KRDC (AM) facts for kids
| Broadcast area | Greater Los Angeles Area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1110 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Branding | Radio Disney |
| Programming | |
| Format | Stunting |
| Affiliations | Radio Disney |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | |
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Sister stations
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KABC-TV, KSPN |
| History | |
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First air date
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1942 |
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Former call signs
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KPAS (1942–1945) KXLA (1945–1959) KRLA (1959–2000) KSPN (2000–2003) KDIS (2003–2017) |
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Call sign meaning
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Kalifornia's Radio Disney Country |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 25076 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 20,000 watts night |
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Transmitter coordinates
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34°6′50″N 117°59′51″W / 34.11389°N 117.99750°W |
| Translator(s) | 99.1 K256CX (Pasadena) |
| Repeater(s) | 100.7 KFBG-HD2 (San Diego) |
KRDC (1110 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. The station is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. The KRDC broadcast license is held by ABC Radio Los Angeles Assets, LLC.
KRDC was broadcast in the HD (hybrid) format until late 2014 when all Radio Disney affiliates were sold except for the Los Angeles station which returned to analog transmissions. KRDC is still licensed for digital (HD) operation.
For 18 years, AM 1110 was the flagship station for Radio Disney, carrying the main service from 2003 to 2017 as KDIS, then Radio Disney Country from 2017 to its late 2020 shutdown as KRDC. Until the station is sold, KRDC will carry automated best-of content from Radio Disney's 24-year history.
1110 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency.
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Transmitter
In 1987, KRLA moved its transmitter site from South El Monte to Irwindale, where a similar antenna array was installed. During the 1990s, KRLA was authorized to increase nighttime power from 10,000 to 20,000 watts. When the power increase went into effect, KRLA started broadcasting from the new transmitter site in Irwindale. This is a few miles north of the old El Monte site.
The El Monte transmitter building still stands as a shell. The entire inside is burned out; however, there are still clues to its historic past, namely the first incarnation of its directional antenna arrays (four in-line 135-degree towers, one days, four nights), the second incarnation (four 135-degree towers in a parallelogram, days and a 90-, two 135-, and a 180-degree towers, nights), and the last incarnation, with seven total towers, four days and four nights, with one tower in common, days and nights). There are numerous ducts to keep the equipment cool and an underground channel to divert the cooling water for the transmitters. A well nearby supplied the water. Still visible is the wooden archway where the transmission cables gently bent toward underground conduits running to the transmission towers in the nearby field. All that remains of these towers are the concrete pylons, all aligned as described.
The present Irwindale site includes five 135-degree towers, two days and four nights, with one in common. The significantly northern location, relative to the old El Monte site, allows the large "Inland Empire" to be served with 50,000 watts and only two towers, not four, days, and the greater Los Angeles metro to be served with 20,000 watts and four towers, nights.
K256CX
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K256CX | 99.1 FM | Pasadena, California | 141730 | 250 | −99 m (−325 ft) | D | 34°06′50.0″N 117°59′53.2″W / 34.113889°N 117.998111°W | FCC |
K256CX is a broadcast translator licensed to Pasadena. The transmitter is located in Irwindale. The station went on the air June 9, 2017, and rebroadcasts KRDC on 99.1 MHz.
Images for kids
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Logo used from 2013 until 2017.
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Former KRDC logo for Radio Disney Country.
See also
In Spanish: KDIS (AM) para niños
