790 KABC | Cumulus Media Los Angeles
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California talk radio with teeth.
790 KABC mixes local radio urgency with California political irritation, market check-ins, and oddball crime stories. The result is a rolling local-news feed where freeway-scale grievances sit next to stock-market rallies, council-meeting clips, and homeless-policy fights.
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790 KABC works like a live California nerve center. A headline lands, and the show starts sorting it immediately. Some segments stay close to Los Angeles, especially fights over homeless encampments, L.A. City Hall, neighborhood blight, and public officials saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Others move north to San Francisco, where the Tenderloin remains a recurring symbol of civic promises running into street-level reality. The Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego, and the Central Valley are not side notes. They are part of the daily map. The show also spends serious time on markets, with record stock highs, oil drops, airlines, tech names, crypto, and SpaceX-related speculation treated as practical stories rather than abstract finance. It can be funny. It can be irritated. It can also get fairly technical when guests start naming tickers, valuations, fuel costs, or midterm implications. Crime stories often arrive with a bizarre edge, from Lego return scams to insurance fraud schemes and cash thefts that become instant arguments about judgment. The broadcast texture is unmistakably radio: sponsor reads, news handoffs, call-in energy, podcast promos, and quick banter between segments. That looseness is part of the appeal. It feels live even when heard later. News Blitz with Randy Wang material gives the feed a curated California-report rhythm, while John Phillips Show excerpts bring combative political framing and local comic timing. MoTeC on Money adds a sharper financial lane, with guests such as John Najarian and Gabriel Wisdom talking markets in real time. The show is not trying to sound neutral or elegant. It is built for listeners who want California news, politics, markets, and civic absurdity delivered with speed, skepticism, and a raised eyebrow.
Made for: For listeners who follow California politics, city-hall fights, local crime, and market news, and prefer opinionated radio over detached summary. It fits people who like fast pivots, dry humor, and practical consequences.
What sets it apart: 790 KABC stands out by letting local California stories, market analysis, and political interviews share the same live-radio bloodstream. A Tenderloin update, a Lego scam, and a Nasdaq record can all become part of one civic argument.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
790 KABC connects California politics, Los Angeles civic disputes, consumer stories, and market moves through direct, personality-led radio talk.
790 KABC works like a rotating radio dial gathered into one feed, moving among live talk, interviews, and host-led commentary. Susan Shelley approaches California government from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association's taxpayer-advocacy perspective, while Randy Wang tracks Los…
A Lego box full of pasta lands on your dial alongside SpaceX stock chatter.
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California crime stories, told at talk-radio speed.
The episode moves fast through a North Hollywood property that neighbors have complained about for years, a bear-suit insurance scam, a pasta-filled Lego return scheme, and a Monrovia burglary that took a family's cash savings.
A fast-moving market wrap that turns record highs into a practical trading conversation.
This episode moves quickly through a market wrap, starting with record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq before shifting to falling oil prices and talk around SpaceX.
A brisk market check with live-radio energy and a clear read on the day's rally.
The episode frames a strong market day with the looseness of live radio, not a tidy ticker summary. Stocks and crypto sit beside a bit of geopolitical context, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq push to record highs and tech keeps carrying the move.
A sharp local-politics segment that turns a mayoral race update into a pointed City Hall critique.
The piece moves quickly through Los Angeles politics, taking in Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt, and the mayoral race before landing on Nithya Raman and a familiar City Council vote.
A caller-driven take on high-speed rail waste and California taxpayer politics.
The episode stays close to California taxpayer politics, with the high-speed rail fight doing most of the work and Tim Kapowski's PACT call adding a consumer-protection note.
Corey delivers two-minute daily Minneapolis news briefs, from school budget cuts to fraud cases.
A daily five-minute anchor-read roundup of Fox Cities crime, schools, and local government news.
790 KABC’s MoTek on Money reports oil near $103 in New York and $117 in London before turning to California tax proposals and the Wende Museum.
He opens with the North Hollywood lot that burned down years ago, got bought with plans for a house, and then just sat there as a mess of trash, dumping, crime, gang activity, and apparently even a drug lab.
Stocks finish the week with another big rally, as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at all-time highs while oil plunges.
This episode discusses the political fights over homelessness policies at LA City Hall, highlighting a CBS News investigation into California's handling of the issue.
This episode discusses a humorous series of gaffes by Los Angeles City Council Member Imelda Padilla, including misnaming a person as Elton John and forgetting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Eddie Scarry discusses the political and economic factors influencing Republican prospects in the upcoming midterm elections, focusing on stock market performance and voter perceptions.
This episode discusses San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's progress on cleaning up homeless encampments in the Tenderloin neighborhood, highlighting ongoing challenges despite efforts in other areas.
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The show opens with a Sacramento area elementary school fight over artificial turf.
The Howard Jarvis Radio Show opens on California’s high-speed rail fight and keeps circling back to the same complaint: too much money, too little to show for it.
This episode discusses the feasibility of retiring at age 40, examining whether it's a realistic financial goal or a fantasy, with insights on portfolio management and investment strategies.
This episode introduces the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association as a member-supported advocacy group fighting for taxpayer rights in California through legislative action, court cases, ballot initiatives, and education.
This episode discusses the high ticket prices for the LA 2028 Olympics, highlighting how affordable tickets sold out quickly while some events cost thousands of dollars, with a specific example of a family spending $10,000 for track and field tickets.