Posted on 01/14/2005 4:22:49 PM PST by XXXXX88XXXXX
In a move rumored for years, Clear Channel-owned sports-talk stations XTRA-AM (690) and KXTA-AM (1150) announced Thursday it will switch its programming to KLAC-AM (570) beginning Feb. 3.
Don Martin, the program director for 690-AM the past two years, will head the new 570-AM station, which will remain the flagship station for the Lakers and add UCLA and the Avengers.
The lineup at the new 570-AM will remain the same as the 1150/690 simulcast, with Fox Sports Radio's Van Earl Wright and Andrew Sicilano (5-9 a.m.), Jim Rome (9 a.m.-noon), Steve Hartman and Mychal Thompson (noon-3 p.m.), Lee Hamilton (3-7 p.m.), Ray Crockett and Carlos Del Valle (7-10 p.m.) and Lee Klein (10 p.m.-1:30 a.m.).
The standards music format currently on 570-AM will move to 690-AM.
A Clear Channel spokesman said it has not been determined yet what the new format will be for 1150-AM, or what will happen to the Clippers, who use KXTA as their flagship station. Reports are that the station could change to Spanish language and Clippers games may move to 690-AM.
Clear Channel is making the move, sources also indicate, in hopes of luring the Dodgers away from KFWB-AM (980) or USC away from KMPC-AM (1540) down the road.
Time to reset the presets.
Whoa? There's a station with an X at the beginning of the call letters? How did this happen?
Licensed in, and signal broadcasts from, Mexico, mostly English language programming from studios in Southern California; occasionally hear them play the Mexican National Anthem when I'm up at 0500. Mexican stations have the X prefix.
Broadcasts out of Mexico, I think. (As a kid in the Bay Area, I used to listen to Wolfman Jack on XTRA. Seemed like he was on 24 hours a day.)
"Fox Sports Radio's Van Earl Wright "
Van Earl Wright is the WORST national sport talker out there today. He has singlehandled taken a show that was great with Tony Bruno/Andrew Sicilano and turned it into a borefest that is getting cancelled all over the country.
What do you expect from a guy who used to co-anchor Fox Sports Net with Keith Olbermann.
The transmitter's in Tiajuana, Mexico. The footprint extends all the way up to LA.
Funny that it's essentially an American station, even though it broadcasts from Mexico.
It was Bruno who did it, he wanted more money and FSR said no.
That is FSR's business model over the last couple of years, whenever someone's contract is up for renewal, they cut them. Bruno is just another one.
Even Rome?
I think he stinks, but he does get ratings.
Well Rome's radio show is by Premiere radio not FSR. They just broadcast him on some Fox radio stations.
Aha! Thank you. That makes sense.
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