Programming
The current program lineup features both local and national shows.
Nationally-syndicated hosts are Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, Norman Goldman, Clark Howard, Mike Malloy, Phil Hendrie, and Bill Press. Miller is distributed by Dial Global, Rhodes, Howard, and Hendrie by Premiere Radio Networks (which has the same parent company as KTLK), Goldman by Compass Media Networks, and Malloy is self-syndicated.
Two local shows are in the weekday lineup: Diverse L.A., which promotes itself on the station's webpage as follows: "We as Angelenos don’t look, think or even vote alike…so why should we sound alike?", and an afternoon drivetime show hosted by David Cruz.
Former programs include those of Ron Reagan, Lionel, Cary Harrison, and Thom Hartmann. The first two left the schedule when Air America Media folded, and Hartmann was taken off the schedule when Dial Global moved the show to the exact time slot as Rhodes' show.
On weekends, the station features local hosts including Johnny Wendell (a.k.a. Johnny Angel), Angela V. Shelton, Frances Callier and Mario Solis-Marich. The syndicated Star Talk Radio Show hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson airs on Sunday afternoons. The station also broadcasts four traffic reports every hour, 24 hours a day.
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