It’s been a while since I last did an upload of a radio station, and my channel has changed a lot since then, but something big just happened in LA radio in the past hour…

At 3 pm PT, Audacy’s KNOU-FM (97.1) in Los Angeles flipped from a Top 40/CHR format as “97.1 Now” (and was previously better known as 97.1 AMP Radio from 2009-2021) to a simulcast of all-news sister station KNX 1070 AM which would rebrand as "KNX News 97.1", marking a return to talk radio on 97.1 FM for the first time since 2009 when it previously aired a “hot talk” format as “Free FM” (2005-2009) and “Real Radio 97.1” (1995-1996) with some other names in between. As a result of this change, iHeartMedia’s 102.7 KIIS-FM is now the only Top 40/CHR station in Los Angeles. As for KNOU’s former format, some of its talent was already voice tracked from other markets, with The Morning Mess coming from KALV-FM (Live 105.5) in Phoenix and midday host Julia from WBBM-FM (B96) in Chicago; the station’s only local talent was afternoon host Bru (who continues to be with Audacy as host of a syndicated evening show) and Yesi Ortiz in the evenings.

I only found out about this switch via a notification in the Audacy app and thankfully there was a rewind feature that allowed me to go back to the exact moment KNX started to simulcast on 97.1. Please note that this audio was recorded off of KNX’s feed on the Audacy app which was previously just a simulcast of the 1070 AM feed, but I believe there are a few recordings on YouTube of the 97.1 frequency in its last minutes as a CHR station and then switching to the KNX simulcast.

© KNOU-FM, Audacy

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