For decades, it was the original home of KRLA, known for its Top 40 format and its role as a champion for Chicano artists and R&B selections thanks to the influence of the late Art Laboe, who co-owned the station along with Bob Hope in the 1970s. It would later come under Greater Media ownership, and then CBS Radio. In 2000, thanks to Infinity Broadcasting’s merger with CBS, then-head Mel Karmazin signed off on a deal that would send this Class B AM with a signal covering all of Southern California to The Walt Disney Company.
Now, after three different format presentations under Disney — and the divestment of every one of its other radio properties — the station at 1110 kHz licensed to Pasadena, Calif., is being spun.
