KLSX

KLSX 97.1, The FM Talk Station, is a talk radio station in Los Angeles. It currently airs the syndicated Howard Stern and Tom Leykis shows. Local shows include "Frosty, Heidi, and Frank" ("The Triplets"), and "Conway and Whitman" (Until recently, Tim Conway Jr. was paired up with Doug Steckler in "The Conway and Steckler Show". Doug Steckler's contract was not renewed. Tim Conway Jr. is the son of actor Tim Conway).

History

From the late 1960's to 1986 98.7 played Adult Contemporary music. they were owned by Greater Media. In 1986, the station was renamed KLSX and became a Classic rock radio station. The call letters KLSX were chosen to sound like the word "classics".

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On July 21, 1991, the station began to play the syndicated Howard Stern show, and took on the slogan "Howard Stern all morning, classic rock all day."

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In August 1995, the station changed to an all-talk format on weekdays and went by the moniker "Real Radio 97.1", and had hosts such as Susan Olsen, Riki Rachtman and Kato Kaelin. On weekends they continued playing Classic Rock. In 1996, the station dropped the "Real Radio" name, and hired new hosts. In 1997, the station began carrying the Tom Leykis show. By 1997 KLSX was playing a TRiple A Rock format blending Classic Rock, softer new rock and deep retro alternative rock hits on weekends only. By 1999 the Weekend music was gone and the station was talk on weekends as well.

Related Topics:
Susan Olsen - Riki Rachtman - Kato Kaelin - Tom Leykis

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In 1996 Greater Media would swap KLSX for WMMR in Philadelphia so Greater Media could own a larger cluster in Philadelphia while exiting Los Angeles. So in 1996 KLSX became a CBS station joining KTWV and KCBS FM. In 1997 CBS merged with Infinity. On April 1, 2002, KLSX temporarily brought back Kato Kaelin and the "Real Radio" slogans and jingles as part of an April Fool's joke.

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