History
Student-run radio at UCLA began in the basement of the Dykstra Hall dormitory on UCLA's campus as KBRU in 1964. ASUCLA quickly took control of the station and moved it to the back of Ackerman Grand Ballroom in Ackerman Union - into a room that had previously been used as a record-listening lounge for students. ASUCLA broadcast the station via carrier current at 530 AM, though the call letters and band were changed frequently throughout the station's history (including a switch to low-power FM, as well as use of cable FM). For most of its time as a terrestrial radio station, the station broadcast as KLA. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agents disconnected the station's 91.9 FM transmitter in 1999 as it was slightly too powerful to be considered a low-power FM signal. For a short time, the station broadcast solely through cable radio, until its website KLAradio.com was launched in 1999 featuring a SHOUTcast stream. The URL was switched to UCLAradio.com in 2000.
UCLA's student radio station was never officially licensed as an AM or FM station due to lack of support from university administration. Due to the difficulty of purchasing a band in Los Angeles' overcrowded frequency spectrum, the station is not currently considering purchasing one.
The station has produced programmers and staff for practically every radio station based in the Los Angeles area, including KCRW, KROQ-FM, and Fox Sports Radio. Former UCLA Radio programmers include Ted Chen of NBC Los Angeles and film producer Susan Dynner (Brick (film), Punk's Not Dead (2007 film)).
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