BUSINESS
October 14, 1992 | ANNE MICHAUD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The recordings bring back disturbing memories: An April 29 broadcast from a Los Angeles Fire Department dispatcher, counting six fires in progress; a Compton High School student addressing her classmates in a bid for peace; black and Korean owners of small businesses recalling the looting and destruction. In the next moment, the radio announcer urges people to vote. "The basic way you get change is do it at the ballot box," Otis Arnold tells radio listeners.