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KABC 790 AM is the Los Angeles flagship radio station for the American Broadcasting Company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all talk" in 1960; they claim to be the first station ever to do so.
According the KABC web site, "KABC first went on the air on April 14, 1925 as KVFV. On November 15, 1929 the station was sold to Earl C. Anthony, a local car dealer looking for a new medium to bring him customers. He changed the call letters to reflect his initials, KECA. ABC bought the station in 1944, adopting the station's present name."
KABC has been the base of operation for many influential radio hosts, including early talk controversialists Joe Pyne and Louis Lomax , pioneering radio psychologists Dr. Toni Grant and David Viscott, and more recent syndicated hosts including Dennis Prager (now with another network) and Larry Elder. For decades, it was also the station of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their hall of fame broadcaster Vin Scully.
Though still a prominent Los Angeles station, during the past decade KABC's raings share has declined; they now consistently rank behind their main talk competitor KFI.
Current locally-based personalities on KABC include Elder, Doug McIntyre, "Mr. KABC," and Al Rantel.
