KCHUNG Radio

KChung Radio 1630 AM
City of license Los Angeles, California
Slogan get into it
Frequency 1630 kHz (AM)
First air date May 2010
Format Community radio, Artist-run centres
Webcast
Website

KCHUNG is a freeform radio station in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. KCHUNG broadcasts over 200 shows a month on 1630 AM and online through the station's website.[1] It isn’t a typical community station, nor is it an LPFM. The station also doesn’t have a license, but it’s not a pirate station. Instead it operates according to what are generally known as the Part 15 rules, which cover very low-power RF transmissions without a license.[2]

History

KCHUNG has hosted many artist, musicians, poets, and has a reputation for hosting programming that might not be allowed on other stations.[3] While KCHUNG now has a stable location, it continues its nomadic beginnings broadcasting at locations around Los Angeles including LACMA, The Smell, Ooga Booga, Public Fiction, Night Gallery, Pehr Space, MOCA and the LA Anarchist Bookfair.[4][5][6][7]

Notable Shows

Some notable shows include Mark Foster's FOS FM[8][9] Jennifer Moon's Adventures Within,[10] Max Maslansky's Riffin, and Yelena Zhelezov's Tractor.[11] Chrysanthe Oltmann has a feminist/comedy show called Vajammin. Michael Piña's science show, Nature Boy.[12] Other shows hosted by Laura Owens, Brendan Fowler, Fiona Connor, Simon Leung, A.L. Steiner, Guru Rugu, and Alison Rosenfeld.[13][11]

References

  1. ↑ Finkel, Jori (Feb 27, 2014). "Painting on a Radio Canvas: KCHUNG Gives Los Angeles Artists a Voice on the Airwaves". nytimes.com.
  2. ↑ "LA's KCHUNG Radio Shows the Power of Part 15 Broadcasting". Radio Survivor.
  3. ↑ "*Land of Artists". The California Sunday Magazine.
  4. ↑ "Art on Air". East of Borneo.
  5. ↑ RobHerbst. "KChung Radio is a Sound Sensation". KCET.
  6. ↑ Carol Cheh. "10 L.A. Art Spaces That Change Our Idea of What an Art Space Is". LA Weekly.
  7. ↑ "KCHUNG RADIO - Hammer Museum". The Hammer Museum. 5 August 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/fos-heroin-skateboards-284
  9. ↑ https://heroinurethane.wordpress.com/
  10. ↑ Vankin, Deborah (July 30, 2014). "'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer". LA Times. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  11. 1 2 Finkel, Jori (February 27, 2014). "Painting on a Radio Canvas". New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  12. ↑ http://www.laweekly.com/best-of/2014/arts-and-entertainment/best-radio-station-art-project-5108087
  13. ↑ http://www.eastofborneo.org/articles/art-on-air
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