(The reported sale to a company called RBC Communications for $19.5 million and a change to a Mandarin-language format has not yet been approved, and apparently a format change won't happen until summer at earliest.) In any case, I think I speak for the entire city of LA when I say, “STOP FUCKING WITH US.”Īs Ben Westhoff reported in his feature on the station in August, ratings had been strong. Now, if the news reports are to be believed, KDAY will be shuttering its signal once again. Sure, you could have them on your iPod or luck out on Pandora, but there's something to be said for being able to turn on the radio and get a carefully curated and cross-regional index of the best rap ever made (mixed in with the occasional Young Joc song). It was sandwiched by “Déjà vu,” from Bronx Shaq affiliates Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, and “Who Dat,” from Miami bass legend, JT Money. That's just one eternal banger that came on last night while I listened to KDAY (93.5 FM) on my way to get some iced coffee. A blunt materializes in your palm–your fingers reflexively cross themselves into a “W.” You know. “Buster-ass tricks” emerge in the rear view. Where else on earth could you turn on terrestrial radio and randomly hear Ice Cube's “You Know How We Do It”? A numb spring night could suddenly come alive. When it received its third resuscitation in 2009 (also programmed as classic rap), it was too good to be true. The Bluth family will get older, but '90s G-Funk stays the same age. Eventually settling in as one of America's only classic hip-hop signals, KDAY's return was better than the announcement of new episodes of Arrested Development. So when its call letters were revived here in 2004, it was the next best thing to Tupac's resurrection. See also: KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days Makaveli never even lived in Southern California during the first AM incarnation of KDAY, but the memory of America's first all-rap radio station was already a rallying cry by 1996. Tupac asked that question on “To Live & Die in LA,” but the answer was obvious.
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