February 23, 2023 • 25 mins
In this week's episode of Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast, host Jon Steinberg shares his list of 10 essential Southern California music stations. His list includes: KXOL Mega 96.3, KYSR Alt 98.7, KBIG 104.3, KLOS 95.5, KYWV The Wave 94.7, KDAY 93.5, KROQ 106.7, KOST 103.5, POWER 106 and KIIS 102.7.
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(00:09):
Hello, and welcome to anotherinstallment of living in the
sprawl.
Southern California's mostadventurous podcast.
I am as always your humble hostand correspondent.
My name is John Steinberg joinedin tandem by my lovely and
immensely talented producerslash my wife.
Her name is Lisa Steinberg.
(00:31):
We are the team here at sprawlenterprises.
Ready to bring you yet?
Another exciting foray into thevast expansive terrain that we
have lovingly dubbed the sprawl.
Oh, the show today.
We take the action to theairwaves specifically.
Terrestrial radio.
(00:52):
Now Southern California has along and indeed a rather
illustrious history with.
The.
Music found on all of its.
Radio stations.
Whether the genre and question Boldies.
Rock.
Hip hop.
Adult contemporary.
(01:14):
Jazz, whatever.
Your passion may happen to be.
Southern California'sterrestrial radio.
Has you covered.
We've.
Long past.
The days where payola was a bigdeal.
And artists were.
Pining.
To be included.
As part.
(01:35):
Of a top 40 countdown.
And yet.
Terrestrial radio.
The music, radio stations thatSouthern California.
Just basically has in its backpocket.
Still have an outsized impact onthe overall musical.
Landscape in the United States.
There was this photograph.
(01:56):
Which adorned the hallways inthe house where my father grew
up.
In it, dad is about 13 years oldand his two brothers are roughly
10 and probably seven.
They are clutching.
Microphones.
Wearing wraparound, the earsheadphones.
(02:17):
And each of them.
Is holding on.
To a crisp.
$20 bill.
The photograph was taken in the1960s.
And it served as an early.
Christmas card.
Uh, practice that mygrandfather.
Really loved.
Selecting themes for.
(02:37):
Tying in current events.
With his family.
And for this occasion, he hadturned his attention to the
payola scandals, which plaguedSouthern California radio in the
1960s.
See, back then it was a pay toplay thing.
The more times your record gotspinned on the radio.
(03:01):
The better life would become.
You'd experienced an increase.
In your fan base better.
Venues to, to were.
In short.
Having a song played onterrestrial radio was your entry
point into.
The wonderful world ofcontemporary musical stardom.
(03:24):
I think about that picture.
Hanging at my grandparent'shouse.
The payola scandal of the 1960s.
And where things are as.
We look.
Into the future a bit.
Though no longer.
Prisoner.
Of the record companies.
An artist.
(03:44):
Rise or fall still has.
Or relationship withconventional radio.
XM Sirius.
Of course free podcasts.
Like the one you may happen tobe listening to at the moment.
Streaming radio.
Apple music.
Amazon radio Spotify.
SoundCloud.
(04:04):
The options.
R.
In no thing.
Close to short supply.
And yet the voice of Ryan Ccrest.
Or a quick segment.
Featuring.
Hip hops.
Grand.
Ambassador big boy.
And you might reasonablybelieve.
That things haven't evolved asmuch as they actually have.
(04:27):
In the past, in the future, inthe present.
California's relationship withthruster radio.
Is strong, serious.
And seriously worth discussing.
And that's why we are recountingour selections for the 10
indispensable.
Radio stations that you've gotto check out in Southern
(04:51):
California.
And there were 10 mega 96.3.
With the ascent of artists likebad bunny.
Latin based.
Music is without question on therise.
For fans of the increasinglypopular genre.
(05:11):
Look no further.
Four.
Top-notch reggaeton.
Party smashing.
Body thumping tracks that you'llfind on mega.
There are a plethora.
Of.
Latin themed stations rangingin.
Style from those that playartists like Jenny Rivera.
(05:33):
To the ones that specialize inmore dance hall oriented.
Tunes.
That might reasonably be.
Emanating.
From the speakers inside Dominictornadoes vehicle during.
Uh, car chase in one of the fastand furious movies.
Catering to all those that loveto get down.
(05:56):
Get busy.
And get the most.
Out of their reggaetonexperience.
Look no further.
Then.
Mega 96.3.
At number nine, K Y S R 98.7.
Also known as alt 98.7.
So here we get into.
(06:16):
A bit of what will become areoccurring theme.
Radio station begins its lifecycle.
Roughly 50 years ago.
With one type of format.
And then as the decades.
Pass by.
Programming.
Shifts a bit.
The music starts to change.
(06:36):
The mission statement of thebusiness.
Is altered.
And before, you know, it.
You've got a station.
That technically has been aroundfor quite some time, which has
virtually nothing to do with.
The format.
That once.
Held favor in the company.
(06:56):
This is very much the case with98.7.
Now I remember.
Star 98.7 growing up as a childof Southern California in the
1990s, they would always playyour Sheryl crows.
Your Sean Kovens.
Sarah McLaughlin's I guess I'mjust saying a lot of artists
that happen to appear at Lilithfair.
(07:18):
But they would also play.
Counting crows.
Live.
Somewhere in between Metallicaand John Tesh was where star
98.7.
Seem to operate.
But as of this recording,They've.
Rested control.
Over the alternative rock marketaway.
(07:39):
From forever stalwart.
K R O Q 1 0 6 0.7.
They put on an annual.
Alter ego.
Concert.
That rivals anything.
K rock.
Has produced in the last 20years.
This is where Ryan Seacrest.
Got his start.
(07:59):
The station.
Has technically as indicated,been around for multiple
decades.
But even now, 60 years into itslife cycle.
98.7 is still very much figuringthings out.
But it's entertaining all of uswhile doing so.
(08:20):
And that's why.
It had to appear right here atnumber nine on our list of the
quintessential southerncalifornia radio stations And
there were eight K big 1 0 40.3.
Another example of that.
Institutional.
(08:40):
Trend.
Where.
1 0, 4 0.3 used to be one thing.
And then it became another, andthen all of a sudden it even
became another after that.
And now we are where we are.
One of 4.3 caters.
In large measure.
To those.
Looking to take themselves outof the grind.
(09:01):
With a drive time commute crowdfirmly in mind.
The station.
Plays a bit of easy listeningtype stuff.
Some adult contemporary.
Some smooth music, which that'sanother thing, words like smooth
get tossed around in thisconversation.
And it's a little bit unclearwhat they actually mean.
(09:25):
Smooth jazz, smooth rock.
Everything seems to be smooth.
And who in what world decidedthat smooth had any merit?
On how we can categorize music.
I don't know, that's anotherconversation for another day,
but what I do know is that thoseyearning to at least
temporarily, mentally escape.
(09:47):
From the pitfalls of the sprawlcommute.
That.
Is why the programming.
Has been selected as it appearson 1 0 4 0.3 big.
And number seven K L O S 95.5.
One of the classicquintessential stations that you
(10:10):
got to know about, this is wherewe get a lot of the old school
classic rock type stuff.
If you want black Sabbath.
Bob Seger.
Bob Dylan.
If your uncle father, or for ouryounger listeners, grandfather
was into it in the 1960s,chances are, you will be able to
(10:35):
hear it.
On K L O S 95.5.
When we think about.
Bay and such as Jeffersonairplane artists like Janis
Joplin and the doors.
The monumental impact.
That they're relatively briefmoment in the sun.
Was to create.
Seems to have no expirationdate.
(10:58):
As time continues marchingforward, and those songs get
older and older.
They seem to avoid being lumpedin with quote-unquote oldies.
There's still a subversive.
Veneer.
To artists like the kinks.
Jimi Hendrix.
And of course the Beatles.
(11:19):
And K L O S is the best place.
Too.
Visit some old friends.
Familiar songs.
You're probably going to knowmost of the words.
There to get you through yourchallenging afternoons.
And sluggish mornings, KaylaiOS.
95.5 is a godsend.
(11:40):
To millions of men over the ageof 45.
All right.
Number 6 94 0.7.
The wave.
As my wife just put it, her kindof music.
The type of stuff that preventsroad rage incidents from taking
(12:01):
place somewhere on the two, 10freeway.
They play.
Oh, one might reasonably statehappy music.
Stuff that puts people in adecidedly better mood.
We're not Jimena.
To Panthera drum solos here nor.
(12:21):
Are we groove in.
To the sounds.
Of Dr.
Drai's immortal.
Album the chronic.
No, we are.
Rolling.
Out the.
Easy listening.
Smooth.
As silk.
Stuff that makes people.
Yearn to spend.
Uh, brilliant Saturday over atthe beach.
(12:44):
Competing.
With a host of other stations.
The wave.
Has maintained.
A large share of publicinterest.
As they consistently.
Play songs from artists likeToni Braxton.
Baby face.
And Vogue and T L C.
(13:06):
Helping you get through yourlousy Wednesday.
I'm just kidding, although theyreally will.
It's.
The wave.
At number five.
K day 93.5, one of the originalclassic.
It's so funny to think of anyversion of hip hop is now.
(13:26):
Quote, unquote classic.
But this is where we get to hearquote unquote old school classic
hip hop.
This one's been referenced bythe likes of Dr.
Dre and his ilk.
On a multitude of occasions.
So cow's first hip hop station.
Now, this is another one ofthose that's been around since
(13:46):
the 1960s.
But when the station morphedinto a hip hop outlet, They
really came into their own.
Katie veered away from that.
Tried and true.
Old school, hip hop format.
For a good 15 years only.
To mercifully, bring things backinto the hip-hop fold.
(14:10):
In the early aughts.
Bumping out Curtis blow.
And KRS one.
It's hip hop.
That will probably make evenfans of Migos.
Begin head bobbin.
At number 4, 1 0 6 0.78 K R O QK.
(14:31):
Rock.
The station with which yourhumble hosted correspondent is
easily the most familiar.
They have been around fordecades now.
But really hit their stride inthe 1980s.
Rodney.
Bingenheimer's.
Dalliance with new wave andearly versions of punk rock
(14:53):
mainstays bands, such as X, badreligion.
Social distortion.
Those propelled K rock to theforefront.
Of main stream.
Music.
All the way up until, oh, abouteight or nine years ago.
The 1990s.
Sorry.
K rock.
Assume the mantle of.
(15:16):
Most important.
Music station in Los Angeles,grunge was king bands, like the
chili peppers, smashingpumpkins, Nirvana, and Pearl jam
were all selling.
Millions and millions of copies.
K rocks, iconic.
Summer festival the weenieroast.
(15:36):
And they're winter Wonderland.
The acoustic Christmas.
We're both mainstays.
On.
Any rock fans.
Concert calender for many, manyyears.
Personalities like Jimmy Kimmel,Adam Corolla.
Dr.
Drew.
Kevin and bean.
(15:56):
Ralph Garman.
They all got.
A ton of exposure in theirduties on K rock.
Jimmy Kimmel began as the sportsguy.
Adam Corolla.
Got his start.
By actually becoming.
Jimmy Kimmel's boxing trainer.
Through a relationship withpeople at K rock.
(16:17):
And then that sent him on toLoveline where he worked with
Dr.
Drew.
There's a long.
Loaded history.
Uh, important.
Personalities that stilldominate the entertainment
industry.
K Rock's run at the top.
May have come to an end.
With the ascent.
Uh, electronic dubstep.
(16:38):
Hip hop and.
Further.
Permutations of pop music.
But if one wanted to write oneof those crazy 1300 page oral
histories.
Of its history.
K rock has one hell of a storyto tell.
On a personal level.
It kind of makes me sad that Icouldn't put K rock any higher
(17:01):
on this list.
But as I said, the alt rock.
Movement seems to have round toa halt in the United States.
So alas 1 0 6 0.7 cannot be inthe top three.
But it has a remarkable history.
It is more than worthy of beingincluded on a list like this And
(17:26):
number three coast 1 0 3 0.5.
Now, this is the epitome ofsmooth, easy listening.
Think.
Mom's had a stressful day.
She has just picked up yourbrother or sister.
From school, they're throwing afit.
Dad's on a five day work trip.
(17:47):
And all mom wants.
Is five minutes of veritablepeace and tranquility.
Enter coast one or 3.5.
Therefore all your Peter Sitararelated desires.
Kenny G and Michael Bolton loomlarge.
If it's mellow.
(18:08):
And your aunt that loves tocrochet would probably enjoy it.
Then chances are, you'll find itsomewhere.
On a coast 1 0 3 0.5 playlist.
Now Ellen Kay.
Who used to be.
On the morning show over at kisswith Rick Dees.
Is kind of the face.
(18:28):
At least from a personalitystandpoint.
Of the station.
As streaming.
Creeps further and further.
Into the footprint.
Made by trust your radio.
Older listeners have stillclearly.
Dedicated time to check out allthe new stuff on coast 1 0 3
(18:49):
0.5.
You have to think.
With all that streaming that Imentioned.
There.
R a, a lot of people out there,not on.
The streaming train.
And for many of them outletssuch as coast, one to 3.5,
supply the goods.
At number two, power 1 0 6,although it's technically 1 0 5
(19:13):
0.9.
Where hip hop lives.
Other than.
Hot 97 from New York city.
This is the preeminent hip hopstation in the United States.
If you think about therelationship between Southern
California, rap music, R and B.
And the rest of the UnitedStates, it would stand to reason
(19:33):
that Los Angeles would probablyhave one of the more important.
Stations.
To its name and it does.
And it's this one.
For many years, big boy'sneighborhood reigned, Supreme.
In the morning.
Wall.
The latest and greatest.
From Jay Z.
(19:55):
Ice cube Tupac.
And 21 Savage all pervaded thenetwork airways.
This is the station.
That played rough riders Anthem.
On what felt like a loop?
During the 7:00 AM.
Our.
On my commute to middle school.
(20:16):
This is the station.
That pumps.
California love.
That immortal.
Two hander from the mid ninetieson consistent rotation to this
day.
They helped give rise to Drakeand little Wayne.
While also remaining true.
To the deep, extensive.
(20:37):
California hip hop roots,promoting artists like Kendrick
Lamar and the game.
They also put on two wildlypopular annual concerts as we
profiled on a prior episode ofliving in the sprawl, those
being Cali Christmas.
And.
They're summer.
Concert spectacular powerhouse.
(20:58):
Still.
Incredibly important, a vitalcog.
In the musical hip hop.
Chain power 1 0 6.
Is easily, still one of the mostvital radio stations in the
United States of America.
And that means we have arrivedat our number one spot on our
(21:22):
list of the 10 quick to centralindispensable.
So Cal radio stations thatyou've got to check out for
yourself.
And of course it had to be kiss.
K I S 1 0 2 0.7.
Long time home of Rick Dees.
And now, and even longer homeof.
(21:45):
Dick Clark.
Surrogate.
Ryan Seacrest.
This is where artists such asKaty Perry, lady Gaga.
In the nineties, Alana'sMorissette.
And the spice girls.
Ricky Martin in sync, theBackstreet boys, Miley Cyrus.
New kids on the block.
This is the place for pop.
(22:09):
Interviews featuring.
Most of the biggest names incontemporary music kiss one or
2.7 sets the standard for therest of the nation.
Operating out of permanently.
In the zeitgeists Los Angeles.
The music industry.
Is in kisses back yard.
(22:29):
People from around the world,not just the United States, but
around the world.
Of course.
Flock.
To Southern California, settingup shop in Los Angeles, hoping.
To swing a record deal and findone of their singles on
rotation.
At a place like kiss FM.
Since the station.
(22:50):
Was owned by clear channel.
Which then rebranded as iHeartradio.
The annual jingle ball.
Has served as a beacon.
Of the winter concert season.
Every year.
The folks at kiss.
Compile a veritable who's who.
Of big time pop acts.
(23:12):
To come out and strut theirstuff at the jingle ball.
Additionally.
Wango tango is also one of thereal standout events on every.
Passing concert calendar.
The most influential.
Music station in the country.
Kiss one or 2.7 has no equal andas such.
(23:36):
It's more than worthy.
Of its spot as our number one.
Quintessential.
Music station in SouthernCalifornia.
And that's going to do it foranother episode of the show.
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(24:00):
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(24:22):
It's all behalf.
Uh, myself, I am as always yourhumble host and correspondent.
My name is John Steinberg joinedby my lovely and immensely
talented producer slash my wife.
Her name is Lisa Steinberg.
Thanking you again for listeningto another episode of living in
the sprawl.
Southern California's mostadventurous podcast.
(24:45):
We'll talk again or real soon.
Hello, and welcome to anotherinstallment of living in the
sprawl.
Southern California's mostadventurous podcast.
I am as always your humble hostand correspondent.
My name is John Steinberg joinedin tandem by my lovely and
immensely talented producerslash my wife.
Her name is Lisa Steinberg.
(00:31):
We are the team here at sprawlenterprises.
Ready to bring you yet?
Another exciting foray into thevast expansive terrain that we
have lovingly dubbed the sprawl.
Oh, the show today.
We take the action to theairwaves specifically.
Terrestrial radio.
(00:52):
Now Southern California has along and indeed a rather
illustrious history with.
The.
Music found on all of its.
Radio stations.
Whether the genre and question Boldies.
Rock.
Hip hop.
Adult contemporary.
(01:14):
Jazz, whatever.
Your passion may happen to be.
Southern California'sterrestrial radio.
Has you covered.
We've.
Long past.
The days where payola was a bigdeal.
And artists were.
Pining.
To be included.
As part.
(01:35):
Of a top 40 countdown.
And yet.
Terrestrial radio.
The music, radio stations thatSouthern California.
Just basically has in its backpocket.
Still have an outsized impact onthe overall musical.
Landscape in the United States.
There was this photograph.
(01:56):
Which adorned the hallways inthe house where my father grew
up.
In it, dad is about 13 years oldand his two brothers are roughly
10 and probably seven.
They are clutching.
Microphones.
Wearing wraparound, the earsheadphones.
(02:17):
And each of them.
Is holding on.
To a crisp.
$20 bill.
The photograph was taken in the1960s.
And it served as an early.
Christmas card.
Uh, practice that mygrandfather.
Really loved.
Selecting themes for.
(02:37):
Tying in current events.
With his family.
And for this occasion, he hadturned his attention to the
payola scandals, which plaguedSouthern California radio in the
1960s.
See, back then it was a pay toplay thing.
The more times your record gotspinned on the radio.
(03:01):
The better life would become.
You'd experienced an increase.
In your fan base better.
Venues to, to were.
In short.
Having a song played onterrestrial radio was your entry
point into.
The wonderful world ofcontemporary musical stardom.
(03:24):
I think about that picture.
Hanging at my grandparent'shouse.
The payola scandal of the 1960s.
And where things are as.
We look.
Into the future a bit.
Though no longer.
Prisoner.
Of the record companies.
An artist.
(03:44):
Rise or fall still has.
Or relationship withconventional radio.
XM Sirius.
Of course free podcasts.
Like the one you may happen tobe listening to at the moment.
Streaming radio.
Apple music.
Amazon radio Spotify.
SoundCloud.
(04:04):
The options.
R.
In no thing.
Close to short supply.
And yet the voice of Ryan Ccrest.
Or a quick segment.
Featuring.
Hip hops.
Grand.
Ambassador big boy.
And you might reasonablybelieve.
That things haven't evolved asmuch as they actually have.
(04:27):
In the past, in the future, inthe present.
California's relationship withthruster radio.
Is strong, serious.
And seriously worth discussing.
And that's why we are recountingour selections for the 10
indispensable.
Radio stations that you've gotto check out in Southern
(04:51):
California.
And there were 10 mega 96.3.
With the ascent of artists likebad bunny.
Latin based.
Music is without question on therise.
For fans of the increasinglypopular genre.
(05:11):
Look no further.
Four.
Top-notch reggaeton.
Party smashing.
Body thumping tracks that you'llfind on mega.
There are a plethora.
Of.
Latin themed stations rangingin.
Style from those that playartists like Jenny Rivera.
(05:33):
To the ones that specialize inmore dance hall oriented.
Tunes.
That might reasonably be.
Emanating.
From the speakers inside Dominictornadoes vehicle during.
Uh, car chase in one of the fastand furious movies.
Catering to all those that loveto get down.
(05:56):
Get busy.
And get the most.
Out of their reggaetonexperience.
Look no further.
Then.
Mega 96.3.
At number nine, K Y S R 98.7.
Also known as alt 98.7.
So here we get into.
(06:16):
A bit of what will become areoccurring theme.
Radio station begins its lifecycle.
Roughly 50 years ago.
With one type of format.
And then as the decades.
Pass by.
Programming.
Shifts a bit.
The music starts to change.
(06:36):
The mission statement of thebusiness.
Is altered.
And before, you know, it.
You've got a station.
That technically has been aroundfor quite some time, which has
virtually nothing to do with.
The format.
That once.
Held favor in the company.
(06:56):
This is very much the case with98.7.
Now I remember.
Star 98.7 growing up as a childof Southern California in the
1990s, they would always playyour Sheryl crows.
Your Sean Kovens.
Sarah McLaughlin's I guess I'mjust saying a lot of artists
that happen to appear at Lilithfair.
(07:18):
But they would also play.
Counting crows.
Live.
Somewhere in between Metallicaand John Tesh was where star
98.7.
Seem to operate.
But as of this recording,They've.
Rested control.
Over the alternative rock marketaway.
(07:39):
From forever stalwart.
K R O Q 1 0 6 0.7.
They put on an annual.
Alter ego.
Concert.
That rivals anything.
K rock.
Has produced in the last 20years.
This is where Ryan Seacrest.
Got his start.
(07:59):
The station.
Has technically as indicated,been around for multiple
decades.
But even now, 60 years into itslife cycle.
98.7 is still very much figuringthings out.
But it's entertaining all of uswhile doing so.
(08:20):
And that's why.
It had to appear right here atnumber nine on our list of the
quintessential southerncalifornia radio stations And
there were eight K big 1 0 40.3.
Another example of that.
Institutional.
(08:40):
Trend.
Where.
1 0, 4 0.3 used to be one thing.
And then it became another, andthen all of a sudden it even
became another after that.
And now we are where we are.
One of 4.3 caters.
In large measure.
To those.
Looking to take themselves outof the grind.
(09:01):
With a drive time commute crowdfirmly in mind.
The station.
Plays a bit of easy listeningtype stuff.
Some adult contemporary.
Some smooth music, which that'sanother thing, words like smooth
get tossed around in thisconversation.
And it's a little bit unclearwhat they actually mean.
(09:25):
Smooth jazz, smooth rock.
Everything seems to be smooth.
And who in what world decidedthat smooth had any merit?
On how we can categorize music.
I don't know, that's anotherconversation for another day,
but what I do know is that thoseyearning to at least
temporarily, mentally escape.
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From the pitfalls of the sprawlcommute.
That.
Is why the programming.
Has been selected as it appearson 1 0 4 0.3 big.
And number seven K L O S 95.5.
One of the classicquintessential stations that you
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got to know about, this is wherewe get a lot of the old school
classic rock type stuff.
If you want black Sabbath.
Bob Seger.
Bob Dylan.
If your uncle father, or for ouryounger listeners, grandfather
was into it in the 1960s,chances are, you will be able to
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hear it.
On K L O S 95.5.
When we think about.
Bay and such as Jeffersonairplane artists like Janis
Joplin and the doors.
The monumental impact.
That they're relatively briefmoment in the sun.
Was to create.
Seems to have no expirationdate.
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As time continues marchingforward, and those songs get
older and older.
They seem to avoid being lumpedin with quote-unquote oldies.
There's still a subversive.
Veneer.
To artists like the kinks.
Jimi Hendrix.
And of course the Beatles.
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And K L O S is the best place.
Too.
Visit some old friends.
Familiar songs.
You're probably going to knowmost of the words.
There to get you through yourchallenging afternoons.
And sluggish mornings, KaylaiOS.
95.5 is a godsend.
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To millions of men over the ageof 45.
All right.
Number 6 94 0.7.
The wave.
As my wife just put it, her kindof music.
The type of stuff that preventsroad rage incidents from taking
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place somewhere on the two, 10freeway.
They play.
Oh, one might reasonably statehappy music.
Stuff that puts people in adecidedly better mood.
We're not Jimena.
To Panthera drum solos here nor.
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Are we groove in.
To the sounds.
Of Dr.
Drai's immortal.
Album the chronic.
No, we are.
Rolling.
Out the.
Easy listening.
Smooth.
As silk.
Stuff that makes people.
Yearn to spend.
Uh, brilliant Saturday over atthe beach.
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Competing.
With a host of other stations.
The wave.
Has maintained.
A large share of publicinterest.
As they consistently.
Play songs from artists likeToni Braxton.
Baby face.
And Vogue and T L C.
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Helping you get through yourlousy Wednesday.
I'm just kidding, although theyreally will.
It's.
The wave.
At number five.
K day 93.5, one of the originalclassic.
It's so funny to think of anyversion of hip hop is now.
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Quote, unquote classic.
But this is where we get to hearquote unquote old school classic
hip hop.
This one's been referenced bythe likes of Dr.
Dre and his ilk.
On a multitude of occasions.
So cow's first hip hop station.
Now, this is another one ofthose that's been around since
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the 1960s.
But when the station morphedinto a hip hop outlet, They
really came into their own.
Katie veered away from that.
Tried and true.
Old school, hip hop format.
For a good 15 years only.
To mercifully, bring things backinto the hip-hop fold.
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In the early aughts.
Bumping out Curtis blow.
And KRS one.
It's hip hop.
That will probably make evenfans of Migos.
Begin head bobbin.
At number 4, 1 0 6 0.78 K R O QK.
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Rock.
The station with which yourhumble hosted correspondent is
easily the most familiar.
They have been around fordecades now.
But really hit their stride inthe 1980s.
Rodney.
Bingenheimer's.
Dalliance with new wave andearly versions of punk rock
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mainstays bands, such as X, badreligion.
Social distortion.
Those propelled K rock to theforefront.
Of main stream.
Music.
All the way up until, oh, abouteight or nine years ago.
The 1990s.
Sorry.
K rock.
Assume the mantle of.
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Most important.
Music station in Los Angeles,grunge was king bands, like the
chili peppers, smashingpumpkins, Nirvana, and Pearl jam
were all selling.
Millions and millions of copies.
K rocks, iconic.
Summer festival the weenieroast.
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And they're winter Wonderland.
The acoustic Christmas.
We're both mainstays.
On.
Any rock fans.
Concert calender for many, manyyears.
Personalities like Jimmy Kimmel,Adam Corolla.
Dr.
Drew.
Kevin and bean.
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Ralph Garman.
They all got.
A ton of exposure in theirduties on K rock.
Jimmy Kimmel began as the sportsguy.
Adam Corolla.
Got his start.
By actually becoming.
Jimmy Kimmel's boxing trainer.
Through a relationship withpeople at K rock.
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And then that sent him on toLoveline where he worked with
Dr.
Drew.
There's a long.
Loaded history.
Uh, important.
Personalities that stilldominate the entertainment
industry.
K Rock's run at the top.
May have come to an end.
With the ascent.
Uh, electronic dubstep.
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Hip hop and.
Further.
Permutations of pop music.
But if one wanted to write oneof those crazy 1300 page oral
histories.
Of its history.
K rock has one hell of a storyto tell.
On a personal level.
It kind of makes me sad that Icouldn't put K rock any higher
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on this list.
But as I said, the alt rock.
Movement seems to have round toa halt in the United States.
So alas 1 0 6 0.7 cannot be inthe top three.
But it has a remarkable history.
It is more than worthy of beingincluded on a list like this And
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number three coast 1 0 3 0.5.
Now, this is the epitome ofsmooth, easy listening.
Think.
Mom's had a stressful day.
She has just picked up yourbrother or sister.
From school, they're throwing afit.
Dad's on a five day work trip.
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And all mom wants.
Is five minutes of veritablepeace and tranquility.
Enter coast one or 3.5.
Therefore all your Peter Sitararelated desires.
Kenny G and Michael Bolton loomlarge.
If it's mellow.
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And your aunt that loves tocrochet would probably enjoy it.
Then chances are, you'll find itsomewhere.
On a coast 1 0 3 0.5 playlist.
Now Ellen Kay.
Who used to be.
On the morning show over at kisswith Rick Dees.
Is kind of the face.
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At least from a personalitystandpoint.
Of the station.
As streaming.
Creeps further and further.
Into the footprint.
Made by trust your radio.
Older listeners have stillclearly.
Dedicated time to check out allthe new stuff on coast 1 0 3
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0.5.
You have to think.
With all that streaming that Imentioned.
There.
R a, a lot of people out there,not on.
The streaming train.
And for many of them outletssuch as coast, one to 3.5,
supply the goods.
At number two, power 1 0 6,although it's technically 1 0 5
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0.9.
Where hip hop lives.
Other than.
Hot 97 from New York city.
This is the preeminent hip hopstation in the United States.
If you think about therelationship between Southern
California, rap music, R and B.
And the rest of the UnitedStates, it would stand to reason
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that Los Angeles would probablyhave one of the more important.
Stations.
To its name and it does.
And it's this one.
For many years, big boy'sneighborhood reigned, Supreme.
In the morning.
Wall.
The latest and greatest.
From Jay Z.
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Ice cube Tupac.
And 21 Savage all pervaded thenetwork airways.
This is the station.
That played rough riders Anthem.
On what felt like a loop?
During the 7:00 AM.
Our.
On my commute to middle school.
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This is the station.
That pumps.
California love.
That immortal.
Two hander from the mid ninetieson consistent rotation to this
day.
They helped give rise to Drakeand little Wayne.
While also remaining true.
To the deep, extensive.
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California hip hop roots,promoting artists like Kendrick
Lamar and the game.
They also put on two wildlypopular annual concerts as we
profiled on a prior episode ofliving in the sprawl, those
being Cali Christmas.
And.
They're summer.
Concert spectacular powerhouse.
(20:58):
Still.
Incredibly important, a vitalcog.
In the musical hip hop.
Chain power 1 0 6.
Is easily, still one of the mostvital radio stations in the
United States of America.
And that means we have arrivedat our number one spot on our
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list of the 10 quick to centralindispensable.
So Cal radio stations thatyou've got to check out for
yourself.
And of course it had to be kiss.
K I S 1 0 2 0.7.
Long time home of Rick Dees.
And now, and even longer homeof.
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Dick Clark.
Surrogate.
Ryan Seacrest.
This is where artists such asKaty Perry, lady Gaga.
In the nineties, Alana'sMorissette.
And the spice girls.
Ricky Martin in sync, theBackstreet boys, Miley Cyrus.
New kids on the block.
This is the place for pop.
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Interviews featuring.
Most of the biggest names incontemporary music kiss one or
2.7 sets the standard for therest of the nation.
Operating out of permanently.
In the zeitgeists Los Angeles.
The music industry.
Is in kisses back yard.
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People from around the world,not just the United States, but
around the world.
Of course.
Flock.
To Southern California, settingup shop in Los Angeles, hoping.
To swing a record deal and findone of their singles on
rotation.
At a place like kiss FM.
Since the station.
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Was owned by clear channel.
Which then rebranded as iHeartradio.
The annual jingle ball.
Has served as a beacon.
Of the winter concert season.
Every year.
The folks at kiss.
Compile a veritable who's who.
Of big time pop acts.
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To come out and strut theirstuff at the jingle ball.
Additionally.
Wango tango is also one of thereal standout events on every.
Passing concert calendar.
The most influential.
Music station in the country.
Kiss one or 2.7 has no equal andas such.
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It's more than worthy.
Of its spot as our number one.
Quintessential.
Music station in SouthernCalifornia.
And that's going to do it foranother episode of the show.
We'd like to thank everyone fortheir continued support of the
podcast.
Leave us a five star rating anda kind review on any platform
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where you happen to be listeningto us.
That stuff really helps us out agreat deal.
Write us an email.
The address is living in thesprawl podcast@gmail.com.
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Check out our terrific andextraordinarily helpful.
And it's Saiful website.
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It's all behalf.
Uh, myself, I am as always yourhumble host and correspondent.
My name is John Steinberg joinedby my lovely and immensely
talented producer slash my wife.
Her name is Lisa Steinberg.
Thanking you again for listeningto another episode of living in
the sprawl.
Southern California's mostadventurous podcast.
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We'll talk again or real soon.
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