I'm amazed KABC is still paying for one local show, John Phillips from noon to 3 p.m. And the station still has local newscasters during weekday mornings, middays and afternoons. The rest of the schedule is syndicated talk shows from co-owned Westwood One: Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, Red Eye Radio and America in The Morning. They all can say that they get cleared in Market #2. KABC doesn't run Mark Levin because he's on Salem's KRLA.
It is hard to believe that KABC was consistently #1 in the 1970s with its Talk Radio line up. And KFWB 980 was in the top 5 as an All-News station. Now the LA market has expanded and changed to the point that neither station gets a full 1.0 rating, regardless of what format they air. I guess "Mera Mera" KFWB, a sort of Regional Mexican Oldies outlet, a classic Mariachi station, gets decent ratings for a 5,000 watt AM.
It is hard to believe that KABC was consistently #1 in the 1970s with its Talk Radio line up. And KFWB 980 was in the top 5 as an All-News station. Now the LA market has expanded and changed to the point that neither station gets a full 1.0 rating, regardless of what format they air. I guess "Mera Mera" KFWB, a sort of Regional Mexican Oldies outlet, a classic Mariachi station, gets decent ratings for a 5,000 watt AM.