KABC (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Los Angeles, California |
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| Branding | "TalkRadio 790 KABC" |
| Slogan | Talkradio with Passion |
| First air date | April 14, 1925 (as KFVF) |
| Frequency | 790 (kHz)  |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | K American Broadcasting Company |
| Owner | Disney/ABC Radio |
| Website | www.kabc.com |
KABC 790 AM is a Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the American Broadcasting Company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all talk" in 1960; they claim to be the first station ever to do so. The station is under ownership of ABC/Disney, which has announced that it would merge its ABC Radio holdings including KABC with Citadel Broadcasting by the first quarter of 2007.
KABC first went on the air on April 14, 1925 as KVFV. On November 15, 1929 the station was sold to Earle C. Anthony, a local car dealer who already owned KFI-AM 640. He owned it until the early 1940s, when FCC rules changes meant no entity could own more than one radio station. While he owned the station, Anthony changed the call letters to reflect his initials, KECA. ABC bought the station in 1944, changing the call letters to the present KABC in 1954.
KABC has been the base of operation for many influential radio hosts, including early talk controversialists Joe Pyne and Louis Lomax, Michael Jackson, whose talk show attracted celebrities, politicians, and newsmakers of all types, pioneering radio psychologists Dr. Toni Grant and David Viscott, and more recent syndicated hosts including Dennis Prager (now with NewsTalk 870 KRLA and the Salem Radio Network), John and Ken (on KFI before their stint on KABC and now currently back on KFI) and Larry Elder. In the 1980s, Jackson, Grant and Viscott were also heard nationwide on ABC Radio's Talkradio network. For decades, it was also the station of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their hall of fame broadcaster Vin Scully.
Though still a prominent Los Angeles station, during the past decade KABC's ratings share has declined; it now consistently ranks behind KFI, the other major talk station in Los Angeles.
Current locally-based personalities on KABC include Elder, Doug McIntyre, "Mr. KABC," Al Rantel, and Kevin James.
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