KALI (AM)
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Facility ID | 56779 |
Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°1′48″N 117°43′33.6″W / 34.03000°N 117.726000°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | Multicultural Broadcasting |
KALI (900
By day, KALI broadcasts at 5,000
History
KGRB
The station was put on the air by former
It gained an FM
Burdette, who had once been an engineer for
In 1994, after Burdette suffered a stroke, KGRB was put into a conservatorship. Steve Ray (who had worked at KCLU, KLIT, KMPC, and KRCI) was brought in to manage the stations. He made KGRB an NBC Radio network affiliate, renaming it "AM 90 NBC". Ray was in the process of acquiring the KNBC (AM) call letters, but the format ended on December 28, 1995, when a court-appointed conservator took over.[7]
KRRA
The conservator leased KGRB and KBOB to El Dorado Broadcasting, and KGRB reemerged at the start of 1996 with a Regional Mexican format as "El Ranchito".[8] A new KRRA call sign debuted on May 6.
Later in 1996, El Dorado bought the combination outright, but it did not hold on to the cluster for long, selling KRTO (the renamed KBOB) to
KALI
In 2008, Multicultural was forced to place KALI in a trust, known as Transition Radio, when Multicultural's owner, Arthur Liu, acquired
When Multicultural sold KYPA 1230 AM, it was able to reclaim KALI from the trust. It changed the programming of the station to Mandarin Chinese and other ethnic shows.
References
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993, Broadcasting & Cable, 1993. p. B-54. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KALI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KALI-AM
- ^ a b Brown, James (April 24, 1977). "Burdette: He Strikes Up the Bands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ Champlin, Charles (April 3, 1975). "Captured by KGRB". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ McPhillips, William (July 27, 1978). "Big-Band Swing Gets a Push". Los Angeles Times. p. 6. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Station Silenced". Los Angeles Times. December 29, 1995. p. F2. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ Lopetegui, Enrique (August 16, 1996). "Radio Ritmo Has Rock--but Not Salsa". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Spanish-Language KALI Returns to Liu's World-Class Co". InsideRadio. June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
External links
- KALI in the FCC AM station database
- KALI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database