeds.^[2]^[3]

KKLA-FM (1985–present)

KKLA-FM operates on a license separate from that of the former KHOF, first issued in October 1985 to Salem Communications subsidiary New Inspiration Broadcasting with the call sign KKLA.^[4]^[5] At that time, the station launched with a contemporary Christian music (CCM) format part of the day and Christian talk and teaching the rest of the day. By 1987, the majority of KKLA's programming consisted of the latter. The station eliminated Christian music by 1990; this void was filled by KFSG (96.3 FM) which began airing a CCM format for most of its broadcast day.

In 1995, the station's call letters changed to KKLA-FM. This was done to accommodate sister station KLFE (1240 AM) in San Bernardino, which changed its callsign to KKLA^[6] and simulcast KKLA-FM until 1999.

During part of the day Monday through Saturday, KKLA-FM broadcasts local Christian call-in talk shows that discuss a mix of religious and conservative political issues. At all other times and all day Sunday, the station airs ministries and teaching programs from speakers such as J. Vernon McGee, John F. MacArthur, and Hank Hanegraaff.

KKLA-FM claims to be the most-listened-to Christian talk radio station in the United States.^[7]

Awards

KKLA-FM was honored by the National Association of Broadcasters as its Religious/Gospel station of the year in 1995.

Year	Awards	Category	Result	Source
1995	NAB Marconi Radio Awards	Station of the Year, Religious/Gospel	Won	^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1969. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^ "'82 in Review: Washington Report" (PDF). Radio & Records. December 10, 1982. p. 20. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^ "Washington Watch" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. December 9, 1985. p. 91. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
^ "Application Search Results: KKLA-FM". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1986. p. B-31. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook. New Providence, New Jersey: R.R. Bowker. 1996. p. B-54. ISBN 0-8352-3725-7. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
^ Welke, Rick (February 22, 2002). "What Do I Know About Talk Radio?" (PDF). Radio & Records. p. 116. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
^ "Limbaugh, KGO win top Marconi honors" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable. R.R. Bowker. September 18, 1995. p. 38. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

External links

FCC History Cards for KKLA
Official website
Facility details for Facility ID 48453 (KKLA-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
KKLA-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

34°13′26″N 118°03′47″W / 34.224°N 118.063°W / 34.224; -118.063

[BC-YB_1969-1] "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1969. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[2] "'82 in Review: Washington Report" (PDF). Radio & Records. December 10, 1982. p. 20. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

[3] "Washington Watch" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. December 9, 1985. p. 91. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[4] "Application Search Results: KKLA-FM". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[5] "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada" (PDF). Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook. Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1986. p. B-31. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[6] "Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook. New Providence, New Jersey: R.R. Bowker. 1996. p. B-54. ISBN 0-8352-3725-7. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[7] Welke, Rick (February 22, 2002). "What Do I Know About Talk Radio?" (PDF). Radio & Records. p. 116. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[8] "Limbaugh, KGO win top Marconi honors" (PDF). Broadcasting and Cable. R.R. Bowker. September 18, 1995. p. 38. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

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+| city             = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
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+| airdate          = [[1985 in radio|1985]]<br/>November 13, [[1956 in radio|1956]] as KHOF<ref name="BC-YB 1969">{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1969-YB/1969-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0183.pdf |title=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |work=Broadcasting Yearbook |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |date=1969 |access-date=April 16, 2018 }}</ref>
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+| former_callsigns = KHOF (1956–1985)
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-'''KKLA-FM''' (99.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "99.5 KKLA") is a [[Christian]] talk and teaching [[radio station]] serving [[Los Angeles]] and owned by the [[Salem Media Group]].  The station has studios in [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], and the transmitter is located atop [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]].  During part of the day Monday through Friday, the station runs local Christian call in talk shows that discuss a mix of religious and conservative political issues. They also run this format Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. During all remaining times and all day Sunday, the station runs [[Christian ministry|ministries]] and [[teaching]] programs from speakers such as [[J. Vernon McGee]], [[John F. MacArthur]], and [[Hank Hanegraaff]].
+'''KKLA-FM''' (99.5 [[Hertz|MHz]], "99.5 KKLA") is a [[Commercial radio|commercial]]  [[radio station]] [[City of license|licensed]] to [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] and serving the [[Greater Los Angeles]] area. The station is owned by the [[Salem Media Group]] and broadcasts a [[Christian radio|Christian]] [[Talk radio|talk and teaching]] format. The KKLA-FM studios are located in [[Glendale, California|Glendale]] and the transmitter is located atop [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]].
+==History==
-The station has been a [[Religious broadcasting|religious radio]] format most of its life. Until the 1980s the station was known as KHOF; its license was cancelled by the [[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]. It was owned by Faith Center. In the 1960s and 1970s the programming consisted of various [[radio syndication|syndicated]] ministries and programming produced by [[Gene Scott|Gene Scott's]] faith Center. By 1980 the station was running Gene Scott's [[sermon]]s around-the-clock.
+The 99.5 FM frequency in Los Angeles has been home to two stations operating under separate licenses, both broadcasting a [[Christian radio]] format.
+===KHOF (1956–1985)===
-The modern-day 99.5 operates on a new license separate from the former KHOF, issued in October 1985 to Salem Communications subsidiary New Inspiration Broadcasting.<ref>http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=10774</ref> In 1985 the station launched with a [[contemporary Christian music]] format part of the day and Christian teaching the rest of the day. By 1987 though the station was mostly Christian talk and teaching and by 1990, there was no Christian music to be heard on KKLA. By then [[KFSG]], which was on 96.3 FM at the time, was now running a Contemporary Christian Music format most of their broadcast day. Until 1999, KKLA simulcast on [[KEZY|1240 AM]] and on 99.5 FM.
+Originally owned by Pastor Ray Schoch's Faith Center Church in [[Glendale, California]], the station signed on November 13, 1956, with the [[call letters]] KHOF.<ref name="BC-YB 1969" /> During the 1960s and 1970s, programming consisted of various [[Radio syndication|syndicated]] ministries and programming produced by Faith Center. In 1975, [[Gene Scott]] took over Faith Center and moved properties including KHOF to strictly in-house programming. Some stations were sold. By 1980, Scott's [[sermon]]s aired around-the-clock. The [[Federal Communications Commission]] canceled KHOF's license in September 1982, citing improper conduct on the part of Faith Center, including misappropriation of fundraising proceeds.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/80s/82/RR-1982-12-10-OCR-Page-0020.pdf |title='82 in Review: Washington Report |work=Radio & Records |page=20 |date=December 10, 1982 |access-date=April 16, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-12-09-OCR-Page-0091.pdf |title=Washington Watch |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=91 |date=December 9, 1985 |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref>
+===KKLA-FM (1985–present)===
-KKLA-FM claims to be the most-listened-to Christian talk radio station in the United States.
+KKLA-FM operates on a license separate from that of the former KHOF, first issued in October 1985 to [[Salem Communications]] subsidiary New Inspiration Broadcasting with the call sign KKLA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Arn=10774 |title=Application Search Results: KKLA-FM |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/80s-OCR-YB/1986-YB/1986-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0115.pdf |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |magazine=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=B-31 |date=1986 |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref> At that time, the station launched with a [[contemporary Christian music]] (CCM) format part of the day and Christian [[Talk radio|talk and teaching]] the rest of the day. By 1987, the majority of KKLA's programming consisted of the latter. The station eliminated Christian music by 1990; this void was filled by [[KXOL-FM|KFSG]] (96.3 FM) which began airing a CCM format for most of its broadcast day.
+In 1995, the station's call letters changed to KKLA-FM. This was done to accommodate sister station [[KEZY|KLFE]] (1240 AM) in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], which changed its callsign to KKLA<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/90s-OCR-YB/1996-YB/1996-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0214.pdf |isbn=0-8352-3725-7 |title=Directory of Radio Stations in the U.S. |work=Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook |publisher=R.R. Bowker |location=New Providence, New Jersey |page=B-54 |date=1996 |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref> and [[simulcast]] KKLA-FM until 1999.
+During part of the day Monday through Saturday, KKLA-FM broadcasts local Christian call-in talk shows that discuss a mix of religious and [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative political]] issues. At all other times and all day Sunday, the station airs [[Christian ministry|ministries]] and teaching programs from speakers such as [[J. Vernon McGee]], [[John F. MacArthur]], and [[Hank Hanegraaff]].
+KKLA-FM claims to be the most-listened-to Christian talk radio station in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/02/RR-2002-02-22-OCR-Page-0118.pdf |last=Welke |first=Rick |title=What Do I Know About Talk Radio? |magazine=Radio & Records |page=116 |date=February 22, 2002 |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref>
+==Awards==
+KKLA-FM was honored by the [[National Association of Broadcasters]] as its Religious/Gospel station of the year in 1995.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Year
+! Awards
+! Category
+! Result
+! Source
+|-
+| 1995
+| [[NAB Marconi Radio Awards]]
+| Station of the Year, Religious/Gospel
+| {{Won}}
+| <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-09-18-OCR-Page-0038.pdf |title=Limbaugh, KGO win top Marconi honors |magazine=Broadcasting and Cable |publisher=R.R. Bowker |page=38 |date=September 18, 1995 |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref>
+|}
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
+*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=71988&.pdf FCC History Cards for KKLA]
-*[http://www.kkla.com/ Official Website]
+*{{official website |https://www.kkla.com/ }}
-{{FM station data|KKLA}}
-*{{FCC History Cards|48453|KKLA}}
+*{{FM station data|48453|KKLA-FM}}
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+[[Category:Christian radio stations in California]]
 [[Category:Talk radio stations in the United States]]
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-[[Category:Salem media properties]]
+[[Category:1985 establishments in California]]
+[[Category:Salem Media Group radio stations]]
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AM radio stations	KBJD KCBQ KDIA KDIZ KDOW KDYA KDZR KFAX KFIA KGNW KGU KHCM KHNR KKOL KKMS KKNT KLUP KNTH KNUS KPAM KPDQ KPRZ KPXQ KRKS KRLA KSKY KSLR KTIE KTKZ KTNO KTRB KXXT KYCR KZNT WAVA WDTK WDWD WEZE WFIL WGKA WHK WHKW WIND WLCC WLQV WLSS WLTA WMCA WMYM WNIV WNTP WNYM WORL WPGP WPIT WRCW WRFD WRHC WROL WTBN WTLN WTWD WWFE WWRC WWTC WYLL
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