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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KKLA-FM
| name = KKLA-FM
| image = KKLA-FM.png
| logo = KKLA-FM.png
| image_size = 200px
| logo_size = 125px
| city = [[Los Angeles, California]]
| city = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]
| airdate = [[1985 in radio|1985]]<br/>November 13, [[1956 in radio|1956]] as KHOF<ref name="BC-YB 1969">{{cite news |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.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>
| 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>
| frequency = 99.5 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| frequency = 99.5 [[megahertz|MHz]]
| area = [[Greater Los Angeles area|Greater Los Angeles]]
| area = [[Greater Los Angeles]]
| format = [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]]/[[talk radio|Talk]]
| format = [[Christian radio|Christian]]/[[Talk radio|talk and teaching]]
| owner = [[Salem Media Group]]
| owner = [[Salem Media Group]]
| licensee = New Inspiration Broadcasting Co., Inc.
| licensee = New Inspiration Broadcasting Co., Inc.
| erp = 10,000 [[watt]]s
| erp = 10,000 [[watt]]s
| haat = {{convert|902.0|m|ft|sp=us}}
| haat = {{convert|902.0|m|ft|sp=us}}
| branding = 99.5 KKLA
| branding = 99.5 KKLA
| slogan = "The Intersection of Faith & Reason"
| class = B
| class = B
| facility_id = 48453
⚫
| callsign_meaning =
| facility_id = 48453
| sister_stations = [[KFSH-FM]], [[KRLA]], [[KTIE]]
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| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KHOF (1956-1985)
| former_callsigns = KHOF (1956–1985)
| webcast = [http://player.listenlive.co/56961/ Listen Live]
| webcast = {{url |https://saleminteractivemedia.com/ListenLive/Player/KKLAFM |Listen Live }}
| website = {{url |http://www.kkla.com |www.kkla.com }}
| website = {{url |https://www.kkla.com/ |www.kkla.com }}
}}
}}


'''KKLA-FM''' (99.5 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "99.5 KKLA") is a [[Commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[City of license|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 radio|Christian 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]].
'''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==
==History==
For most of its existence, KKLA-FM has aired a [[Christian radio]] format.
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 (1956-1982)===
===KHOF (1956–1985)===
Originally owned by Pastor Ray Schoch's Faith Center Inc., 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 U.S. [[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.americanradiohistory.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 and Records |page=20 |date=December 10, 1982 |access-date=April 16, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.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>
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 (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'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://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=U.S. Federal Communications Commission |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.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 teaching the rest of the day. By 1987, the majority of KKLA-FM's programming consisted of Christian talk and teaching. 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.
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 KLFE (1240 AM, now [[KEZY]]) in [[San Bernardino, California]], which changed its callsign to KKLA<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.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.
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 radio|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]].
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.americanradiohistory.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 and Records |page=116 |date=February 22, 2002 |access-date=June 20, 2018 }}</ref>
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==
==Awards==
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| Station of the Year, Religious/Gospel
| Station of the Year, Religious/Gospel
| {{Won}}
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.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>
| <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>
|}
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==External links==
==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]
*{{official website |http://www.kkla.com/ }}
*{{official website |https://www.kkla.com/ }}
*{{FM station data|KKLA}}
*{{FM station data|48453|KKLA-FM}}


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[[Category:Radio stations in Los Angeles|KLA]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Los Angeles|KLA]]
[[Category:Christian radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Christian radio stations in California]]
[[Category:Talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1985]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1985]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in California]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Salem media properties]]
[[Category:Salem Media Group radio stations]]

Latest revision as of 08:49, 7 July 2024

KKLA-FM
Broadcast areaGreater Los Angeles
Frequency99.5 MHz
Branding99.5 KKLA
Programming
FormatChristian/talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner
KFSH-FM, KRLA, KTIE
History
First air date
1985
November 13, 1956 as KHOF[1]
Former call signs
KHOF (1956–1985)
Technical information
Facility ID48453
ClassB
ERP10,000 watts
HAAT902.0 meters (2,959.3 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.kkla.com

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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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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