to host mornings after they were released from the afternoon show on KFI. Their KABC stint lasted from July 1, 1999, to October 20, 2000. They later returned to afternoons on KFI. Changes in ownership ABC Television and Radio were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1996. Disney sold off its radio division to Citadel Broadcasting in 2006. Citadel later merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. After Cumulus Broadcasting took over, airborne traffic reporter Jorge Jarrín, son of Los Angeles Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrín, was let go after 26 years. Also fired were imaging voice Howard Hoffman and news director/morning newscaster Mark Austin Thomas, who joined KNX. A lawsuit alleged that school employees of Academia Semillas del Pueblo (ASDP) received death threats, and that the school was the target of a bomb threat, because of Doug McIntyre's extensive on-air criticism of the school, in which he accused ASDP of espousing a racist and separatist anti-American philosophy. The suit was dismissed in January 2008. On March 31, 2016, KABC was granted an FCC construction permit to move to the same transmitter site as the one used by KWKW; the daytime power would increase to 6,600 watts and nighttime power would be raised to 6,800 watts. An application to modify this construction permit the following February increased the night power to 7,900 watts. As of August 2018, KABC is the 40th-ranked station in the market in a 50-station survey, tied with Persian language station KIRN. Jillian Barberie, Drew Pinsky, Leeann Tweeden, and Peter Tilden were all dismissed at the end of 2019 as KABC changed to an all-syndicated talk lineup; John Phillips, Randy Wang, and Larry O'Connor (from WMAL-FM in Washington, D.C.) were the lone local hosts retained. Sports From 1974 to 1997, KABC was the flagship station of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their hall-of-fame broadcaster Vin Scully. After some years on KFWB, the team returned to KABC in 2008. On September 28, 2011, the final Dodgers baseball game was broadcast on KABC from Chase Field in Phoenix. The games moved to KLAC for the 2012 season. In August 2014, KABC became the flagship radio station of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team; that arrangement ended in 2018, with the games switching to KEIB. The LA Galaxy soccer team also had its games on KABC, later moving to ESPN Radio-owned KSPN. Los Angeles Lakers games were also