KAZN

KAZN

Broadcast area	Los Angeles, California
Branding	"Multicultural Broadcasting"
Slogan	MultiCultural Broadcasting
Frequency	1300 kHz
Format	Chinese
Power	23,000 watts (day) 4,200 watts (night)
Class	B
Owner	Multicultural Broadcasting (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC)
Website	www.am1300.com

KAZN (Chinese: AM 1300 中文廣播電台; pinyin: AM 1300 zhōng wén guǎng bō diàn tái) is a 24 hours Mandarin Chinese radio station in Los Angeles area.

Before KAZN, this was an AM simulcast of classical music station KFAC (now urban adult contemporary outlet KHHT).

KAZN AM 1300 was originally conceived by Dwight Case and George Fritzinger as America's first and only pan Asian radio station, servicing the Asian communities in Southern California in 1989. In 1991, Pan Asia Broadcasting, Inc purchased the station from its format founders and continued to maintain its pan Asian time brokered programming. At one, KAZN was home to 16 different Asian language programs, including Radio Korea, Radio Saigon, Asahi Radio, et al.

Under the helm of Edward Kim (president and general manager), KAZN established a larger Chinese radio presence in 1993. In 1994, KAZN created America's first and only 24-hour free radio station. Until KAZN was sold to the Multicultural Broadcasting Group in 1998, KAZN maintained its commitment to Chinese radio programming by pioneering partnerships with The Los Angeles Dodgers, The Los Angeles Lakers and The Los Angeles Clippers. Additionally, KAZN hosted the first major Chinese concert at the Universal Amphitheater and partnered with radio stations in Taiwan and China on developing live programming in all three countries.

Until the mid-1990s, when the station owners switched frequencies, KAZN was on 1330 AM, while KWKW was on 1300 AM.

In 1998, it became a part of the Multicultural Broadcasting and began to broadcast simultaneously on the Internet. It is also broadcasting on KAHZ AM 1600 simultaneously.

Throughout its history, it has interviewed many famous Chinese from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ About AM1300 (Chinese)
↑ Aoki, Guy (September 5, 1988). "All-Asian Radio Set to Debut in November". Los Angeles Times.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KAZN

Radio-Locator Information on KAZN

Radio stations in the Los Angeles, California market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.5 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 Orange County 88.5 88.9 90.1 92.7 94.3 95.9 96.7 103.1 106.3 107.9

By AM frequency	570 590 600 640² 670 710 740 760 790 830 870 900 930 980 1020 1070² 1110 1150 1190 1220 1230 1240 1260 1280 1290 1300 1330 1350 1370 1410 1430 1440 1460 1480 1500 1510 1540 1560 1570 1580 1600 1650 1670 Orange County 830 1190 1480

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.525 162.550

Digital radio	640 980 1070 88.1-1 88.1-2 88.1-3 88.5-1 88.5-2 89.3-1 89.9-1 89.9-2 91.5-1 92.3-1 92.3-2 92.3-3 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.9-1 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 96.7-1 97.1-1 97.1-2 98.7-1 98.7-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.7-1 102.7-2 103.1-1 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.1-3 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.1-1 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1

By callsign	KABC KAMP-FM KAHZ KALI KALI-FM KAZN KBIG KBPK KBRT KBUE KBUA KCAA KCAL KCBS-FM KCRW KCSN KDAY KDIS KDLD KDLE KEIB KEZY KFI KFMB KFNY KFRN KFSH-FM KFWB KGBN KHJ KHPY KHTS KIEV KIIS-FM KIRN KISL KJLH KKDD KKGO KKJZ KKLA-FM KLAA KLAC KLAX-FM KLOS KLTX KLVE KMPC KMRB KMZT KNX² KOGO KOST KPCC KPFK KPRO KPWR KRCD KRCV KRLA KROQ-FM KRRL KRTH KSAK KSBR KSCA KSPA KSPC KSPN KSSE KSWD KTDD KTIE KTLW KTNQ KTWV KTYM KUCI KUSC KVNR KWIZ KWKW KWO37 KWRM KWVE-FM KXLU KXOL-FM KXOS KXSC KYLA KYPA KYSR WWG21 WNG584 WZ2505

Defunct	KACD/KBCD KACE KEDG KFAC KIBB KIIS KIQQ KJLH KKBT KKDJ KKHR KMET KMJR/KNJR KMPC KNAC KNHS KNOB KNX-FM KODJ KPPC KQLZ KRBV KSKQ KSKQ-FM KUTE KWST-FM KFSG KZAB/KZBA KZLA-FM KIEV KPOL KTZN KXED KXMG KYMS

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 222 Sirius Channel 150 Nearby radio markets Bakersfield High Desert/Eastern Sierra Oxnard–Ventura Riverside/San Bernardino San Diego Santa Barbara Victor Valley See also List of radio stations in California ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (KSFV-CA/Religious) ² Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Radio stations broadcasting in the Chinese language

Chinese-language radio in Canada

The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese

Calgary	CHKF

Edmonton	CKER

Montreal	CFMB CINQ

Toronto	CHIN CHKT CIRV

Vancouver	CHKG CHMB CJVB

Radio in China

National	China Radio International China National Radio

Regional	Radio Beijing Corporation Fujian Radio Radio Guangdong Hubei Radio Hunan Broadcasting System Inner Mongolia Radio Heilongjiang Radio Lanzhou Radio Nanjing Radio Shaanxi Radio Shanghai Media Group Shenzhen Media Group Tianjin Radio Tibet Radio Urumqi Radio Xinjiang Radio

Hong Kong	Radio Television Hong Kong Commercial Radio Hong Kong Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited

Macau	Teledifusão de Macau Radio Vilaverde Lda

China Radio Markets Beijing Fujian Guangdong Heilongjiang Shanghai Sichuan Tianjin Xinjiang Zhejiang See also List of radio stations in China

Chinese-language radio in Malaysia

RTM	Ai FM

Media Prima	One FM

Astro Radio	Melody FM My FM

KTS Group	TEA FM

Star Radio Group	988 FM

Chinese-language radio in Singapore

MediaCorp Radio	Y.E.S. 93.3FM Capital 95.8FM Love 97.2FM

Others	883JiaFM UFM 1003

Radio stations in Taiwan

Government	Radio Taiwan International National Education Radio Taipei Broadcasting Station Voice of Han Fuxing Radio Police Radio Station

Private	Broadcasting Corporation of China Hit FM ICRT KISS Radio PCJ Radio UFO Radio

Chinese-language radio in the United States

The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese

Boston	WILD WROL

Florida	WYFR (Okeechobee)

Honolulu	KHCM

Houston	KCHN

Los Angeles	KAZN KWRM KMRB

New York	Chinese Radio New York Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company WGBB WKDM WZRC Chinese American Voice

Philadelphia	WNWR

San Francisco	KEST KVTO KSQQ KSFN

Overseas	Radio Free Asia Voice of America

Multicultural Broadcasting

Radio stations	KAHZ KALI KALI-FM KARI KATD KAZN KBLA KCHN KDFT KEST KFSG KIQI KLIB KMNY KMRB KSJX KVRI KWRU KXPA KXYZ KYPA WATB WAZN WEXY WFBR WGFS WHWH WJCC WJDM WKDM WLXE WLYN WNMA WPAT WTTM WWRU WZHF WZRC

Television stations	KILM (SonLife)²

¹ Controlled by Lincoln Financial Media under LMA.

Coordinates: 34°07′08″N 118°04′54″W / 34.11889°N 118.08167°W / 34.11889; -118.08167

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