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KGBS Los Angeles Radio History
by Alex Cosper

see also American Radio History

Introduction 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s


Los Angeles Radio History


STATION HISTORY: KABC KBBQ KBIG KBLA KDAY KEZY KFAC KFOX KFWB KGBS KGFJ KGIL KHJ KIEV KIIS KIQQ KKBT KKDJ KLAC KLOS KLSX KMET KMPC KNAC KNX KOST KPOL KPPC KPWR KQLZ KRLA KROQ KRTH KSRF KTNQ KTWV KUTE KWST KZLA XPRS

The 1020 AM frequency was originally occupied by KFVD from 1925 through 1955, then KPOP from 1955 through 1960. During the late 1930s the station aired a show by singer Woody Guthrie. On June 29, 1960 the call letters switched to KGBS until 1976 when they became KTNQ. KGBS started out playing "Beautiful Music" in the early sixties under the ownership of Storer Broadcasting.

The format shifted to country in 1965 as the station billed itself as The Giant 1020. At the time the station only broadcast in the daytime and went off the air at sunset. Storer bought a sister station, which became KGBS-FM at 97.1. KGBS switched to top 40 in 1969, competing with KHJ. The station turned to "Gentle Country" in the mid-seventies for a few years before become "The New Ten-Q" as a top 40 station.

KGBS Personnel

1965-1968 Bill Thomas
1966-1968 Ron Erwin, also 1970-1976
1967-1967 Rod Roddy
1968-1969 Charlie O'Donnell
1969-1973 Bill Ballance
1969-1970 Magic Christian
1969-1971 Roger Christian
1969-1971 Brad Edwards
1969-1974 Ron Landry
1970-1970 Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins
1970-1974 Bill Taylor
1972-1972 Don Imus
1973-1973 Jack Margolis
1974-1974 Clark Alexander
1974-1979 Paul Cassidy
1975-1975 Jimmy Rabbitt
1976-1978 John Driscoll
1979-1979 Sherman Cohen


Introduction 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s


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