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KRCD (FM)
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KRCD is a commercial radio station
in Inglewood, California
, broadcasting to the Los Angeles
area on 103.9 FM
.
KRCV is a commercial radio station
in West Covina, California
, broadcasting to the western sections of the Riverside
-San Bernardino
(Inland Empire
) area on 98.3 FM
.
KRCV & KRCD air a Spanish-language oldies
music format branded as "Recuerdo".
The Operations Manager was Charles (Chuck) Johnson and the Program Director was Lonnie Cook, they constituted the only paid staff. The station airtime was brokered with the exception of the shows hosted by these two. Cook hailed from Kansas City, Kansas
, and Johnson had been a celebrated DJ at KPRS in Kansas City, MO.
The format was R&B, Doo Wop, and Blues and its programs included one hosted by Floyd Ray, the owner of the first all Black Los Angeles Record Distributor and former big band leader. An in studio picture of all of the DJ's can be found at http://www.classmates.com/photos/album/viewcommunityId=12163221&communityType=3&albumId=20966671 The operation endured for 3 years.
music. It became one of the premiere stations for African Americans in the Los Angeles
area. The station was owned by former Green Bay Packers
defensive end
Willie Davis and his wife Ann. Some of the air personalities included Steve Woods(deceased), Lawrence Tanter, Pam Wells, Lisa Lipps, Ken Taylor, Hamilton Cloud, E.Z. Wiggins, Karla with a K, Antoinette Russell, Mike Mann, and Rico Reed. News and Public Affairs personalities included Ron Dungee, Sam Putney, Mark Whitlock, Isidra Person-Lynn and Kevin A. Ross
. For a three year period, between 1988-90, the station featured a nightclub formatted music "mix" show six days a week, with Southern California club DJ Elvin Bridges. In addition to being an on-air personality, Bridges created and produced his own Mon-Fri weekday music mix show that aired during the afternoon rush hour he coined "Bumper To Bumper - In The Mix with Elvin Bridges;" plus a weekly three hour Saturday night party music mix show. Let's Talk, Speak Out, Sunday Morning Live and The People's Connection were popular community affairs talk shows. Production director Mark Drummond was also assistant program director during the Cox Years (see below), later returning to the music business as an independent producer.
It briefly experimented with a hip hop/R&B
format in 1993 as V103.9, and would add an Inland Empire
simulcast, KAEV. However, in October of that same year Davis' company, capitalizing on the political and social backlash against hip-hop music, announced an outright prohibition of the words "bitch
," "ho," and "nigger
" on air and shifted to an "Positive Urban" format. However, this lowered ratings significantly and Davis soon flipped KACE to urban oldies and flipped KAEV to modern rock
as KCXX
, thereby ending the simulcast. (Another local station, KPWR
, also banned the words, but did not change the format.) KACE was sold to Cox Radio
, then also the owner of KFI-AM
and KOST-FM
in 1994.
and had easy listening and adult contemporary formats for most of its run as a San Gabriel Valley
-based station. In the mid-1990s, it picked up a unique rock en español
format and became KRTO, "El Ritmo." Shortly after Cox bought KACE, it added to fill in some blank spots in KACE's signal.
Today, KBOB-FM is an active rock station in the Quad Cities
of Iowa
and Illinois
.
) for some stations in Atlanta
. KACE/KRTO were sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Company (now owned by Univision Communications
). From 2006 - 2008 Radio One's 100.3 The Beat changed to a format similar to Davis' old V103.9, in KRBV (V100).
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Inglewood, California
Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...
, broadcasting to the Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
area on 103.9 FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
.
KRCV is a commercial radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in West Covina, California
West Covina, California
West Covina is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. Located some east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, it is a mostly middle class suburb of Los Angeles...
, broadcasting to the western sections of the Riverside
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
-San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
(Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)
The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
) area on 98.3 FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
.
KRCV & KRCD air a Spanish-language oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
music format branded as "Recuerdo".
103.9FM
The very first programming on this 103.9FM was in 1961. In those days FM was in its infancy and most people did not have FM in their autos. When Al Williams's KTYM AM was purchased the KTYM-FM was thrown in for free.The Operations Manager was Charles (Chuck) Johnson and the Program Director was Lonnie Cook, they constituted the only paid staff. The station airtime was brokered with the exception of the shows hosted by these two. Cook hailed from Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
, and Johnson had been a celebrated DJ at KPRS in Kansas City, MO.
The format was R&B, Doo Wop, and Blues and its programs included one hosted by Floyd Ray, the owner of the first all Black Los Angeles Record Distributor and former big band leader. An in studio picture of all of the DJ's can be found at http://www.classmates.com/photos/album/viewcommunityId=12163221&communityType=3&albumId=20966671 The operation endured for 3 years.
KACE FM
For the next three and a half decades 103.9, later with the new call letters KACE, played urban contemporaryUrban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
music. It became one of the premiere stations for African Americans in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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area. The station was owned by former Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
defensive end
Defensive end
Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...
Willie Davis and his wife Ann. Some of the air personalities included Steve Woods(deceased), Lawrence Tanter, Pam Wells, Lisa Lipps, Ken Taylor, Hamilton Cloud, E.Z. Wiggins, Karla with a K, Antoinette Russell, Mike Mann, and Rico Reed. News and Public Affairs personalities included Ron Dungee, Sam Putney, Mark Whitlock, Isidra Person-Lynn and Kevin A. Ross
Kevin A. Ross
Kevin A. Ross is an American host of the syndicated television program America's Court with Judge Ross, a producer, communications strategist, and former California Superior Court judge.-Early years:...
. For a three year period, between 1988-90, the station featured a nightclub formatted music "mix" show six days a week, with Southern California club DJ Elvin Bridges. In addition to being an on-air personality, Bridges created and produced his own Mon-Fri weekday music mix show that aired during the afternoon rush hour he coined "Bumper To Bumper - In The Mix with Elvin Bridges;" plus a weekly three hour Saturday night party music mix show. Let's Talk, Speak Out, Sunday Morning Live and The People's Connection were popular community affairs talk shows. Production director Mark Drummond was also assistant program director during the Cox Years (see below), later returning to the music business as an independent producer.
It briefly experimented with a hip hop/R&B
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
format in 1993 as V103.9, and would add an Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)
The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
simulcast, KAEV. However, in October of that same year Davis' company, capitalizing on the political and social backlash against hip-hop music, announced an outright prohibition of the words "bitch
Misogyny
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Philogyny, meaning fondness, love or admiration towards women, is the antonym of misogyny. The term misandry is the term for men that is parallel to misogyny...
," "ho," and "nigger
Nigger
Nigger is a noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a pejorative context to refer to black people , and also as an informal slang term, among other contexts. It is a common ethnic slur...
" on air and shifted to an "Positive Urban" format. However, this lowered ratings significantly and Davis soon flipped KACE to urban oldies and flipped KAEV to modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
as KCXX
KCXX
KCXX is a commercial radio station licensed to Lake Arrowhead, California, broadcasting to the Riverside-San Bernardino, California-Ontario, California, area since February 2, 1995. KCXX airs an alternative rock music format...
, thereby ending the simulcast. (Another local station, KPWR
KPWR
KPWR is a commercial radio station located in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on an analog signal and in HD Radio...
, also banned the words, but did not change the format.) KACE was sold to Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
, then also the owner of KFI-AM
KFI
KFI is an AM radio station in Los Angeles, California. It received its license to operate on March 31, 1922 and began operating on April 16, 1922 as one of the United States' first high-powered, "clear-channel" stations...
and KOST-FM
KOST
KOST is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, with an adult contemporary musical format. It is one of three adult contemporary formatted radio station in the Los Angeles/Orange County area, the others being sister station KBIG and CBS-owned KTWV...
in 1994.
98.3FM
This station was long known as KBOB-FMKBOB-FM
KBOB-FM is a commercial radio station located in DeWitt, Iowa, broadcasting to the Quad Cities, Iowa area on 104.9 FM. KBOB-FM airs an active rock music format branded as "Rock 104.9".-WGEN-FM:...
and had easy listening and adult contemporary formats for most of its run as a San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, United States. It lies to the east of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire. It derives its name from the San Gabriel River that flows...
-based station. In the mid-1990s, it picked up a unique rock en español
Rock en Español
Rock en español is the Spanish-language rock music. While the term is used widely in English, it is used in Spanish mainly to distinguish such music from "Anglo rock." It is a style of rock music that developed in Latin American countries and Latino communities, along with other genres like...
format and became KRTO, "El Ritmo." Shortly after Cox bought KACE, it added to fill in some blank spots in KACE's signal.
Today, KBOB-FM is an active rock station in the Quad Cities
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
and Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
.
Simulcast
In 1999, the stations added The Tom Joyner Morning Show but ratings remained low. In 2000, Cox traded KOST and KFI to AMFM (now part of Clear Channel CommunicationsClear 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...
) for some stations in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. KACE/KRTO were sold to Hispanic Broadcasting Company (now owned by Univision Communications
Univision Communications
Univision Communications is an American Spanish language media company in the United States. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Prior to 2007, the headquarters were in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA.- History :...
). From 2006 - 2008 Radio One's 100.3 The Beat changed to a format similar to Davis' old V103.9, in KRBV (V100).