KLAA (AM)

KLAA

Orange, California United States
Broadcast area	Southern California
Frequency	830 kHz
Branding	Angels Radio AM 830
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Sports radio
Affiliations	Los Angeles Angels ESPN Radio Las Vegas Raiders USC Trojans football
Ownership
Owner	Los Angeles Angels (LAA 1, LLC)
History
First air date	January 9, 1986 (38 years ago) (1986-01-09)
Former call signs	KSRT (1986–1991) KPLS (1991–2003) KMXE (2003–2006)
Call sign meaning	Los Angeles Angels
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	50516
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts (day) 20,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	33°55′43″N 117°36′57″W / 33.92861°N 117.61583°W / 33.92861; -117.61583
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	am830.net

KLAA (830 kHz "Angels Radio") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to the city of Orange, California, and broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles Area. The station is owned by LAA 1, LLC, composed of the owners and executives of the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, and is held separately from the baseball club. KLAA's studios and offices are located on the grounds of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.^[2]

KLAA's transmitter operates from a three-tower facility in Chino, off McCarty Road.^[3] It broadcasts as a full-power 50,000-watt station during the daytime from a single tower, using a non-directional signal. Because 830 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WCCO in Minneapolis is the dominant class A station, KLAA must reduce power to 20,000 watts from sunset to sunrise. At night it feeds power to all three towers in a directional pattern, projecting most of the signal westward to protect WCCO.

KLAA mostly carries ESPN Radio network programing except for coverage of Angels and Las Vegas Raiders games and a local afternoon sports show, The Sports Lodge with Roger Lodge. On weekends, paid brokered programming is heard. Los Angeles has another ESPN Radio affiliate, KSPN (710 AM), so the two stations sometimes air the same programming.