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by Alex Cosper see also American 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 KMPC has both an AM and FM history in Los Angeles. The call letters first appeared at 710 am and later in the fifties the owners bought 100.3 FM and then 101.9 FM. Both stations were owned by Golden West Broadcasting, headed by actor/country star Gene Autry, who also owned R&B station KUTE 102, TV station KTLA Channel 5 and the baseball team the California Angels. KUTE 102 for awhile was "The Quiet Storm" then evolved into urban contemporary before it was purchased by Golden West and changed into a new version of KMPC. Golden West purchased KUTE in 1987 as the call letters changed to KMPC and the format was called "Full Spectrum Rock," which mixed various eras of rock. The format, under program director and ex-KMET personality J.J. Jackson, was based on KMET and even featured other veterans of the former rock station, including Jim Ladd, Paraquat Kelley and Cynthia Fox. The air staff also included future MTV star Mark Goodman. But after a few years, the station became KEDG as "The Edge" in March 1989, while maintaining its classic and modern rock mix. Golden West changed the station's identity again on May 13, 1989, when it became soft adult contemporary station KLIT-FM. In 1994 the 101.9 FM dial position was taken over by adult album alternative station KSCA. Later it became a Mexican Regional music station as "Zona MX 101.9," owned by Univision. KMPC Personnel 1953-1979 Howard Flynn 1956-1961 Bob Forward 1962-1967 Jack Margolis 1962-1981 Gary Owens 1963-1972 Russ Barnett (PD) 1964-1965 Lee Larsen 1966-1978 Dick Enberg 1967-1969 Charlie Johnson 1968-1969 Geoff Edwards 1970-1971 Jim Lange, also 1984-1989 1971-1973 Bob Fuller 1972-1978 Art Kevin 1973-1980 Sonny Melendrez 1975-1984 Norm Epstein 1975-1984 Robert W. Morgan, also 1986-1992 1979-1987 Pamela McInnes 1981-1981 Harvey Levin 1983-1986 Wink Martindale 1987-1989 Sam Bellamy 1987-1989 Cynthia Fox 1987-1988 Guy Kemp 1988-1990 Kevin Gershan 1988-1991 Raechel Donahue 1988-1988 Pat "Paraquat" Kelley 1988-1989 John Logic 1991-1992 Bob Jamison |
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