KLAX-FM

KLAX-FM

City	East Los Angeles, California
Broadcast area	Greater Los Angeles
Branding	97.9 La Raza
Frequency	97.9 (MHz)
First air date	1951
Format	Regional Mexican
ERP	33,000 watts
HAAT	184 meters (604 ft)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	LAX (ICAO for Los Angeles International Airport) or La X (name in the mid-90s)
Former callsigns	KNOB (1951-1988) KSKQ (1988-1992)
Owner	Spanish Broadcasting System
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	979laraza.com

KLAX-FM (97.9 FM, "La Raza") is an American commercial radio station located in East Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area. KLAX-FM airs a regional Mexican music format branded as "La Raza". The station has studios in the Century City district of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is based in Glendale.

History

From 1983 to 1992, this station was known as "Super KQ", with the call sign KSKQ, and played Spanish-language hit music. For about two decades before that, this was KNOB, which played beautiful music and adult contemporary formats. KNOB's studios and offices were in Long Beach, California, which was then its city of license.

In 1992, under the direction of general manager Alfredo Rodriguez, KSKQ was turned into a Banda music station, KLAX, simply called "La Equis". The station became the first Spanish-language station in Los Angeles to become the most-listened-to station in the market.

In 1997 KLAX-FM moved its city of license from Long Beach to East Los Angeles. In 2002, KLAX dropped the contemporary hits and went to a more focused regional format as "La Raza 97.9." In March 2017, KLAX began carrying the morning show hosted by Terry "El Terrible" Cortez, Kristel Yañez and Johnny Orta on WLEY, "La Ley 107.9" in Chicago. The program also airs on KRZZ in San Francisco. Before joining KRZZ in 2014, Cortez and Yañez had been part of Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo's syndicated morning show for 12 years.^[1]

Immigration debate

Renán "El Cucuy" Almendárez Coello, the station's morning show host, helped coordinate a demonstration held on the streets of downtown Los Angeles on March 25, 2006.^[2] The event drew an estimated 500,000 participants and was a springboard to further similar events held throughout the United States. The protesters marched in opposition to H.R. 4437, a proposal Congressional law that would theoretically make illegal immigration to the U.S. more difficult. Coello received attention in various media following the original protests, including an appearance on Tom Leykis' English-language radio talk show.

References

↑ https://radioinsight.com/category/headlines/format-changes/
↑ Watanabe, Teresa and Becerra, Hector. "The Immigration Debate." Los Angeles Times Mar 28 2006, page A1.

External links

97.9 La Raza official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KLAX

Radio-Locator information on KLAX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KLAX

Spanish Broadcasting System

Radio Stations

New York	WSKQ WPAT
Los Angeles	KLAX KXOL
Miami	WRMA WXDJ WMFM¹ WCMQ-FM WRAZ¹
Puerto Rico	WRXD/WIOB WODA/WNOD WMEG/WEGM WZNT/WZMT/WZET²
Chicago	WLEY-FM
San Francisco	KRZZ

Television

Broadcast network	Mega TV
Mega TV network affiliates	KTBU WSBS-TV WTCV/WVEO/WVOZ-TV

¹SBS operates this station under a local marketing agreement by South Broadcasting System.
²SBS operates this station under a license management agreement by IBC-AERCO.

Radio stations in the Los Angeles market, including Orange County
By AM frequency	570 610 640¹ 710 790 870 900 930 980 1020 1070¹ 1110 1150 1220 1230 1260 1280 1300 1330 1380 1430 1460 1470 1520 1540 1560 1580 1600 1630² 1650 Orange County 740 830 1190 1480
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.7 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 Orange County 88.5 88.9 90.1 92.7 95.9 96.7 103.1 106.3 107.9
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.45 162.525 162.55
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	640 980 1070 88.1-1 88.1-2 88.1-3 88.5-1 88.5-2 89.3-1 89.9-1 89.9-2 91.5-1 92.3-1 92.3-2 92.3-3 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.9-1 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 96.7-1 97.1-1 97.1-2 98.7-1 98.7-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.7-1 102.7-2 103.1-1 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.1-3 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.1-1 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1
By callsign	KABC KAMP-FM KAHZ KALI KAVL KAZN KBIG KBUA KBUE KCAA KCBS-FM KCRW KCSN KDAY KDLE KEIB KFI¹ KFRN KFWB KFXM-LP KGMX KHJ KHPY KHTS KIIS-FM KISL KJLH KKGO KKJZ KKLA-FM KLAC KLAX-FM KLOS KLTX KLVE KMPC KMRB KNX¹ KOCP KOSS KOST KPCC KPFK KPWR KRCD KRCV KRDC KRLA KROQ-FM KRRL KRTH KSAK KSCA KSPA KSPC KSPN KSSE KSUR KSWD KTLW KTNQ KTWV KTYM KUSC KUTY KWKW KWO37 KXLU KXOL-FM KXOS KXSC KYPA KYSR WWG21 WNG584 WZ2505 "KCHUNG"² Orange County KALI-FM KBPK KBRT KDLD KFSH-FM KGBN KLAA KSBR KUCI KWIZ KWVE-FM KYLA
Defunct	KACD/KBCD KACE KEDG KFAC KIBB KIIS KIQQ KKBT KKDJ KKHR KMET KMJR/KNJR KMPC KNAC KNHS KNOB KNX-FM KODJ KPPC KQLZ KSFV-CA³ KRBV KSKQ KSKQ-FM KUTE KWST-FM KFSG KZAB/KZBA KZLA-FM 1500 KBLA/KROQ/KBBQ/KRCK/KIEV 850/870 KIEV KPOL KTZN KXED KXMG KYMS
Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 222 Sirius Channel 150 Nearby radio markets Bakersfield High Desert/Eastern Sierra Oxnard–Ventura Riverside/San Bernardino San Diego Santa Barbara Victor Valley See also List of radio stations in California ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Notable Part 15 station ³ = Formerly audio for TV channel 6 (Religious)

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of California
Stations	KAEH – Beaumont KAFY – Bakersfield KALI – West Covina KATD – Pittsburg KBAA – Grass Valley KBBF – Santa Rosa KBBU – Modesto KBFP-FM – Delano KBHH – Kerman KBKY – Merced KBLA – Santa Monica KBLO – Corcoran KBRG – San Jose KBTW – Lenwood KBUA – San Fernando KBUE – Long Beach KBYN – Arnold KBYN – City of Angels KCAL – Redlands KCFA – Arnold KCHJ – Delano KCHJ-FM - Bakersfield KCVR – Lodi KCVR-FM – Columbia KDBV – Salinas KEBN – Garden Grove KEPD – Ridgecrest KERU – Blythe KESQ – Indio KEXA – King City KEYQ – Fresno KFNY - Riverside KFSD – Escondido KFSG – Roseville KFSO-FM – Visalia KGEN – Tulare KGEN-FM – Hanford KGRB – Jackson KGST – Fresno KGZO – Shafter KHDC – Chualar KHJ – Los Angeles KHPY – Moreno Valley KIDI-FM – Lompoc KIQI – San Francisco KIQQ – Barstow KIQQ-FM – Newberry Springs KIQS – Willows KIST-FM – Carpinteria KIWI – Mcfarland KJDJ – San Luis Obispo KJOR – Windsor KKSF - Oakland KLAX-FM – East Los Angeles KLBN – Fresno KLJR-FM – Santa Paula KLLE – North Fork KLMG – Esparto KLMM – Morro Bay KLNV – San Diego KLOB – Thousand Palms KLOK-FM – Greenfield KLOQ-FM – Winton KLQV – San Diego KLTX – Long Beach KLUN – Paso Robles KLVE – Los Angeles KLYY – Riverside KMAK – Orange Cove KMBX – Soledad KMEN – Mendota KMIX – Tracy KMJE – Placerville KMJV – Soledad KMLA – El Rio KMLM-FM - Grover Beach KMPG – Hollister KMPO – Modesto KMQA – East Porterville KMRO – Camarillo KMYX-FM – Arvin KNCR – Fortuna KNTO – Chowchilla KODV – Barstow KOND – Hanford KOXR – Oxnard KPRC-FM – Salinas KPSL-FM – Bakersfield KPST-FM – Coachella KQLB – Los Banos KRAY-FM – Salinas KRCD – Inglewood KRCV – West Covina KRCX-FM – Marysville KRDA – Clovis KRHM-LP – Bakersfield KRQK – Lompoc KRRS – Santa Rosa KSCA – Glendale KSDO – San Diego KSDT – Hemet KSEA – Greenfield KSEH – Brawley KSES-FM – Seaside KSJV – Fresno KSKD – Livingston KSLK – Visalia KSMY – Lompoc KSOL – San Francisco KSPA – Ontario KSPE – Santa Barbara KSQL – Santa Cruz KSRT – Cloverdale KSSC – Ventura KSSD – Fallbrook KSSE – Arcadia KTAP – Santa Maria KTGE – Salinas KTMZ – Pomona KTNQ – Los Angeles KTOR – Gerber KTQX – Bakersfield KTSE-FM – Patterson KUBO – Calexico KUFW – Woodlake KUNA-FM – La Quinta KVMX – Olivehurst KVTR – Victorville KVUH – Laytonville KVVF – Santa Clara KVVZ – San Rafael KWAC – Bakersfield KWIZ – Santa Ana KWKW – Los Angeles KWRN – Apple Valley KWRU – Fresno KWST – El Centro KXLM – Oxnard KXOL-FM – Los Angeles KXOS - Los Angeles KXRS – Hemet KXRS – Hemet KXSB – Big Bear Lake KXSE – Davis KXSM – Chualar KXTS – Geyserville KXXZ – Barstow KXZM – Felton KZER – Santa Barbara KZNB – Petaluma KZSF – San Jose KZSJ – San Martin
Defunct	KFVR – Crescent City
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 34°09′50″N 118°11′46″W / 34.164°N 118.196°W / 34.164; -118.196

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