Kpwr Radio Station

KPWR-FM(105.9) is still ruling the airwaves as it has for the past two years, according to the latest quarterly audience survey, released Tuesday by Arbitron Ratings Service. And Jay Thomas, morning drive-time deejay for the station that calls itself "Power 106," has overtaken Rick Dees of rival KIIS-FM (102.7) as the Los Angeles area's top-rated morning personality. Overall, KIIS slipped from No. 2 to No. 4 in the ratings, slightly above the newest rock station, KQLZ-FM "Pirate Radio" (100.

Radio station shows usually try to throw as many artists on the bill as possible. Power 106, however, went for quality over quantity at its annual Powerhouse show Saturday at the Arrowhead Pond with just five acts -- Snoop Dogg, the Game, Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and NB Ridaz (by comparison, the KROQ Weenie Roast the same day featured 17). It worked because of the strength of the artists, all of whom were given time to stretch out.

From auditioning for "Star Search" as kids to getting their first gig as overnight radio deejays on KPRW-FM "Power" 106 15 years later, Romeo and DeJai, also known as Tha Goodfellas, have stuck together through false promises and lucky breaks. And with the help of their recently completed debut album, they are ready to move from announcing songs back to performing them. "We always told each other to wait until the time was right to set out and record," Romeo says.

As it has for nearly three years, hip-hop station "Power 106" finished ahead of all competitors in the Southland radio ratings, but looming in KPWR's rearview mirror are talk station KFI-AM (640) and pop station KIIS-FM (102.7), both of which have closed the gap on the front-runner, according to the winter Arbitron figures released Monday. According to the survey of listeners from Jan. 6 to March 30, KPWR-FM (105.9) attracted an average of 4.

Responding to listeners' concerns and a threatened advertiser boycott, KPWR-FM, the most popular English-language radio station in the Los Angeles-Orange County market, decided Wednesday to drop the use of three derogatory words in rap songs it plays. The move is the latest effort by radio stations in the country's two largest markets to curb the negative effects of explicit rap songs.

Six months ago, Casey Kasem, co-creator and host of "American Top 40," the nation's most widely syndicated radio countdown show, left the ABC Radio Network after 18 years at the mike. Shadoe Stevens, Los Angeles radio veteran and celebrity player on "Hollywood Squares," slipped into Kasem's seat and resumed the countdown for ABC. On Sunday, Kasem returns to challenge "America Top 40" with a new countdown show from Westwood One, "Casey's Top 40 With Casey Kasem," debuting locally on KPWR-FM (105.

The arrest of a 17-year-old boy who allegedly walked naked around a Pacoima intersection in a stunt to win concert tickets from radio station KPWR-FM (106) may lead to charges against a station employee, Los Angeles police said Wednesday. Detectives are reviewing whether prosecutors would be likely to charge anyone at the station, known as Power 106, with conspiracy and soliciting a person to engage in a lewd act in public, police said.

Can a "surf dude" find a place in a world as far removed from his own as the gritty urban landscape of rap and hip-hop music? That's the latest twist in the life of one of the most colorful--and unlikely--figures in the recent history of Southern California radio. Jim (Poorman) Trenton, whose amateurish edge came to symbolize the maverick spirit of KROQ-FM's "modern rock" format before he was banished by the station two years ago, has resurfaced as a deejay on KPWR-FM (105.9).

You can win for losing, according to KPWR-FM (105.9): The hip-hop outlet flouted the saying by jumping to No. 1 in the latest ratings despite experiencing a decline in its share of the Los Angeles radio audience. Meanwhile, after a year in the top spot, alternative rocker KROQ-FM (106.7) dropped to third, according to the figures released this week by ratings service Arbitron chronicling the spring period from March 28 to June 19. Adult contemporary KOST-FM (103.

A letter-writing protest against radio station KPWR-FM 106 for its "2 Fat Mexicanz" advertising campaign appears to have brought results. The letters ask station manager Doyle Rose to discontinue the campaign, which depicts Mexican American disc jockeys Nick and Eric Vidal (brothers who are known as the Baka Boys) in beach attire, sitting on toilets or walking with surfboards. The ads are on billboards throughout the city.

Though hip-hop outlet Power 106 maintained its supremacy in the Los Angeles-Orange County market, completing 2 1/2 straight years as the No. 1 radio station in the area, the race among the top seven tightened considerably during the summer, according to ratings released Monday. During the summer survey period from July 1 to Sept. 22, KPWR-FM (105.9) attracted 4.

Hip-hop outlet KPWR-FM (105.9) has been the Southland's top-rated radio station for a year and a half, having kept second-place KROQ-FM (106.7) at bay during the summer, according to figures released Friday by the Arbitron ratings service. Though KPWR's average share of the listening audience over age 12 dipped slightly, from 5.3% in the spring to 4.8% in the summer, it still led alternative rocker KROQ, which increased from 4.4% to 4.7%, for the survey period from June 26 to Sept. 17.

Hip-hop radio station KPWR-FM (105.9) took first place in local radio's ratings for the fifth straight quarter, extending its lead over alternative outlet KROQ-FM (106.7), while talker KFI-AM (640) jumped to third, according to figures for the spring quarter, released Wednesday by the Arbitron ratings service. Driving KFI's move up the rankings was a.m.-drive host Bill Handel, who claimed the top spot among morning shows by rising from third place and pushing the former No.

KPWR-FM decided Thursday to inform listeners about its business ties to rap act Shade Sheist -- whose music the station has played more than any other broadcaster in the nation. The move follows an article this week in The Times disclosing that Sheist's music is produced by a senior executive at KPWR-FM and released by Baby Ree Entertainment, a company financed by Emmis Communications Corp., the Indianapolis-based radio conglomerate that owns KPWR-FM.

Shade Sheist is a hot act on Power 106, the most popular rap radio station in Los Angeles. Over the last month, KPWR-FM has launched three singles by the little-known rapper and played them more than any station in the nation. One reason, critics suggest, is that the man credited with producing Sheist's "Informal Introduction" CD is a senior programming and artist relations executive at KPWR named Damion Young.

Hip-hop outlet Power 106 retained its top spot in the ratings and increased its percentage of the Southland audience, while Spanish-language station KSCA-FM plunged from second to eighth during the summer, according to figures released Friday by the Arbitron ratings service. A combination of promotions, charity events and good music helped create a successful summer for KPWR-FM (105.9), said Jimmy Steal, Power 106's program director.

They seem as different as can be--the hip-hop station and its morning-show host, and the outlet for contemporary Christian music--but they share recognition from their peers around the country, who named them the best in the business for the past year. Big Boy, morning host at KPWR-FM (105.9), was named major-market personality of the year in the National Assn.

Despite an expensive, high-profile battle challenging KPWR-FM's dominance over the airwaves, Power 106 hangs on to its title as the most listened-to station in Los Angeles. According to radio's latest quarterly audience survey, released Tuesday by Arbitron Ratings Service, KPWR holds a slim margin over second-ranked arch-rival KIIS-FM (102.7). The rest of the Top 10 most popular stations remain virtually unchanged since last fall, with soft rock KOST-FM (103.5) in third place followed by all-talk KABC-AM (790)

The arrest of a 17-year-old boy who allegedly walked naked around a Pacoima intersection in a stunt to win concert tickets from radio station KPWR-FM (106) may lead to charges against a station employee, Los Angeles police said Wednesday. Detectives are reviewing whether prosecutors would be likely to charge anyone at the station, known as Power 106, with conspiracy and soliciting a person to engage in a lewd act in public, police said.

They seem as different as can be--the hip-hop station and its morning-show host, and the outlet for contemporary Christian music--but they share recognition from their peers around the country, who named them the best in the business for the past year. Big Boy, morning host at KPWR-FM (105.9), was named major-market personality of the year in the National Assn.