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KIIS-FM's annual Jingle Ball rings in the holiday season with a slew of performances from chart-topping pop phenoms, including Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly, B.o.B., Hayley Williams (of Paramore), Travis McCoy, Taio Cruz, Selena Gomez, Bruno Mars and Far East Movement. It's pretty much the entire contents of your car radio playlist in the flesh. Nokia Theatre, 777 Chick Hearn Court, L.A. 5 p.m. Sun. $80-$155. (213) 763-6030. http://www.nokiatheatrelalive.com

Pop station KIIS-FM (102.7) regained sole possession of first place in the local radio ratings for March, and its Ryan Seacrest-hosted morning show also jumped into the top spot, according to figures released by Arbitron. In February, KIIS had been tied for first with sister station KBIG-FM (104.3), the soft-rock station known as "MyFM. " And even though KBIG improved in March, increasing its share of the Los Angeles-Orange County audience from 5.4% to 5.5%, KIIS jumped even further and claimed 5.8% of all listeners ages 6 and older, Arbitron said Monday.

After being dethroned for two months by talk station KFI-AM (640), Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM (102.7) found itself back atop the Arbitron local ratings Wednesday, the spot it had occupied throughout the first half of the year. KIIS attracted an average of 5.2% of the L.A.-Orange County audience during the ratings period, which surveyed listeners 6 and older from Sept. 17 to Oct. 14. More than 3.8 million people tuned in for at least five minutes every week, compared with 3.6 million during the previous month, when the station had a 4.8% audience share.

Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Miguel and Demi Lovato are among the chart-toppers slated to perform at KIIS-FM's Wango Tango concert May 11. The annual day-long fan jam at Carson's Home Depot Center stuffs a who's who of current Top 40 (and a few buzzy emerging acts) onto one stage.   Mars will open the festival, now in its 16 th year, which will be hosted by pop purveyor Ryan Seacrest. The multi-hyphenate personality is expected to be joined by guest host Britney Spears. Spears is well-versed with the teen-attracting show, having performed at it twice.

KIIS locks up Ryan Seacrest Ryan Seacrest will continue hosting the morning show at top-rated KIIS-FM (102.7) as part of a three-year contract announced Tuesday by Clear Channel Communications that also calls for him to continue hosting and producing the syndicated "American Top 40" countdown show and to develop other media projects such as a record label, a live concert series and TV and radio programming. Financial terms were not disclosed. Seacrest, who also hosts "American Idol" for the Fox television network, is "a true visionary who has firmly established himself as America's leading curator of popular culture," said Robert W. Pittman, Clear Channel's chairman of media and entertainment platforms.

After a six-month absence, Top 40 station KIIS-FM (102.7) is back atop the local radio ratings. KIIS had had a lock on the No. 1 position for most of 2011, then was displaced last winter. But on Monday, when Arbitron released its survey of listening habits in the Los Angeles-Orange County market for April, KIIS was in first place, averaging a 5.1% share of the audience and with 3.6 million people tuning in for at least five minutes each week. Talk station KFI-AM (640), which had been in the No. 1 spot for the last three months, dropped to No. 2 in April.

In its quest to stay atop the radio ratings this summer, Top 40 station KIIS-FM (102.7) is facing another assault from rival KAMP-FM (97.1) at the same time it lost a reliable partner — the alarm clock. "For KIIS, you'll see a little erosion in the summer," said the station's program director, John Ivey. School is out, "kids sleep in, and midday becomes morning drive for them." Audience figures released this week may bear that out. KIIS dropped to third in the morning ratings in June as its marquee host, Ryan Seacrest, fell from May's 5.6% share of the Los Angeles-Orange County audience to 5.2%.

Pop station KIIS-FM (102.7) held on to the top spot in the local radio ratings for July, while all-news station KNX-AM (1070) staked a claim as a morning staple for Los Angeles-Orange County listeners, according to figures released Wednesday. KIIS dipped slightly in its share of the local audience ages 6 and older, going from 5% in June to 4.8% last month, but the station kept its grip on the No. 1 ranking that it has held since January, based on the Arbitron survey of listeners from June 25 through July 22. Talk station KFI-AM (640)

Talk station KFI-AM (640) held onto the top spot in local radio last month and pop station KIIS-FM (102.7) remained second, according to figures released Wednesday by the Arbitron ratings service. KFI averaged 5% of the Los Angeles-Orange County audience, winning weekday morning drive (6-10 a.m.) and finishing second in midday (10 a.m.-3 p.m.) and afternoon drive (3-7 p.m.). KIIS garnered a 4.8% share during the September ratings period, which surveyed listeners 6 and older from Aug. 20 to Sept.

Pop purveyor KIIS-FM spent 2010 at the top of the charts, leading all Los Angeles-Orange County radio stations in the ratings since January. But at year's end, adult-contemporary station KOST-FM treated it like grandma with the reindeer, according to figures released Tuesday by the Arbitron ratings service. In the period from Nov. 11 to Dec. 8, KIIS-FM (102.7) barely lost ground from its No. 1 showing the previous month, either in its share of the radio audience ages 6 and older, or in its total of weekly listeners.

Radio listeners who had flocked to the all-holiday music format on KOST-FM (103.5) during the Christmas season just as quickly retreated to their regular stations once the last "Jingle Bells" and "Little Drummer Boy" had been played. That meant a return to the ratings pinnacle in January for pop station KIIS-FM (102.7), according to figures released by the Arbitron ratings service. KIIS, mirroring the Top-40 hits on its playlist, was the most popular station in the Los Angeles-Orange County market for most of 2012, until KOST began its annual holiday music festival in mid-November.

Ed Sheeran had plenty to be proud of Sunday night at the Grammy Awards, where the English singer-songwriter's "The A Team" was nominated for song of the year. Not only that, but Sheeran performed the tune - a sympathetic ballad about a troubled woman who turns to drugs and prostitution - on the telecast as an intergenerational duet with Elton John. Reflecting on the experience the day after the ceremony, however, Sheeran seemed less than satisfied. The problem wasn't that he'd lost the award to "We Are Young" by Fun., but that he'd attended Justin Timberlake's late-night post-Grammy concert at the Hollywood Palladium.

Every year when KOST-FM (103.5) switches to nonstop holiday music, its ratings boost makes other stations look as weak and wan as Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. This season, KOST's audience figures came in as large and gaudy as the pink aluminum tree of Lucy's dreams. During the holidays, KOST claimed 10.2% of the Los Angeles-Orange County listening audience ages 6 and older, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Arbitron ratings service. That crushed second-place KIIS-FM (102.7)

The Jonas Brothers covering Frank Ocean -- now there's a Rorschach test for how you feel about pop music today. On the one hand, when the once-omnipotent teen-pop trio played Ocean's "Thinkin' Bout You" during its set at KIIS-FM's annual Jingle Ball at the Nokia Theatre on Saturday, it might have signaled that even Disney sitcom bands can grow into adventurous good taste. Even if their seducer's falettos lacked Ocean's gravitas, hey, at least the arc of music bends toward the good stuff, and they might take a lot of post-tweens with them.

KIIS' Jingle Ball is an annual winter pop explosion that this year features Taylor Swift, Kesha, Justin Bieber and your usual suspects of top 40 singles fare (along with a smattering of electronic dance music stars like Zedd, Afrojack and YouTube denizen Psy). Proof positive that pop radio is maybe the most omnivorous space in music right now. Nokia Theatre, 777 Chick Hearn Court, L.A. 6 p.m. Sat and Mon. $85.25-$185.25. nokiatheatre.com.

Top 40 station KIIS-FM (102.7) hit the top of the radio ratings last month - a perch it has held or shared every month since April - but the king of pop expects to be dethroned in the near future, as Justin Bieber and Rihanna are no match for Bing Crosby or "Linus and Lucy. " KIIS garnered 5.5% of the Los Angeles-Orange County listening audience ages 6 and older, according to figures released Tuesday by the Arbitron ratings service. Talk station KFI-AM (640) and adult-contemporary station KBIG-FM (104.3)

Pop station KIIS-FM (102.7) once again grabbed the top spot in Los Angeles-Orange County radio in April, and even widened its lead slightly, according to ratings released Monday by Arbitron. KIIS increased its average share of the listening audience age 6 and older, moving from 5.1% in March to 5.2% in April. And the station grew its average weekly audience from 3.898 million to 3.943 million, based on the survey of listeners between March 31 and April 27. Talk station KFI-AM (640)

For most of 2012, KBIG-FM (104.3) has been hot on the heels of its sister station, Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM (102.7), the pop powerhouse that has led Los Angeles-Orange County radio ratings for most of the last three years. In September, the sibling finally caught up, according to figures released Monday by the Arbitron ratings service. KBIG, the adult-contemporary station that features a varied playlist ranging from Aerosmith to Usher, tied KIIS for the top spot, with each attracting 5.2% of the audience in the survey of listeners 6 and older from Aug. 16 to Sept.

After a month in the rarefied air of first place - the culmination of a strong year in the radio ratings - adult-contemporary station KBIG-FM (104.3) dropped back to third in October, according to figures released this week by Arbitron. Meanwhile, the morning audience for news and information station KPCC-FM (89.3) has ballooned since the summer, in spite of upheaval at its homegrown show. An 11th-place station a year ago, KBIG - known as "MYfm" - surged in 2012, riding a broad playlist that included music from artists ranging from otherworldly chanteuse Lady Gaga to banjo-driven throwback act Mumford & Sons, helping it challenge the supremacy of Top 40 station KIIS-FM (102.7)

A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Staples Center Muse, Jan. 24 (now) Empire Polo Club Stagecoach Country Music Festival, April 26-28 (Sat.) El Rey Theatre Joe Budden, Nov. 27; Anthony Green, Dec. 15 (now); Petty Fest West, Nov. 14-15 (Thurs.); Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Jan. 18 (Fri.); People Under the Stairs, Dec. 16; Pinback, Jan. 17; Jessie Ware, Jan. 23 (Sat.) Nokia Theatre Trey Songz, Nov. 25; Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, Dec. 15; Ed Sheeran, Feb. 17 (Fri.)