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KLOS is a commercial FM album-oriented rock (AOR) radio station based in Los Angeles, California, that debuted in 1969. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and is home to "The Heidi & Frank" morning show. The station has studios on La Cienega Boulevard in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is based on Mount Wilson. KLOS broadcasts in HD.〔http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=36〕 ==History== On December 30, 1947, KECA-FM began broadcasting on 95.5 Megacycles (the predecessor to Megahertz), simulcasting the programming of AM station KECA/790. The FM station was owned by ABC since the beginning, and the call letters of the AM and FM stations were accordingly changed to KABC and KABC-FM in the 1950s. In 1960, KABC adopted an all-talk format. On January 1, 1968, due to new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules requiring FM stations to have separate programming from their AM counterparts, KABC-FM experimented with an all-news format, the first station in Los Angeles to have such a format. This experiment did not last long, as the format was dropped on March 11, 1968, the day that KFWB started its own all-news format. KABC-FM adopted a progressive rock format and programmed a taped format that was run on co-owned stations throughout the country known as "Love." The taped programming was voicetracked by Brother John Rydgren. The taped format did not last long. Live, locally programmed free-form/progressive rock programming was the norm on most ABC-FM owned and operated stations by mid-1970. In 1971, the station acquired the KLOS call letters to avoid confusion with its AM talk station. In the fall of 1971, ABC-Owned FM Stations Vice President Allen Shaw and KLOS Program Director Tom Yates launched the first album-oriented rock (AOR) format in American radio, playing only the top cuts from the best-selling rock albums. The slogan was "Rock 'N Stereo." The disc jockey line up included Jeff Gonzer, J.J. Jackson, Jim Ladd, and Damion. KLOS promoted a huge outdoor rock concert called "California Jam" during this time. By 1972, KLOS had become the top-rated rock FM station in Los Angeles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Background: The history of "Free-form" FM Radio in L.A. )〕 In the early 1990s, with the popularity of the grunge-based alternative rock format on rival KROQ-FM, KLOS altered their format, dropping the old jocks and most of the classic rock. This did not last long, nor was it a ratings success. Within a year, the new music was mostly jettisoned, and the classic rock brought back. In 1997 John Duncan was hired as program director (previously at KYYS in Kansas City) and took the station in an adult rock direction. Within eight months, KLOS moved from #18 to #5 among 25-54 adults, reclaiming its status as L.A.'s #1 adult rock station. While at KLOS, Duncan hired Jim Ladd, Garth Kemp and other long-time personalities. It was also during this period that the station ran a billboard campaign with lines such as, "''We lost our mind for a moment, but we're okay now''." Duncan left the station in late 1998, on the heels of Mark & Brian's "Black Hoe" promotion. In 2005, KLOS became the last rock station standing when Arrow 93 switched formats to become Jack FM. Jack FM was a format out of Vancouver, British Columbia which mixed alternative, classic rock, and Top 40 songs from the 70s to the present. It is noted for having no disc jockeys, a huge playlist, and a pseudo-renegade attitude. For their first two years, they were a runaway ratings success, rocketing to the top of many key demographic areas. As usual, KLOS stuck with the tried-and-true. Also in 2005, long-time DJ Al Ramirez, who worked the night shift, died at the age of 54 of natural causes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KLOS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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