KLAA (AM)

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Not to be confused with KLAC 570 AM.

KLAA
Broadcast areaSouthern California
Frequency830 kHz
BrandingAngels Radio AM 830
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatSports radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Los Angeles Angels
  • (LAA 1, LLC)
History
First air date
January 9, 1986
(38 years ago) (1986-01-09)
Former call signs
  • KSRT (1986–1991)
  • KPLS (1991–2003)
  • KMXE (2003–2006)
Call sign meaning
Los Angeles Angels
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID50516
ClassB
Power
Transmitter coordinates
33°55′43″N 117°36′57″W / 33.92861°N 117.61583°W / 33.92861; -117.61583
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websiteam830.net

KLAA (830

Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California.[2] The transmitter is in Chino, California, off McCarty Road.[3]

KLAA broadcasts by day at the maximum power permitted for commercial AM stations, 50,000

Class A station, KLAA must reduce power to 20,000 watts from sunset to sunrise. KLAA mostly carries ESPN Radio network programing except for coverage of Angels and Las Vegas Raiders games and a local afternoon sports show, The Sports Lodge with Roger Lodge. On weekends, Infinity Sports Network
programming.

The station's operations are overseen by general manager Dennis Kuhl, chairman of the Los Angeles Angels.

History

AM 830 first

Spanish-language news and information station. The station was directional day and night, with a daytime power of 2,500 watts and 1,000 watts night. Former NFL placekicker Danny Villanueva was co-owner and general manager. The transmitter site was at Oak Flat in the Santa Ana Mountains near Santiago Peak. While mountain tops are good for FM transmission, AM stations need low, flat land for the best signal propagation. The poor ground conductivity yielded a less-than-optimal signal for KSRT. (Today, KSRT is a Regional Mexican music station in Cloverdale, California
.)

In 1991, the station changed its callsign to KPLS, and began airing a Spanish language

sign-off of Radio AAHS in January 1998, the parent company, Children's Broadcasting Corporation, needed programming for the network of stations until they could find buyers. KPLS and the other nine CBC-owned and operated Radio AAHS stations flipped to "Beat Radio", which broadcast electronic dance music 12 hours each night. (As of 2020, the KPLS call letters are used by a Christian radio-formatted station in Littleton, Colorado
.)

KPLS was sold in late October 1998 to Catholic Family Radio and adopted a

Catholic talk format.[4] During this period, the station was owned by John Lynch, father of the veteran National Football League cornerback of the same name. Lynch was former CEO of Noble Broadcasting of San Diego
.

In 2000 the station was granted a power increase by the FCC, allowing it to operate with 50,000 watts during the day and 20,000 watts at night, giving it a signal comparable to the major AM stations in Los Angeles. It also moved to its current tower site in Chino.

Despite the power increase, KPLS' programming foundered. It transitioned to a

Michael Savage. KPLS had close ties to the Orange County business community and was the flagship station of the Anaheim Ducks hockey
team.

In 2003, the station was sold to Radiovisa Corp. for $37.5 million.

KMXE is now an adult hits station near Billings, Montana
.)

The station sold again in February 2006 for $42 million.

natural health remedies, and The American Advisor, which offered the sale of gold coins and bars
.

On April 5, 2010, KLAA added additional programs from ESPN Radio, shows hosted by

motorcross and NASCAR. Other talk shows include seasonal programs about the Angels and Ducks and a weekend interview program hosted by former Angel player and broadcaster Rex Hudler
.

Sports

The KLAA studios are located within Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

In 2006–07, the station assumed the broadcast rights for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. That team went on to win the Stanley Cup in June 2007. The partnership extended until the 2021–22 season; the next season, Ducks broadcasts would move to a team-focused online radio station, Ducks Stream, available via TuneIn.[7]

In October 2007, the Angels announced that KLAA would carry Angels games in English starting with the

Los Angeles Galaxy, to fulfill contractual obligations to both teams. KLAA was believed to be the only station in the U.S. to broadcast play-by-play of sports events in two languages. (In 2008, Angels and Galaxy games in Spanish moved to KWKW, and the Dodgers relocated from KWKW to KHJ
.)

On September 10, 2007, KLAA began carrying games of the

NFL on Westwood One on Monday nights.[8]
However, it did not carry the full schedule because of some conflicts with the Ducks. KLAA aired selected NFL Sunday games in 2009

KLAA is the flagship station for UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball.

In 2020, KLAA became the Los Angeles affiliate for the Las Vegas Raiders.

Signal

KLAA operates from a three-tower facility in

Los Angeles County
to any significant extent.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLAA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Am 830 Klaa". Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KLAA
  4. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 page D-63
  5. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-83
  6. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007 page D-88
  7. ^ "Ducks Set to Launch Audio Streaming Network Today: Ducks Stream". NHL.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  8. ^ Archive index at the Wayback Machine

External links

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