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are influential and include some of the most important production facilities in the world. As part of the "Creative Capital of the World", it is a major global center for media and entertainment. In addition to being the home of Hollywood, the center of the American motion picture industry, the Los Angeles area is the second largest media market in North America (after
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). Many of the nation's media conglomerates either have their primary headquarters (like
The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16 ...
) or their West Coast operations (like
NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and Trade name, doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media and Show business, entertainment conglomerate (comp ...
) based in the region.
Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, ...
, one of the " Big Four" record labels, is also based in the Los Angeles area. The major daily newspaper is the ''
Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...
'', while '' La Opinión'' is the city's major daily Spanish-language paper. ''
The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
'' and '' Variety'' are significant entertainment industry papers in Los Angeles. There are also a wide variety of smaller regional newspapers, alternative weeklies and magazines, including ''
LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. The paper covers music, arts, film, theater, culture, and other local news in the Los Angeles area. ''LA Weekly'' was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin (among others), ...
'', ''
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'' magazine, the ''
Los Angeles Business Journal The ''Los Angeles Business Journal'', established in 1979, is a weekly newspaper and online news source in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most po ...
'', the '' Los Angeles Daily Journal'', and the ''
Los Angeles Downtown News The ''Los Angeles Downtown News'' is a free weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, California, serving the Downtown Los Angeles area. The newspaper focuses on general news with an emphasis on real estate and business along with coverage of the arts s ...
''. In addition to the English- and Spanish-language papers, numerous local periodicals serve immigrant communities in their native languages, including Korean, Persian, Russian and Japanese. Los Angeles neighborhoods also have community weekly newspapers and news websites, which include ''The Argonaut'', ''Westside Today'' and the ''Westside Current'', which covers the Westside neighborhoods, ''Park La Brea News'', which covers the Park La Brea and Miracle Mile neighborhoods and ''The Eastsider'' which covers Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Atwater Village, Los Feliz and East Hollywood. The
Southern California News Group The Southern California News Group (SCNG), formerly the San Gabriel Valley News Group and the Los Angeles News Group, is an umbrella group of local daily newspapers published in the greater Los Angeles area of southern California by Digital Fir ...
, a subsidiary of
Digital First Media MNG Enterprises, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado, United States–based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 ass ...
, operates eleven other regional daily newspapers in greater Los Angeles, with all covering four of the five Los Angeles DMA counties. The ''
Los Angeles Daily News The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California, after the unrelated ''Los Angeles Times'', and the flagship newspaper of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado ...
'', published in the
San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley, known locally as the Valley, is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County, California. Situated to the north of the Los Angeles Basin, it comprises a large portion of Los Angeles, the Municipal corpo ...
community of Woodland Hills, serves as the flagship newspaper of SCNG in Los Angeles County; other publications under the SCNG umbrella include the Torrance-based '' Daily Breeze'' (serving the South Bay and southwestern Los Angeles County), '' Long Beach Press-Telegram'' which serves Long Beach and Gateway Cities, '' San Gabriel Valley Tribune'' serves the central and eastern San Gabriel Valley, the '' Whittier Daily News'' serves the Greater Whittier area, the '' Pasadena Star-News'' serves the Greater Pasadena area and the ''
Orange County Register ''The Orange County Register'' is a paid daily List of newspapers in California, newspaper published in California. The ''Register'', published in Orange County, California, is owned by the private equity firm Alden Global Capital via its Digit ...
'', which SCNG acquired (along with the ''
Riverside Press-Enterprise ''The Press-Enterprise'' is a paid daily newspaper published by Digital First Media that serves the Inland Empire in Southern California. Headquartered in downtown Riverside, California, it is the primary newspaper for Riverside County, with h ...
'') from
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in March 2016. Los Angeles arts, culture and nightlife news is also covered by a number of local and national online guides like '' Time Out Los Angeles'',
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, Kristin's List, LAist, LA Taco, and Flavorpill.


Film

The city's Hollywood neighborhood is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry, and its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the industry and the people in it. The industry's "Big Five" major film studios (
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...
,
Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...
,
Paramount Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. **Paramount Picture ...
, Universal, and Warner Bros.) are all based in or around Hollywood. Several other smaller and independent film companies also operate in the Los Angeles area. Sony Pictures Entertainment entrance 1.jpg, Sony Walt_Disney_Studios_Alameda_Entrance.jpg, Disney Paramountpicturesmelrosegate.jpg, Paramount Gate2universalstudios.JPG, Universal Gate_4_Warner_Bros._Studios.jpg, Warner Bros.


Print media


Daily newspapers

*'' Asbarez'' (Armenian) *'' The Epoch Times'' (Chinese) *'' Hoy'' (Spanish) *'' Investor's Business Daily'' *''
The Korea Times ''The Korea Times'' () is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language, Korean-language daily. It is the oldest active daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. ...
'' (Korean) *''The Los Angeles Bulletin and Civic Center NEWSource'' *'' Los Angeles Daily Journal'' (legal daily) *''
Los Angeles Daily News The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California, after the unrelated ''Los Angeles Times'', and the flagship newspaper of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado ...
'' *''
Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...
'' *'' Santa Monica Daily Press'' *'' Metropolitan News-Enterprise'' (legal daily) *''MyNewsLA'' *'' La Opinión'' (Spanish) *'' Người Việt Daily News'' (Vietnamese) *'' Rafu Shimpo'' (Japanese)
San Fernando Valley SunThe Daily Telescope
*'' Viễn Đông Daily News'' (Vietnamese) *'' Việt Báo Daily News'' (Vietnamese) *'' World Journal'' (Chinese)


Weekly, biweekly and monthly newspapers

*''Argonaut'' (Marina del Rey/Culver City community weekly) *''Beverly Press'' (community weekly) *'' CaribPress'' (Caribbean monthly) *''The Century City News'' (community bi-weekly) *'' Cultural News'' (English-language Japanese monthly) *''India Journal'' (Indian weekly) *''
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles ''The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles'', known simply as the ''Jewish Journal'', is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by the nonprofit TRIBE Media Corp. I ...
'' (Jewish weekly) *'' L.A. Watts Times'' (community weekly) *''
LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. The paper covers music, arts, film, theater, culture, and other local news in the Los Angeles area. ''LA Weekly'' was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin (among others), ...
'' (alternative weekly) *'' Larchmont Chronicle'' (community weekly) *''Los Angeles Asian Journal'' (Filipino biweekly) * '' Los Angeles Blade'' (LGBT+ biweekly) *''
Los Angeles Business Journal The ''Los Angeles Business Journal'', established in 1979, is a weekly newspaper and online news source in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most po ...
'' (business weekly) *''
Los Angeles Downtown News The ''Los Angeles Downtown News'' is a free weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, California, serving the Downtown Los Angeles area. The newspaper focuses on general news with an emphasis on real estate and business along with coverage of the arts s ...
'' (community weekly) *''
Los Angeles Free Press The ''Los Angeles Free Press'', also called the "''Freep''", is often cited as the first, and certainly was the largest, of the underground newspapers of the 1960s. The ''Freep'' was founded in 1964 by Art Kunkin, who served as its publisher un ...
'' (weekly underground newspaper) *''The Los Angeles Independent'' (community weekly) *'' Los Angeles Sentinel'' (African-American weekly) *'' Los Angeles Wave'' - Culver City edition (community weekly)Los Angeles Wave - eEditions
*" Our Weekly" - Black, African-American news and information. www.ourweekly.com **''Culver City Star'' **PACE NEWS-African-American news. www.pacenewsonline.com **''The Westsider'' *''Los Angeles Wave'' - Northeast edition (community weekly) **''Belvedere Citizen'' **''Eagle Rock Sentinel'' **''East L.A. Tribune'' **''Eastside Journal'' **''Highland Park News Herald & Journal'' **''Lincoln Heights Bulletin'' **''Mount Washington Star Review'' **''El Sereno Star'' *''Los Angeles Wave'' - West edition (community weekly) **''Angeles Mesa News'' **''Central News Wave'' **''Inglewood/Hawthorne Wave'' **''Southside Journal'' **''Southwest Topics Wave'' **''Tribune News'' *''Los Feliz Ledger'' (community monthly) *'' Pacific Citizen'' (Asian-American semi-monthly) *'' Palisadian-Post'' (community weekly) *''Park Labrea News'' (community weekly) * '' The Pride LA'' *'' The Angelus'' (Catholic weekly - Formerly The Tidings) *'' The Tolucan Times'' (community weekly) *''Valley Vantage'' (community weekly) *''Warner Center News'' (community weekly)


Magazines

*'' The Advocate'' *''Angeleno'' *''Bel-Air View''Westside Today - Letter From The Publisher
*'' Brentwood Magazine'' *''Brentwood News'' *''Discover Hollywood Magazine'' *''
Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, ...
'' *''
The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
'' *'' The Reader Magazine'' *'' L.A. Record'' *''
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
'' *''Los Angeles Confidential'' *''Pacific Palisades 90272'' *''
Sense A sense is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the surroundings through the detection of Stimulus (physiology), stimuli. Although, in some cultures, five human senses were traditio ...
'' *'' Time Out Los Angeles'' *'' Variety''


Defunct

*''El Clamor Público'' ("The Public Outcry", Spanish, 1855–1859) *''La Crónica'' (Spanish, c.1872–1889) *''Eastside Sun'' (community weekly)Eastern Group Publications - About Us
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Los Angeles Daily News The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California, after the unrelated ''Los Angeles Times'', and the flagship newspaper of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado ...
'' (c.1860–1872, not to be confused with either the 1923–1954 ''Daily News'' or the current ''Daily News'') *''
Los Angeles Daily News The ''Los Angeles Daily News'' is the second-largest-circulating paid daily newspaper of Los Angeles, California, after the unrelated ''Los Angeles Times'', and the flagship newspaper of the Southern California News Group, a branch of Colorado ...
'' (1923-1954, orig. ''Illustrated Daily News'') *''Los Angeles Evening Telegram'' (c.1882–1882) *''
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner The ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper, published in the afternoon from Monday to Friday and in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays. It was part of the Hearst syndicate. It was formed when the afternoon ' ...
'' (1963 – November 2, 1989) **'' Los Angeles Herald-Express'' (1931–1962) ***'' Los Angeles Herald'' (1873–1931) ***'' Los Angeles Express'' (1871–1931) **'' Los Angeles Examiner'' (1903–1962) *'' Los Angeles Post-Record'' (1933–c.1936) **'' Los Angeles Evening Record'' (1895–1933) *'' Los Angeles Star / Estrella de Los Ángeles'' (English and Spanish, 1851–1879) *''Mexican American Sun'' (community weekly) *'' New Times LA'' *''Northeast Sun'' (community weekly) *'' Tuesday's Child'' *''
Daily Variety ''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in ...
'' *''Wyvernwood Chronicle'' (community weekly)


Television

The Los Angeles area is the home of several major offices and production facilities in the television industry. The
Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an Television in the United States, American commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast television broadcaster, television network serving as the flagship proper ...
is based in the
Century City Century City is a 176-acre (71.2 ha) neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles, California, United States. Located on the Westside to the south of Santa Monica Boulevard around 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Los Angeles, Cent ...
district of Los Angeles inside the
20th Century Studios 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...
studio lot, while the Fox Television Center is in West Los Angeles. CBS owns CBS Studio Center in Studio City and previously owned Television City in the Fairfax District, although the network still maintains operations on that lot. ABC and parent company
Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...
produce programs at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank and The Prospect Studios in the Los Feliz neighborhood. NBC primarily produced shows at what is now
The Burbank Studios The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio is home to ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Extra (American TV program), Extra'', the ''IHeartRadio Thea ...
before parent
NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and Trade name, doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media and Show business, entertainment conglomerate (comp ...
moved their operations to a complex adjacent to the
Universal Studios Universal Studios may refer to: * Universal Studios, Inc., an American media and entertainment conglomerate ** Universal Pictures, an American film studio ** Universal Studios Lot, a film and television studio complex * Various theme parks operat ...
lot. Several other film studios may also produce TV shows on their respective lots. File:Foxstudiosentrance.jpg, Entrance to the Fox Studios lot File:CBS Studio Center, Soundstage 2.JPG, CBS Studio Center, Soundstage 2 File:CBS TelevisionCity02.jpg, Television City File:Prospect Studios gate.jpg, The Prospect Studios, formerly the ABC Television Center File:The burbank studios alameda.jpg,
The Burbank Studios The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio is home to ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Extra (American TV program), Extra'', the ''IHeartRadio Thea ...
, formerly NBC Studios File:Knbcstudiobldg.JPG, Entrance to Gate 3 at Universal Studios, with signage for
KNBC KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast of the United States, West Coast flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network ...
and KVEA File:ExecutiveOfficeBldg OldWarnerBrosStudio nowKTLA comd.jpg,
Sunset Bronson Studios The Old Warner Brothers Studio, now known as the Sunset Bronson Studios (formerly known as KTLA Studios and Tribune Studios), is a motion picture, radio and television production facility located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Ca ...
, home of
KTLA KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship station of The CW. It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is ...


Broadcast radio

A number of
radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...
s are broadcast from and/or are licensed to Los Angeles, including the following:


AM stations

* 570 KLAC Los Angeles (
Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
) * 640 KFI Los Angeles ( Talk)1 * 670 KIRN Simi Valley (
Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...
/
ethnic An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, re ...
) * 710 KSPN Los Angeles (
Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
) * 740 KBRT
Costa Mesa Costa may refer to: Biology * Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy * Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus * Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral * Costa (entomology), the leading edge o ...
( Spanish
Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
) * 790 KABC Los Angeles ( Conservative talk) * 830 KLAA Orange (
Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
) * 870 KRLA Glendale ( Conservative talk) * 900
KALI Kali (; , ), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten Mahavidyas, a group of goddesses who p ...
West Covina (
Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
) * 930 KHJ Los Angeles (
Relevant Radio Relevant Radio (corporate name Relevant Radio, Inc.) is a radio network in the United States, mainly broadcasting talk radio and religious programming involving the Catholic Church. Relevant Radio broadcasts "talk radio for Catholic life" over a ...
) * 980 KFWB Los Angeles (
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
) * 1020 KTNQ Los Angeles ( Spanish talk) * 1070 KNX Los Angeles (
All-news All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news. All-news radio is available in both local and radio syndication, syndicated forms, and is carried on both major US satellite radio networks. All-news sta ...
)1 * 1110 KWVE Pasadena ( Christian preaching) * 1150
KEIB KEIB (1150 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station brands itself as ''The Patriot'', and broadcasts a Conservative talk radio, conservative t ...
Los Angeles ( Conservative talk) * 1190 KGBN
Anaheim Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the tenth-most ...
( Korean
Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
) * 1230 KYPA Los Angeles ( Korean) * 1260 KMZT
Beverly Hills Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. A notable and historic suburb of Los Angeles, it is located just southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Beverly Hil ...
( Classical) * 1280 KFRN
Long Beach Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
(
Family Radio Family Radio is a non-profit Christian radio network based in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Established in 1959, Family Radio airs Calvinist teaching and Christian music. The network is most widely known for its false Family Radio#Failed ...
)* * 1300 KAZN Pasadena (
Mandarin Chinese Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...
) * 1330
KWKW KWKW (1330 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station in Los Angeles, California, United States, featuring a Talk radio, news/talk and sports radio, sports format known as , 1330 AM. Owned by Lotus Communications, the station services Greater L ...
Los Angeles ( Spanish
sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
) * 1390 KLTX Long Beach ( Spanish
religious Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural ...
) * 1430 KMRB San Gabriel (
Cantonese Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. While th ...
) * 1460 KTYM Inglewood ( ESNE Radio) * 1540 KMPC Los Angeles ( Korean) * 1580 KBLA
Santa Monica Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
( Progressive talk) * 1650 KFOX Torrance ( Korean) : 1
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FM stations

Asterisk (*) indicates a non-commercial or the RDS is called "No text" (
public radio Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive ...
/
campus A campus traditionally refers to the land and buildings of a college or university. This will often include libraries, lecture halls, student centers and, for residential universities, residence halls and dining halls. By extension, a corp ...
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educational Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also fol ...
) broadcast. * 87.7 KZNO-LD
Big Bear Lake Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the Western United States, western United States, located in the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County, California. It is a snow and rain-fed lake, having no other m ...
( Spanish
religious Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural ...
) * 88.1 KKJZ
Long Beach Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
(
Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
)* * 88.5 KCSN Northridge (
College A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...
/ AAA)* * 88.9 KXLU Los Angeles (
College A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...
/ freeform)* * 89.3 KPCC Pasadena ( NPR/ talk)* * 89.7 KSGN Riverside (
Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
) * 89.9
KCRW KCRW (89.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is an NPR member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programming ...
Santa Monica Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
( NPR/ talk/ eclectic)* * 90.3 KMRO Camarillo ( Radio Nueva Vida)* * 90.7 KPFK Los Angeles (
Pacifica Radio Pacifica may refer to: Art * ''Pacifica'' (statue), a 1938 statue by Ralph Stackpole for the Golden Gate International Exposition Places * Pacifica, California, a city in the United States ** Pacifica Pier, a fishing pier * Pacifica, a conce ...
)* * 91.5
KUSC KUSC (91.5 FM broadcasting, FM; "Classical California™ KUSC") is a listener-supported european classical music, classical music radio station broadcasting from downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. KUSC is owned and ope ...
Los Angeles ( Classical)* * 92.3 KRRL Los Angeles (
Urban contemporary Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary r ...
) * 92.7 KYLA Fountain Valley ( Air1)* * 93.1 KCBS-FM Los Angeles ( Adult hits) * 93.5 KDAY Redondo Beach ( Classic hip hop) * 93.9 KLLI Los Angeles (
Bilingual Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolin ...
Latin trap) * 94.3 KBUA San Fernando, California, San Fernando (
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
) * 94.7 KTWV Los Angeles (Urban adult contemporary, Urban AC) * 95.5 KLOS Los Angeles (Classic rock) * 95.9 KAIA-FM La Mirada, California, La Mirada ( Air1)* * 96.3 KXOL-FM Los Angeles (Latin trap, Spanish contemporary) * 96.7 KWIZ Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana (Spanish-language Christian) * 97.1 KNX-FM Los Angeles (
All-news All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to the discussion and broadcast of news. All-news radio is available in both local and radio syndication, syndicated forms, and is carried on both major US satellite radio networks. All-news sta ...
) * 97.5 KLYY Riverside ( Spanish adult hits) * 97.9 KLAX-FM East Los Angeles, California, East Los Angeles (
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
) * 98.3 KRCD (FM), KRCV West Covina ( Spanish classic hits) * 98.7 KYSR Los Angeles (Alternative rock) * 99.5 KKLA-FM Los Angeles (
Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
) * 100.3 KKLQ (FM), KKLQ Los Angeles (K-Love)* * 100.7 KCLA-LP * 101.1 KRTH Los Angeles (Classic hits) * 101.9 KSCA (FM), KSCA Glendale (
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
) * 102.3 KJLH Compton, California, Compton (Urban adult contemporary, Urban AC) * 102.7 KIIS-FM Los Angeles (Contemporary hit radio) * 103.1 KDLD Santa Monica (
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
) * 103.5 KOST Los Angeles (Adult contemporary music, Adult contemporary) * 103.9 KRCD (FM), KRCD Inglewood ( Spanish classic hits) * 104.3 KBIG Los Angeles (Adult contemporary music, Hot AC) * 104.7 KOCP Camarillo (Rhythmic oldies) * 105.1 KKGO-FM Los Angeles (Country music, Country) * 105.5 KBUE Long Beach (
Regional Mexican Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
) * 105.9 KPWR Los Angeles (Rhythmic contemporary) * 106.7 KROQ-FM Pasadena (Alternative rock) * 107.1 KSSE Arcadia, California, Arcadia ( Spanish adult hits) * 107.5 KLVE Los Angeles (Latin pop)


See also

*Arts and culture of Los Angeles *History of Los Angeles, California, History of Los Angeles, California


References


External links


LA Almanac - MediaNaming Your Business: Newspaper of General CirculationEthnic Newspapers – Los Angeles County
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