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Korean–language radio station in Los Angeles
the Los Angeles station formerly known as KMPC at 710 kHz

KMPC (1540 AM, "Radio Korea", 라디오코리아) is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Corporation. Radio Korea is a division of the Radio Korea Media Group. The station airs Korean–language programming, a blend of talk, news, information, and music for the largest Korean–American community in the United States, and the largest Korean community outside Korea. KMPC is one of four radio stations in the greater Los Angeles area that broadcast entirely in Korean. The others are 1190 KGBN Anaheim, 1230 KYPA Los Angeles and 1650 KFOX Torrance. KMPC broadcasts at 50,000 watts by day, the highest power permitted for commercial AM stations. At night, to reduce interference to other stations on AM 1540, KMPC drops its power to 37,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Carter Drive in the El Sereno district of Los Angeles.

On September 22, 1952, the station signed on with the call sign KPOL. The following year, its power was increased to 10,000 watts. That gave the station its call letters. Tom Kennedy, later a popular TV game show host, was a polka DJ on the station during this era. In 1959, KPOL advertised on a billboard at Los Angeles's Wrigley Field, which can be seen in the television series Home Run Derby. In 1966, KPOL AM FM were sold to Capital Cities Broadcasting for $7.8 million. In the late 1970s, the station switched to a soft adult contemporary format. In August 1978, it began carrying the syndicated Larry King Show overnight.

In 1979, the station's call sign was changed to KZLA while airing a more upbeat adult contemporary format, simulcast with 93.9 KZLA FM. But with several other AC stations in Los Angeles, KZLA AM FM had trouble achieving significant ratings. In 1980, with no country music station on FM in Los Angeles, KZLA AM FM flipped to a country format. As of 2006, the KZLA calls are assigned to a Rhythmic Oldies station serving Fresno, California.

In 1984, the station was sold to Spanish Broadcasting System for $5 million. In December 1984, the station's call sign was changed to KSKQ, and it adopted a Spanish language format as "La Super KQ". (KSKQ is now a non commercial educational station in Ashland, Oregon.) On August 4, 1992, its call sign was changed to KXED, and it aired a Mexican pop/contemporary format branded "La Grande" or The Big One. On March 29, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to KXMG.

In 1997, One on One Sports Inc. of Northbrook, Illinois, purchased the station and changed its format to sports, as an owned and operated network affiliate of One on One Sports, later known as Sporting News Radio, a nationally syndicated 24/7 sports network. On December 19, 1997, its call sign was changed to KCTD. The KMPC call letters had long been used in Los Angeles on AM 710 (now KSPN). On February 10, 2003, the station began to be branded "1540 The Ticket", concurrent with the launch of a new local morning show, hosted by Roger Lodge. The station covered Southern California sports teams, including the San Diego Chargers. Fred Roggin,

Former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter filled in for Roggin in May 2005. Roger Nadel, former GM of all news KFWB in Los Angeles, was General Manager. In June 2006, former afternoon host and KNBC TV sports director Fred Roggin left KMPC, resulting in a shift in the station's daily programming lineup and the addition of a new program, the Atlanta based 2 Live Stews. On September 5, 2006, it was announced that Sporting News Radio would be sold to American City Business Journals for an undisclosed price. In October 2006, the station fired all local on air staff.

In 2007, the station was sold to P&Y Broadcasting for $33 million, and it began to air Korean language programming as "Radio Korea". In April 2013, KMPC began airing Korean language broadcasts of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games.