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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 KWST was known as K-West through various format changes from 1969 through 1982. The 105.9 FM frequency originally belonged to KFI FM from 1946 through 1951, owned by Earle C. Anthony, who returned the license to the FCC. Then it became KBMS through 1969. KWST shifted from beautiful music to rock on January 1, 1975. After competition with KMET failed the station switched to top 40 in 1981, programmed by Chuck Martin, who had recently worked at defunct station KHJ. In the summer of 1982 the call letters changed to KMGG with the moniker "L.A.'s Magic 106 FM," as the format flipped to adult contemporary. On January 11, 1986, two years after Emmis Communications bought KMGG from Century Broadcasting, the station became KPWR as Power 106 with a rhythmic contemporary hits format. KWST Personnel 1972-1975 David L. Young 1973-1973 Ed Kerby 1973-1974 Mike Callaghan 1974-1976 Jim McKeon 1975-1976 Richard Kimball 1975-1976 Brent Seltzer 1976-1977 Michael Benner 1976-1980 Bob Taylor 1977-1978 Michael Soto 1978-1978 Frank Bennett 1978-1983 Raechel Donahue 1978-1980 Marshall Phillips 1978-1979 Freddy Snakeskin 1979-1979 Dan Carlisle 1979-1981 Ted Habeck 1979-1981 Paul Cassidy 1979-1983 Frank DeSantis 1979-1979 Dusti Rhodes 1980-1980 Dusty Street 1980-1981 China Smith 1980-1982 Guy Kemp 1980-1982 Bobby Ocean 1981-1981 Kid Kelly 1981-1982 Rick Jager 1981-1982 Chuck Martin 1983-1985 Peter James |
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