KYPA
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KYPA, (Radio Korea, 라디오코리아) AM 1230, is a Korean-language radio station in Los Angeles, California.
The format includes various shows that serve the largest Korean population in the United States. They include talk shows, newscasts, variety shows, and popular music.
Many years ago, this station served a much different community--African-Americans. The call letters were KGFJ, and from the 1960s to around 1997, and again in the early 2000s, the programming consisted of R&B, classic soul, and gospel music. During the Los Angeles riots in 1992, KGFJ briefly adopted a talk format.
Between the two eras of black-oriented formats, KGFJ was KYPA, "Personal Achievement Radio." The station, as well as AM 820 in Chicago, aired condensed seminar speeches and interviews with business executives.
In 2002, the current format was adopted and the KYPA call sign restored.
Many Angelenos have a hard time listening to KYPA at night due to a drastic reduction in signal strength. The station is replacing their roof-top wire antenna (possibly the last in the U.S.) with a new site in the hills northwest of Dodger Stadium using one of the six-tower array of co-owned KBLA.
The Chairman of Radio Korea (and the Radio Korea Media Group) is Phill Sohn. He is the father of Korean music video director, Michael Kim (director).
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Radio Korea also can be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio The station also carries network throughout large population of Koreans in US WDCT-AM 1310 Fairfax,VA/Washington, D.C (24/7) KHRA-AM 1460 Honolulu, HI (24/7) KVTO-AM 1400 San Francisco, CA (Mon-Fri 2pm-5pm) WKTA-AM 1330 Chicago, IL (Mon-Fri)
