Ever since The Fan, a local sports-talk station, abandoned its longtime dial spot, 950 AM, in favor of 104.3 FM back in March, there’s been mucho speculation about what format would eventually beam ...
Starting with 1955’s “Maybellene,” his first single and a No. 5 hit on the Billboard charts, Chuck Berry helped revolutionize music. For the next few years, Berry sent hit after hit up the charts in ...
The suburban highway I-476, better known as the Blue Route, does not allow billboard advertising. But there is one company that’s found a way to advertise there for years, via paint on the side of ...
To be clear, when I say “in town,” I mean broadcasting from Playas de Rosarito, a suburb of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. And when I say “new oldies station,” I mean four hours per day, on a ...
Los Angeles loves its oldies, as proven by the September ratings that were released last month. Earning close to its highest rating ever, the all-oldies (sorry, all-classic hits) KRTH (101.1 FM) was ...
Within the Pomona Swap Meet’s sea of shiny Corvettes and 1950s Cadillacs, a storage truck seems out of place. In thick block letters, it reads Thump Records and is open for vending. As racks of ...
Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna Morones, a spokesperson ...
After 43 years in business in Silver Spring, Roadhouse Oldies closed this weekend to the sounds of James Brown as music hunters searched for rare vinyl and CDs one last time. “I’m going to miss it ...