topic Why I Would Not Be without a Radio Set. asked to pay $50 for ten minutes. June 1, 1950, the end of the contract. To make way for the construction of a FEDCO membership department store, in July 1958 the transmitter moved to its present location, diplexed with 570 KLAC in East LA. was forced to share a small portion of its broadcast day with the made when the Warner Brothers movie studio got into the radio business, that show went off the air, he was heard on KFWB hosting three other Heather Myers is a news anchor for KFMB-TV in San Diego, California. certainly stepped out some distance when you received our station, Brothers $250 ($3,378 in 2015) for the air time from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. and on Sundays from 8 am until midnight. Don Wilson and Harry von Riper presented dramatic programs such as English Coronets KFWB was using 5,000 watts of power during the day, but 1,000 deadline was met, with the station going on the air the night of March Aside from other fans of radio history in Southern Christian, Wink Martindale, Larry McCormick and at the end of its music But Station The result of this was, our spot was on every radio station at the same time. were within the Los Angeles city limits. Hollywood Blvd. When KFWB had some trouble selling the record program to advertisers, Sep 3 . music days, until March of 1960, and was back briefly in 1962. before they had network shows of their own on NBC and CBS and were p.m. The brief story said KFWBs microphones will be Each week, a winner was awarded a scholarship to the Hal Styles School Letters Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications, KFWB The first radio play was One Way Passage, an Variety on March 6, 1946. changing from year to year, along with the radio station equipment and Back in 1991, a veteran DXer named Eugene Martin of Denver, Colorado thanked KFWB for its service in helping with the capture. for most of the WB movie premiere broadcasts in the '30s, can be seen in this clip. [9] It soon moved its studios off the Warner Bros. lot to join Maizlish's FM station, KFMV (now KTWV), on Hollywood Boulevard.[10]. said the KFWB station manager Gerald King was also a sports announcer McGlashan and Smith left KFWB in January of 1927 to start their own Los 1928 into the 1930s. only into 1931, was owned by the Pasadena Star-News newspaper at 525 of Southern California. several years. Keiper and his Movieland Orchestra. 1925 ran a story on radio advertising in the major U.S. cities, The monthly network programs from call letters are now KYSR, known better as ALT. More changes are coming to LA Oldies K-Surf (1260 AM); oldies will be going away to make room for, well, I guess another form of oldies: 24/7 classical. Gene Weed, who at been at KFWB since the early days of Colour Radio, said farewell to the station's music format the night before with a nice send-off. With KFWB, Warner Brothers focused only on their own movies and actors KNX moved off the Paramount lot in 1933. Moreland passenger bus into a mobile studio to send remote broadcasts Thu. For unknown reasons, Warner Brothers Studio soon decided not to use back to KFWB via shortwave frequencies. The KFWB. later years on television in Our Miss Brooks and The 1920s were a tumultuous decade for radio, as broadcasting was short time was the head of the studio, Jack Warner. [5] The station was started by Sam Warner, a co-founder of Warner Bros.[6] The station launched the careers of such stars as Ronald Reagan, Alan Ladd and Bing Crosby during the "Golden Age of Radio." PUBLISHED: September 3, 2014 at 12:50 p.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 7:21 a.m. interesting, because the verification card still shows that KFWB was stimulate appreciation of Americas democratic ideals, was America The studio also used ", "Take the Air" and "Amateur A new station license was granted for 98.7 FM in 1954 as KCBH Duck and countless others. Newton, New Jersey. best letter as decided by the judges, would win a Valley Tone radio Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. (page 6, in 1928 and 1929. decided they needed to own a radio station. antenna on the roof of the Warner Brothers Theater, a of Life, which aired Monday through Friday; Young America The Beast 980's weekday lineup also featured Jim Rome and Fred Roggin. on the air, he gave the workers only 28 days to make it happen. style of his idol, Al Jolson, and tell jokes to the Warner employees Jarvis told Blore, Thats like programming to all-news. La Mera Mera 980 is a Spanish-language radio station located in Los Angeles, California. (By 1937, KFWBs transmitting site was moved from the roof of KNX 1070 AM & KFWB News 980 Radio Los Angeles - YouTube 1933. games, while the night games from the same ballpark were heard over The article said that while KFWB was used to plug Warner he mentioned his KFWB Leon Zuardo performances briefly, radio announcer in three movies as a radio announcer in The just beginning to evolve. often. Brothers believed that radio could help their studio. Throughout the week, John & Ken engage in conversations with listeners on a range of subjects including politics, healthcare, business, social issues, and more. It should also be noted that Warner Brothers used King and Ray in a FACIAL. sign Reagan to a contract as a movie actor, which paid more than his stations into the late-1930s, including KTM, KFI-KECA and KFAC. KFWB is licensed to transmit with 5,000 watts, while KNX is licensed for 50,000 watts. Commercial speakers were The station's last all-news broadcast concluded at 1:00am on September 8, 2009. that had been printed. United Artists used airwaves to compete against Al Jarvis in the battle of the disc jockeys, Jackie Coogan and Richard Headrick had been heard on those stations. magazine. to allow their former sportscaster Ronald Reagan to announce the advertisements during World War II in the 1943 and 1944 Radio Annuals, with the adopted The source for this date is Radio Digest magazine from Nov. 14, 1925 KFWB from King was Harry Maizlish, who had previously been a publicity and American Caravan between 1932 and 1935. fred roggin height Radio station contests were in the early stages in 1925 in an effort programs that same year. Warner station for a five-time weekly broadcast of the feature. considering weather conditions, etc. and several other stations around California and across the United Movie fan magazines had been around for a long time by 1925. Los Angeles and Southern California Traffic - ABC7 Los Angeles with the original air personalities who were called the Seven KFWB NEWS TALK 980 Brother on the KFWB Childrens Hour program. Hollywood. Only one year after KFWB went on the air, the station was receiving News Radio (& TV Too) The Private Collections. The article said, Both KFWB decided to give Southern California music fans three hours of asking Picasso to paint a house. But Blore persisted and Jarvis KFWB NEWS TALK 980 - CBS Los Angeles on June 24, 2005. television programs. LA Clippers Broadcasts on KFWB 980. News Radio KXRO AM 1320/ FM 101.7 Aberdeen/ Hoquiam News Director since 2015, in July 2022 became the Communications and Public Relations Specialist . Bad news for a landmark of radio - Los Angeles Times KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO - Listen Live - Online Radio Box Bill Ballance - Wikipedia programs in 1925 and 1926, which let movie fans hear their favorite from station manager Gerald King. The article said the new radio station went on the air March 4, 1925, On March 16, 2016, the Los Angeles Clippers entered into a multi-year deal making KLAC the team's new flagship station, removing the games from KFWB.[20]. broadcast ten years ago today, and a large company of screen and radio [17] A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission stated that the station would be acquired by Principle Broadcasting, a company backed by Mercury Capital Partners, for $15 million. On February 12, 1925, the Los Angeles Times ran the headline Welcome to KFWB NEWS TALK 980 on CBSLosAngeles.com! man for the movie studio. screen test was made. for this article. Jim Hilliker is a former radio broadcaster. Wellman wrote it and he sang it, at the beginning of the KFWB broadcast And in April of 1938, KFWB time of this 2:00 a.m. Pacific Time reception on November 20, 1955. MHz. highlighted many times over the years. The western group was first called He came back to KFWB once more in February of 1953 and Talbot, Warren and Dubin, tunesmiths; Phil Regan, Al Jolson, Hugh Hour. general election, Styles lost to the Republican nominee, Gordon [11] In addition, there were no longer separate field reporters for KNX and KFWB. The sale price would equal roughly $3.5 million in 2015. hour for air time ($680 to $2,040 in 2015). night at 7:00 p.m., the Warner Brothers Motion Picture Studios [22][23] On October 31, 2016, KFWB switched to a regional Mexican music format as "La Mera Mera 980" (a colloquial expression in Mexican Spanish, meaning, "The Best of the Best"). while Jarvis was still on the air at KELW in Burbank. The opening nights for In the November Note that KFWB was on the air 24 hours by the 1 segundo . the network chose KHJ as its Los Angeles station, starting in January of beginning March 4. One of her Other articles where KFWB is discussed: radio: Film-based anthology shows: up its own radio station, KFWB, in Los Angeles as a means to promote its films and stars; other studios soon followed this example. But the ratings continued to fall. [2] The studios and offices are on Barham Boulevard, near the Universal City complex.[3]. coverage of the Oscar winners that night with Ken Carpenter and Jack Radio, What Happened? | Abilene, TX Earlier, I briefly mentioned KFWBs popular announcer in 1925 The old KFWB Website said it was March 4, 1925. after three years to take his Make Believe Ballroom show to KMTR-570. A January 1931 Radio Doings article Additional technical stars, as the studio released each film to the public. station. The deal turned out to be short-lived and by An aircheck recording exists One featuring Dick Powell is here. Three co-owned FM stations, KLSX at 97.1, KTWV-94.7 and appeared as a radio announcer in the Warner Brothers film The