KABC (790 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serving the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a talk radio format. The studios are located in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City. The transmitter is off West Martin Luther King Boulevard in the Crenshaw District, shared with KWKW (1330 AM) and KFOX (1650 AM). KABC is powered at 6,600 watts by day and 7,900 watts at night, using a directional antenna. KABC is the flagship station of the USC Trojans football and men's basketball radio networks. The station is the Los Angeles affiliate of Armstrong & Getty, The Ben Shapiro Show, The Dan Bongino Show, The Michael Knowles Show, America in the Morning and Red Eye Radio. Local shows are hosted by John Phillips, Leo Terrell and Frank Mottek. As of June 2022, KABC ranks 27th in among Los Angeles area radio stations in the Nielsen Radio Ratings. History Early years In 1925 the station first signed on, as KFXB, licensed to Big Bear Lake, California, and broadcasting at 1430 kHz. KFXB moved to Los Angeles in 1927, changing its call sign to KPLA in the process. On November 15, 1929, KPLA was sold to Earle C. Anthony, a Packard automobile dealer and owner of rival radio station KFI; Anthony changed KPLA's call letters to KECA, representing Anthony's initials. KECA and KFI were located in studios at 1000 Hope Street. KFI, then and now, transmits with 50,000 watts, while KECA broadcast at 1,000 watts. In August 1939, Anthony purchased KEHE (780 AM, formerly KTM) and took that station off the air so he could relocate KECA to that station's frequency. In 1941, KECA moved one step up the dial to 790 kHz as part of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), which shifted the frequencies of many radio stations. The power was increased to 5,000 watts, with a directional antenna used at night. ABC buys 790 In 1944, new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules went into effect prohibiting any person or company from owning more than one radio station in the same media market. Anthony decided to keep KFI, and divested KECA to the Blue Network for $800,000 in July 1944; the FCC approved the transfer on July 18. The studios and offices were then moved to 1440 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood. (A Chick-fil-A