KXLU
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MHz | |
Programming | |
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Format | Eclectic |
Ownership | |
Owner | Loyola Marymount University |
History | |
First air date | 1957 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 38938 |
Class | A |
ERP | 2,900 watts |
HAAT | 3.0 meters (9.8 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°58′16″N 118°24′56″W / 33.97111°N 118.41556°W |
Links | |
Webcast | KXLU 88.9 FM high quality stream player - 320 kbps KXLU 88.9 FM low quality stream player - 48 kbps KLMU 840 AM stream |
Website | www.kxlu.com KLMU AM @ Facebook |
KXLU (88.9
The current General Manager is Brendan Baehr, the current Program Director is Isa Johnson, and the current Music Director is Sam Takano.
KXLU Demolisten history
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Demolisten has been a weekly show on KXLU since 1984, which only plays demos from unsigned acts. It is credited with introducing numerous acts to the public.
The show began in 1984 when "DJ Agent Ava" took a couple reel-to-reel tapes of Jane's Addiction and Faith No More, and decided to start a radio show of nothing but demo tapes. Once word got out about the show, she soon acquired demos from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses, The Jesus and Mary Chain and others.
Perry Farrell, in the book Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction said, "The cool thing about KXLU's Demolisten show was if you were a local band you could just call in, request your song and if you went down there, they would interview you... I was listening to KXLU all day long because that's where all the good music was. The rest of the world was out of it."
The early 1990s DJs featured Fred Kiko, Chad, and Tony Kiewel. They've often been credited with the discovery of
Tony Kiewel left the show for an A&R position at
The early 2000s continued to feature Fred, with Devin Valdesuso and Doug Jones (label owner of Kittridge Records).
Hosts have included the International Voice of Reason AKA IVOR, and others.
In 2002, Fred was joined by co-host Octavius Poirier (former guitarist for Artichoke and Chewing Foil). Audio archives of KXLU Demolisten have been saved online since 2003.
In 2011 and 2012, Demolisten was hosted by Fred and Sean Carnage of Sean Carnage Monday Nights @ Pehrspace in Historic Filipino Town in Echo Park.
Since 2013, Fred has been hosting the show on his own. In 2013, Demolisten started hosting live shows at Time Warp Music in Mar Vista.
Interviews and reviews
The members of KXLU Demolisten were on a TV show in Canada where they were interviewed by Laurie Pike circa 1995. There is a writeup of the show in
References
- ^ "KXLU". magazine.lmu.edu. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ Hart, Ron (March 4, 2019). "Beck Producer Tom Rothrock Looks Back on 'Mellow Gold' & Its Unlikely Road to Success". Billboard. NYC. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- KXLU in the FCC FM station database
- KXLU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for KXLU
- KXLU Demolisten
- Stray Pop with Stella
- Music For Nimrods with Reverend Dan
- Livation with Robert Douglas & Hilary Russell
- A Fistful Of Vinyl with Alec & John on KXLU 88.9 FM
- KXLU's page on StylusCity
- Molotov Cocktail Hour
- Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction by Brendan Mullen
- LA Weekly, Feb 1998
- LA Alternative, June 2006
- LA Weekly, 1999
- Slate Magazine, June 1999
- Beck: The Art of Mutation, by Nevin Martell; published Simon and Schuster, 2001
- Destroy the Rocker, Film by Jason Muller; 2007
- Daily Bruin Article, Nov 1997
- LA Weekly, 2009