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KLAC (AM)
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KLAC AM 570 is a radio station serving the Los Angeles
metropolitan area. KLAC is one of eight Los Angeles radio stations owned by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications
. The station is co-located with its sister stations in suburban Burbank.
It broadcasts nondirectionally and because of its low spot on the dial can be heard in most of Southern California
, including the San Diego area, day and night.
Since January of 2009, the station has been the flagship of Fox Sports Radio
and now originates most of the networks' programming, including The Loose Cannons with Pat O'Brien
, Steve Hartman
and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs
, The Petros and Money Show
, and Into The Night with Tony Bruno
.
, publisher of the New York Post
, bought the station and renamed it KLAC. The station was purchased by Metromedia in 1963. They ran a pop music
format from the 1950s into the 1960s, similar to other AM Metromedia stations. KLAC at different times featured the talents of Les Crane and Lohman and Barkley.
In the mid-1960s KLAC had a talk format known as "two-way radio" including Joe Pyne
, then became a middle of the road station playing music from the 1940s and early 1950s along with soft rock and non-rock hits of the '50s and '60s. By early 1970, KLAC evolved to more of an adult contemporary format focusing on soft rock hits from 1964 up to that time.
Country stations KFOX
and KBBQ
did not have a signal as powerful as that of KLAC, so on September 28, 1970, KLAC decided to drop adult contemporary for country. Number one on their first Big 57 survey was "For The Good Times" by Ray Price. Original DJs were Deano Day, Gene Price, Harry Newman, Sammy Jackson and Jay Lawrence, joined the following year by Dick Haynes and Larry Scott. L.A. veteran Nancy Plum (KTNQ, KMPC) was heard in the last days of the country format. Many of the KLAC airstaff had previously worked at KBBQ.
In the fall of 1980, KZLA-AM-FM joined the country music competition, followed in December 1980 by KHJ
. KHJ went back to pop oldies on April 1, 1983. KZLA-AM/FM and KLAC competed through the 1980s.
In 1984, Metromedia sold KLAC to Capital Cities Communications
, which subsequently sold its previous Los Angeles AM station, KZLA (1540, now the current KMPC
) to Spanish Broadcasting System
. One year later Capital Cities announced its acquisition of ABC
. As the newly-merged Capital Cities/ABC opted to retain KABC
and KLOS
, both KLAC and KZLA-FM were sold, with both outlets going to Malrite Communications. The station moved to classic country from the 1950s to the 1970s, though one exception to the music format was a "combat talk" show hosted by Orange County conservative
icon Wally George
on Monday nights during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In late 1993, KLAC fired all their DJs and newsman, including 31-year veteran Dean Sander, and dropped country for Westwood One
's satellite-fed standards format, focusing on artists like Nat King Cole
, Neil Diamond
, Peggy Lee
, Petula Clark
, Dean Martin
, Barbra Streisand
, Frank Sinatra
, Johnny Mathis
, The Carpenters
, Elvis Presley
, the Ames Brothers
, Tony Bennett
, Perry Como
, Dionne Warwick
and Barry Manilow
. Big bands were no longer played. KLAC stayed with this format in some form until 2001.
KLAC was owned by Malrite until 1993, when the station was sold to Shamrock in a group deal along with KZLA. In 1995, the station was absorbed by Chancellor Media and KZLA was swapped to Bonneville in the late 1990s. Chancellor Media would form AMFM inc when it merged with capstar in 1999. In 2000, AMFM inc would merge with Clear Channel making KLAC a Clear Channel station.
In 2001, KLAC became a standard talk radio
station, hosting the likes of Don Imus
, Clark Howard
, Dr. Dean Edell
, the Truckin' Bozo
, and local host Michael Jackson.
On September 12, 2002, KLAC reverted to an adult standards
format, becoming the Fabulous 570. In addition to many of the station's previous artists, the playlist included Norah Jones
, Diana Krall
, Harry Connick Jr., Rod Stewart
and Michael Bublé
, whose music was influenced by the standards artists. During the standards/lounge music period, Brad "Martini" Chambers, Jim "Swingin' Jimmy D" Duncan, Daisy Torme (Mel's daughter) and the omnipresent Gary Owens were among the air talent.
Among the changes:
When the initial merger took place, the only surviving hosts that are still affiliated with the station to this day are Jim Rome
and sportscaster Steve Hartman
(both were holdovers from the 690 days) as well as one-time Los Angeles TV sportscaster Vic "The Brick" Jacobs
(the only surviving holdover from the 1150 days).
All of the other remaining hosts from either 690 or 1150 went on to other stations, including many of the former XTRA Sports 690 hosts joining the upstart sports format at San Diego-based XEPRS-AM (1090 kHz, now known as "The Mighty Double-X").
in San Diego on November 12, 2007, with Lee Hamilton starting local programming.
For a brief time, AM 570 placed less emphasis on sports and more emphasis on male-oriented programming to compete with the now-defunct KLSX, then the local home of Adam Carolla
and Tom Leykis
. Local hosts had been instructed to not limit themselves to sports, but also include politics, celebrities, relationships, and current events. http://www.labusinessjournal.com/print.asp?aid=18441315.8723719.1197521.111076.6121877.894&aID2=92108 In addition, non-sports hosts Erich "Mancow" Muller and Phil Hendrie
were added to the lineup.
The switch also meant that former afternoon host, San Diego sports icon and former NFL Chargers
radio voice Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton
(who also, like Rome and Hartman, was a holdover from the sports format's origin on 690) was moved to weekend duty. He would also host a daily 5 p.m. update on KLAC for several months until landing a weekday show on San Diego
-based sister station
KLSD
, which had revived the former "XTRA" brand.
The KLAC calls were initially only announced at the top of an hour by themselves with no other note paid attention to them, but soon were started to be used more often under the "AM 570 KLAC" brand, starting when the station celebrated its 30th anniversary as the Laker radio flagship. Some promotions have spelled out the meaning of the call letters as K Los Angeles California.
, which KLAC co-produced with The Content Factory
, replaced McDonnell in September 2008.
Mancow was replaced with Roggin and Simers2(Squared), hosted by Fred Roggin
of KNBC
(and formerly of one-time rival sports talker KMPC-AM
), T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times
, and Simers' daughter, Tracy Simers. Roggin and Simers2 only lasted 11 months before being replaced by Dan Patrick
's syndicated morning show, also produced by The Content Factory, on September 2007.
Former USC
running back and former KMPC afternoon talk-show host Petros Papadakis
join KLAC in January of 2007, teaming up with sportscaster Matt "Money" Smith (then the host of the Lakers Radio Network's pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage) to co-host the stations' 4 to 7p.m. weekday afternoon slot, dubbed the Petros and Money Show
.
On December 11, 2008, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that KLAC would no longer be the team's flagship station following the 2008-2009 season, and that Laker games would be moving to KSPN
AM 710, ESPN Radio
's Los Angeles station.
On September 23, 2011, the Los Angeles Dodgers
announced that KLAC would become the flagship for the team's radio network
beginning in the 2012 season.
There was no initial word whether the station programming would continue from the Clear Channel Studios in Burbank, or would relocate to the Fox Sports Radio network offices in Sherman Oaks, which also housed the Premiere Radio studios for Jim Rome. According to a report by Los Angeles Daily News
media columnist Tom Hoffarth, Fox Sports Radio hosts Ben Maller
, Andrew Siciliano, Krystal Fernandez
, Craig Shemon and James Washington
were released from their duties.
Shemon and Washington's morning slot would be replaced by Dan Patrick
's syndicated morning show, while Chris Myers
' and Hartman's midday shows combined into one, Myers and Hartman. Myers replaced Mychal Thompson (who was expected to leave the station at the end of the Laker season) while Vic "The Brick" Jacobs was relegated to reading the sports updates. Siciliano and Fernandez's early evening show was replaced by the Petros and Money Show
.
KLAC initially dropped "Into The Night with Tony Bruno," clearing JT The Brick instead. Ben Maller
's overnight show, the Third Shift
, was canceled and replaced by a clip show entitled Fox Sports Soup. JT The Brick's show would replace Fox Sports Soup later in the year as the network assumed production of Into The Night and rehired Maller for weekend duty.
Myers left Myers and Hartman in March of 2010 so as to focus on his other duties with Fox Sports
, and would effectively be replaced by Pat O'Brien
as co-host of the resurrected Loose Cannons show, alongside Hartman and Jacobs.
If the Galaxy are scheduled for a national telecast on ESPN2
, the game is not heard on KLAC.
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metropolitan area. KLAC is one of eight Los Angeles radio stations owned by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
. The station is co-located with its sister stations in suburban Burbank.
It broadcasts nondirectionally and because of its low spot on the dial can be heard in most of Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
, including the San Diego area, day and night.
Since January of 2009, the station has been the flagship of Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio
Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming. The network is a service of Premiere Networks...
and now originates most of the networks' programming, including The Loose Cannons with Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien (television)
Pat O'Brien is currently a radio host with Fox Sports Radio as well as an author. He is best known for his time as a sportscaster with CBS Sports and as anchor/host of Access Hollywood and The Insider .O'Brien covered five Olympic Games, two for CBS...
, Steve Hartman
Steve Hartman
Stephen Robert "Steve" Hartman is a television journalist.Steve Hartman attended a Catholic Elementary School in Little Flower Parish of Toledo, Ohio that has since been consolidated to "Saint Benedict Catholic Elementary School"....
and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs
Vic Jacobs
Victor Jacobs , also known as Vic "The Brick" Jacobs, is an American radio and television sportscaster. He is best known as a current co-host of The Loose Cannons, a sports radio talk airing nationally on Fox Sports Radio...
, The Petros and Money Show
Petros and Money Show
The Petros and Money Show or "PMS" is KLAC-AM, 's afternoon drive time sports talk radio program, and airs every Monday through Friday from 3pm to 7pm PST...
, and Into The Night with Tony Bruno
Tony Bruno
For Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
.
Early Years
KLAC began as KFPG in 1924. In 1925 it became KMTR after new owner K.M. Turner, a radio dealer. In 1946, Dorothy SchiffDorothy Schiff
Dorothy Schiff was an owner and then publisher of the New York Post for nearly 40 years. She was a granddaughter of financier Jacob H. Schiff...
, publisher of the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
, bought the station and renamed it KLAC. The station was purchased by Metromedia in 1963. They ran a pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
format from the 1950s into the 1960s, similar to other AM Metromedia stations. KLAC at different times featured the talents of Les Crane and Lohman and Barkley.
In the mid-1960s KLAC had a talk format known as "two-way radio" including Joe Pyne
Joe Pyne
Joe Pyne was an American radio and television talk show host, who pioneered the confrontational style in which the host advocates a viewpoint and argues with guests and audience members...
, then became a middle of the road station playing music from the 1940s and early 1950s along with soft rock and non-rock hits of the '50s and '60s. By early 1970, KLAC evolved to more of an adult contemporary format focusing on soft rock hits from 1964 up to that time.
Country stations KFOX
KFRN
KFRN 1280 AM is a non-commercial traditional Christian radio station licensed to Long Beach, California and serving the Los Angeles market, which runs programming from Family Radio. Its transmitter is located in Wilmington, California....
and KBBQ
KIEV (AM)
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did not have a signal as powerful as that of KLAC, so on September 28, 1970, KLAC decided to drop adult contemporary for country. Number one on their first Big 57 survey was "For The Good Times" by Ray Price. Original DJs were Deano Day, Gene Price, Harry Newman, Sammy Jackson and Jay Lawrence, joined the following year by Dick Haynes and Larry Scott. L.A. veteran Nancy Plum (KTNQ, KMPC) was heard in the last days of the country format. Many of the KLAC airstaff had previously worked at KBBQ.
In the fall of 1980, KZLA-AM-FM joined the country music competition, followed in December 1980 by KHJ
KHJ (AM)
KHJ Radio in Los Angeles, California broadcasts Spanish-language entertainment programming as La Ranchera. It was also one of America's most formidable Top 40 radio stations in the 1960s and 1970s as 93 KHJ before changing its format in 1980....
. KHJ went back to pop oldies on April 1, 1983. KZLA-AM/FM and KLAC competed through the 1980s.
In 1984, Metromedia sold KLAC to Capital Cities Communications
Capital Cities Communications
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, which subsequently sold its previous Los Angeles AM station, KZLA (1540, now the current KMPC
KMPC
KMPC is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California and is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Licensee, LLC. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean-language programming...
) to Spanish Broadcasting System
Spanish Broadcasting System
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States. SBS is also invested in television and internet properties, deriving the majority of its income from advertising through its media products.SBS owns the internet portal LaMusica.com...
. One year later Capital Cities announced its acquisition of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. As the newly-merged Capital Cities/ABC opted to retain KABC
KABC (AM)
KABC is a Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the Cumulus Media company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in 1960 and was one of the first stations to do so...
and KLOS
KLOS
KLOS is an FM rock music radio station based in Los Angeles, California, that debuted in 1969. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. It is home to the nationally broadcast Mark & Brian radio show, and Off The Record host Uncle Joe Benson.-History:...
, both KLAC and KZLA-FM were sold, with both outlets going to Malrite Communications. The station moved to classic country from the 1950s to the 1970s, though one exception to the music format was a "combat talk" show hosted by Orange County conservative
Conservatism
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icon Wally George
Wally George
Wally George, born George Walter Pearch , was an American conservative radio and television commentator...
on Monday nights during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In late 1993, KLAC fired all their DJs and newsman, including 31-year veteran Dean Sander, and dropped country for Westwood One
Westwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
's satellite-fed standards format, focusing on artists like Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
, Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
, Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...
, Petula Clark
Petula Clark
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, Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
, Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
, Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
, The Carpenters
The Carpenters
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, Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
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, the Ames Brothers
Ames Brothers
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, Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
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, Perry Como
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
, Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick
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and Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
. Big bands were no longer played. KLAC stayed with this format in some form until 2001.
KLAC was owned by Malrite until 1993, when the station was sold to Shamrock in a group deal along with KZLA. In 1995, the station was absorbed by Chancellor Media and KZLA was swapped to Bonneville in the late 1990s. Chancellor Media would form AMFM inc when it merged with capstar in 1999. In 2000, AMFM inc would merge with Clear Channel making KLAC a Clear Channel station.
In 2001, KLAC became a standard talk radio
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
station, hosting the likes of Don Imus
Don Imus
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, Clark Howard
Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...
, Dr. Dean Edell
Dean Edell
Doctor Dean Edell is an American physician and broadcaster who hosted the Dr. Dean Edell radio program, a syndicated radio talk show which aired live from 1979 until December 10, 2010.- Private life :...
, the Truckin' Bozo
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, and local host Michael Jackson.
On September 12, 2002, KLAC reverted to an adult standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
format, becoming the Fabulous 570. In addition to many of the station's previous artists, the playlist included Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
, Harry Connick Jr., Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
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and Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
, whose music was influenced by the standards artists. During the standards/lounge music period, Brad "Martini" Chambers, Jim "Swingin' Jimmy D" Duncan, Daisy Torme (Mel's daughter) and the omnipresent Gary Owens were among the air talent.
"XTRA Sports 570"
On February 4, 2005, Clear Channel Communications conducted a far-reaching format swap of three radio stations in the area.Among the changes:
- KLAC's previous standards format, and "Fabulous" branding, moved to XETRA 690-AMXEWW-AMXEWW-AM are the call letters of a border-blaster radio station licensed to the Tijuana / Rosarito area of Baja California, Mexico, with additional studio facilities in Burbank, California, United States. They are a high-power station, with their 77,500 watt signal sometimes reaching as far as the...
and became The Fabulous 690. It would last until February 1, 2006, when with an ownership change and ending of Clear Channel's programming lease, 690-AM became W Radio XEWWXEWW-AMXEWW-AM are the call letters of a border-blaster radio station licensed to the Tijuana / Rosarito area of Baja California, Mexico, with additional studio facilities in Burbank, California, United States. They are a high-power station, with their 77,500 watt signal sometimes reaching as far as the...
, a Spanish-language talk station. - The XTRA Sports format, simulcast on XETRA 690-AM in San Diego and KXTA 1150-AM in Los Angeles, moved to KLAC, which initially aimed at both Los Angeles and San Diego. (Prior to 2002, they were separately programmed stations, with the only common programming being Rome's show.)
- KXTA became KTLK, hosting a progressive talk format.
When the initial merger took place, the only surviving hosts that are still affiliated with the station to this day are Jim Rome
Jim Rome
Jim Rome is an American sports radio talk show host syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications....
and sportscaster Steve Hartman
Steve Hartman (sportscaster)
Steve Hartman is currently the host of a national sports talk show on Fox Sports Radio based in Los Angeles, California. He is also the weekend sports anchor on KTLA television in L.A....
(both were holdovers from the 690 days) as well as one-time Los Angeles TV sportscaster Vic "The Brick" Jacobs
Vic Jacobs
Victor Jacobs , also known as Vic "The Brick" Jacobs, is an American radio and television sportscaster. He is best known as a current co-host of The Loose Cannons, a sports radio talk airing nationally on Fox Sports Radio...
(the only surviving holdover from the 1150 days).
All of the other remaining hosts from either 690 or 1150 went on to other stations, including many of the former XTRA Sports 690 hosts joining the upstart sports format at San Diego-based XEPRS-AM (1090 kHz, now known as "The Mighty Double-X").
Branding and Format Tweaks
In February 2006, the station had phased out the use of the XTRA Sports nickname as part of a re-orientation to the Los Angeles market, and was simply referred to on air as AM 570. The XTRA Sports name was later re-launchedKLSD
KLSD is a sports station based in San Diego, California. The sports programming began on November 12, 2007. Previously, KLSD's format was progressive talk radio....
in San Diego on November 12, 2007, with Lee Hamilton starting local programming.
For a brief time, AM 570 placed less emphasis on sports and more emphasis on male-oriented programming to compete with the now-defunct KLSX, then the local home of Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...
and Tom Leykis
Tom Leykis
Thomas Joseph Leykis is an American radio personality. He currently hosts The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis, a weekly lifestyle program dealing with fine food and drink, airing weekends mainly in West Coast markets...
. Local hosts had been instructed to not limit themselves to sports, but also include politics, celebrities, relationships, and current events. http://www.labusinessjournal.com/print.asp?aid=18441315.8723719.1197521.111076.6121877.894&aID2=92108 In addition, non-sports hosts Erich "Mancow" Muller and Phil Hendrie
Phil Hendrie
Philip Stephen Hendrie is an American radio personality. He is best known as the host of The Phil Hendrie Show, a comedy talk radio program that is syndicated throughout North America on Talk Radio Network...
were added to the lineup.
The switch also meant that former afternoon host, San Diego sports icon and former NFL Chargers
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
radio voice Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton
Lee Hamilton (sports)
Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton is an American sportscaster and radio talk show host based in San Diego, California. His current show "Sports Watch" is on from 10am-2pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday on XEPRS-AM, known on-air as "XX 1090 Sports Radio" and he works alongside producers Bobby Wooldridge...
(who also, like Rome and Hartman, was a holdover from the sports format's origin on 690) was moved to weekend duty. He would also host a daily 5 p.m. update on KLAC for several months until landing a weekday show on San Diego
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
-based sister station
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....
KLSD
KLSD
KLSD is a sports station based in San Diego, California. The sports programming began on November 12, 2007. Previously, KLSD's format was progressive talk radio....
, which had revived the former "XTRA" brand.
The KLAC calls were initially only announced at the top of an hour by themselves with no other note paid attention to them, but soon were started to be used more often under the "AM 570 KLAC" brand, starting when the station celebrated its 30th anniversary as the Laker radio flagship. Some promotions have spelled out the meaning of the call letters as K Los Angeles California.
Back to Sports
Starting in late 2006, KLAC shifted its focus again to more sports content. Phil Hendrie voluntarily retired from his syndicated show so as to pursue an acting career (but would later revive the program on KTLK). Hendrie's time slot was filled by Joe McDonnell, who would last for two years at KLAC; Into The Night with Tony BrunoTony Bruno
For Tony Bruno, the musician, see Tony Bruno Tony Bruno is an American sports talk radio personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
, which KLAC co-produced with The Content Factory
DirecTV
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, replaced McDonnell in September 2008.
Mancow was replaced with Roggin and Simers2(Squared), hosted by Fred Roggin
Fred Roggin
Fred Roggin is the sports anchor at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, California. He was also a sports talk radio host at KMPC in Los Angeles, and until Fall 2007 hosted a morning sports show on KLAC with Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers and Simers' daughter, Tracy Simers...
of KNBC
KNBC
KNBC, channel 4, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA. KNBC's studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank, California, and its transmitter is located on Mount Wilson...
(and formerly of one-time rival sports talker KMPC-AM
KMPC
KMPC is a radio station based in Los Angeles, California and is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Licensee, LLC. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean-language programming...
), T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, and Simers' daughter, Tracy Simers. Roggin and Simers2 only lasted 11 months before being replaced by Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Daniel Patrick Pugh , professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio...
's syndicated morning show, also produced by The Content Factory, on September 2007.
Former USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
running back and former KMPC afternoon talk-show host Petros Papadakis
Petros Papadakis
Petros Papadakis is an American television personality and radio co-host of the Petros and Money Show on Fox Sports Radio. He is a former tailback and American football team captain for the University of Southern California Trojans football team. He is also known as "The P."Papadakis's family...
join KLAC in January of 2007, teaming up with sportscaster Matt "Money" Smith (then the host of the Lakers Radio Network's pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage) to co-host the stations' 4 to 7p.m. weekday afternoon slot, dubbed the Petros and Money Show
Petros and Money Show
The Petros and Money Show or "PMS" is KLAC-AM, 's afternoon drive time sports talk radio program, and airs every Monday through Friday from 3pm to 7pm PST...
.
On December 11, 2008, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that KLAC would no longer be the team's flagship station following the 2008-2009 season, and that Laker games would be moving to KSPN
KSPN (AM)
KSPN is an all-sports radio station based in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by Disney. It is an ESPN Radio owned-and-operated station.-Play-by-play:...
AM 710, ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
's Los Angeles station.
On September 23, 2011, the Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
announced that KLAC would become the flagship for the team's radio network
Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network
The Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network is a network of 26 radio stations that air Major League Baseball games of the Los Angeles Dodgers. , 23 stations broadcast games in English, while another 3 broadcast them in Spanish.-English:...
beginning in the 2012 season.
Merger with Fox Sports Radio
On January 20, 2009, the station announced a merger with the Fox Sports Radio Network, which effectively ended the shows as local programming. General manager Don Martin emerged as program director for both the station and the network, the latter in which he succeeded Andrew Ashwood, who died a few months earlier.There was no initial word whether the station programming would continue from the Clear Channel Studios in Burbank, or would relocate to the Fox Sports Radio network offices in Sherman Oaks, which also housed the Premiere Radio studios for Jim Rome. According to a report by Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Daily News is the second-largest circulating daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California. It is the flagship of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, a branch of Colorado-based MediaNews Group....
media columnist Tom Hoffarth, Fox Sports Radio hosts Ben Maller
Ben Maller
Benjamin "Big Ben" Maller is an American sports radio host, for Fox Sports Radio where he hosts a program on weekend nights, and previously The Third Shift. Maller is also one of the original sports bloggers, with his popular website BenMaller.com, Ben has broken numerous stories over the...
, Andrew Siciliano, Krystal Fernandez
Krystal Fernandez
Krystal Fernandez is an American sports journalist. She joined Fox Sports Radio in March 2004 as the morning update anchor and also serves as a sports/feature reporter for KTTV/Fox 11 TV in Los Angeles...
, Craig Shemon and James Washington
James Washington
James McArthur Washington is a former American football safety for the UCLA Bruins and in the National Football League. Currently he is a co-host of FOX Sports Radio's flagship morning show Out Of Bounds with Craig Shemon...
were released from their duties.
Shemon and Washington's morning slot would be replaced by Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
Daniel Patrick Pugh , professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio...
's syndicated morning show, while Chris Myers
Chris Myers
Christopher Patrick "Chris" Myers ) is an American sportscaster.-Biography:With more than 20 years in broadcasting, Chris Myers has covered premiere events, including the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA Final Four, The Masters and U.S...
' and Hartman's midday shows combined into one, Myers and Hartman. Myers replaced Mychal Thompson (who was expected to leave the station at the end of the Laker season) while Vic "The Brick" Jacobs was relegated to reading the sports updates. Siciliano and Fernandez's early evening show was replaced by the Petros and Money Show
Petros and Money Show
The Petros and Money Show or "PMS" is KLAC-AM, 's afternoon drive time sports talk radio program, and airs every Monday through Friday from 3pm to 7pm PST...
.
KLAC initially dropped "Into The Night with Tony Bruno," clearing JT The Brick instead. Ben Maller
Ben Maller
Benjamin "Big Ben" Maller is an American sports radio host, for Fox Sports Radio where he hosts a program on weekend nights, and previously The Third Shift. Maller is also one of the original sports bloggers, with his popular website BenMaller.com, Ben has broken numerous stories over the...
's overnight show, the Third Shift
The Third Shift
The Third Shift was a daily radio program broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Radio from 2–6 AM ET. The program was hosted by FSR's Ben Maller with Karen Kay. The show was produced by Greg Bergman...
, was canceled and replaced by a clip show entitled Fox Sports Soup. JT The Brick's show would replace Fox Sports Soup later in the year as the network assumed production of Into The Night and rehired Maller for weekend duty.
Myers left Myers and Hartman in March of 2010 so as to focus on his other duties with Fox Sports
Fox Sports (USA)
Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company . It was formed in 1994 with Fox's acquisition of broadcast rights to National Football League games...
, and would effectively be replaced by Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien (television)
Pat O'Brien is currently a radio host with Fox Sports Radio as well as an author. He is best known for his time as a sportscaster with CBS Sports and as anchor/host of Access Hollywood and The Insider .O'Brien covered five Olympic Games, two for CBS...
as co-host of the resurrected Loose Cannons show, alongside Hartman and Jacobs.
Sports play-by-play rights
- Current:
- Los Angeles GalaxyLos Angeles GalaxyThe Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
- UCLA Bruins footballUCLA Bruins FootballThe UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll...
- UCLA Bruins men's basketballUCLA Bruins men's basketballThe UCLA Bruins men's basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 Division I NCAA championships. UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 national titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record 4 times, in 1964, 1967,...
- NFL on Westwood OneNFL on Westwood OneThe NFL on Westwood One is the brand name given to weekly National Football League games carried on the radio over the Dial Global Radio Network...
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- Future:
- Los Angeles DodgersLos Angeles DodgersThe Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
(beginning 2012)
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Former:
- Los Angeles ClippersLos Angeles ClippersThe Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
(1984-1987) - Los Angeles LakersLos Angeles LakersThe Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
(1977-2009; last game was a NBA Finals2009 NBA FinalsThe 2009 NBA Finals was the National Basketball Association championship series for the 2008-09 season. The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Los Angeles Lakers, champions of the Western Conference and defending Western Conference champions, and the Orlando Magic, champions of the...
win over the Orlando Magic) - Anaheim AngelsLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimThe Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
(19991999 Anaheim Angels seasonThe Anaheim Angels 1999 season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.-Offseason:*November 16, 1998: Jeff Juden was released by the Anaheim Angels....
-20022002 Anaheim Angels seasonThe Anaheim Angels 2002 season was the franchise's 42nd, and it ended with the team's first American League pennant and World Series championship....
, last game was a win over the San Francisco Giants2002 San Francisco Giants seasonThe 2002 San Francisco Giants season was the 120th in franchise history, and the franchise's 45th season in San Francisco. The season ended with the Giants winning the National League pennant but losing to the Anaheim Angels in the 2002 World Series....
to capture the World Series2002 World SeriesThe 2002 World Series was a best-of-seven playoff series to determine the champion of Major League Baseball for the 2002 season. It was the 98th such contest between the champions of the American League and National League , and featured the AL champion Anaheim Angels against the NL champion San...
) - Los Angeles AvengersLos Angeles AvengersThe Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...
(2005-2008) - Los Angeles SparksLos Angeles SparksThe Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
(2002-2005) - Los Angeles Express (1983-1984)
- Los Angeles Clippers
If the Galaxy are scheduled for a national telecast on ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
, the game is not heard on KLAC.