KNX/Los Angeles Celebrates 50 Years of Service

RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, May 3, 2018

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (center) presents KNX with a proclamation to celebrate 50 years of service to the city. Frank Mottek, Julie Chi, Ken Charles, Charles Feldman and Dick Helton accepted on behalf of all

Entercom's KNX-AM (1070 News Radio)/Los Angeles is celebrating 50 years of being Southern California's only 24-hour news and traffic station. According to the company, more than 1.5 million people tune in to KNX every week for its coverage of local, national and international news in addition to its traffic and weather updates every 10 minutes on the 5's. Traffic and news content is provided daily by the area's largest team.

"We are proud to be a part of the fabric of the Los Angeles community," said Senior VP/Market Manager Jeff Federman. "We look forward to continuing to inform and engage with Southern California listeners for the years to come."

"Since 1968 we have seen nine presidents, six governors, and six mayors" added Entercom Los Angeles Director of Programming Ken Charles. "Through it all, KNX has been that one consistent source for integrity, trust and credibility."

During its first 18 months on-air, KNX covered the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Manson murders and man's landing on the moon. The station has also covered the 1984 Olympics, the Rodney King trial, The Northridge Earthquake in 1994 and the O.J. Simpson trial, in addition to numerous other major news events.

Some of the many names that have contributed to KNX news over the last five decades include Bill Keane, Jack Popejoy, Alex Sullivan, Jon Goodman, Barry Rohde, Beach Rogers, Dave Zorn, Harry Burrell plus today's dedicated staff, Southern California's most experienced radio news team.