KFWB

KFWB is a Los Angeles, California AM radio station operating on 980 kHz with 5,000 watts of power from a transmitter site near Lincoln Park in Los Angeles, California. The station has had an all-news format since 1968.

History

The station's history goes back to 1925 when it was launched by Sam Warner, the founder of Warner Brothers. The station launched many carrers such as Ronald Reagan and Bing Crosby. The station was the first to broadcast the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.

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1925 - Sam Warner - Warner Brothers - Ronald Reagan - Bing Crosby - Rose Parade - Pasadena, California

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In 1958, Chuck Blore transformed the station into a Top 40 format called Channel 98 Color Radio. The station became one of the highly listened stations in the Southland and in the nation.

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1958 - Chuck Blore - Top 40 - Southland

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KFWB was later purchased by Westinghouse in 1966. On March 11, 1968 the station was relaunched as an ALL NEWS radio station. The station promoted itself with its slogan, "You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world". Its goal was to give a full newscast every 22 minutes, the average commute time in Los Angeles.

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Westinghouse - 1966 - March 11 - 1968 - Commute

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From its 1968 switch to all-news until around 2002, KFWB was known as "News 98" with SigAlerts known as "News 98 Nightmare" during its traffic reports.

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Today KFWB is owned by Infinity Broadcasting a subsidary of Viacom which owns several CBS affiliates. Infinity also owns KNX, the only other all news station in Los Angeles.

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Infinity Broadcasting - Viacom - KNX

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In the spring of 2003, KFWB began to broadcast the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games over the radio. They now also broadcast the National Football League. For this reason, the station has had to abandon its other slogan, "All news, all the time". In comparison to KNX, KFWB runs more sports stories, has longer traffic reports, and updates top headlines every ten minutes instead of KNX, which updates headlines at the top and bottom of the hour.

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2003 - Los Angeles Dodgers - National Football League

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KFWB abandoned its Hollywood studios to move into a new studios in Miracle Mile.

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Hollywood - Miracle Mile

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