Sister station · Phase 2 · 90293 / 90045 · planned, not on air

Radio Playa

Playa del Rey and Westchester. 2 local hours a day; network the rest. Gets its own stream when the shared newsroom and automation are running.

First show

Under the Approach — the neighborhoods north of the runways.

The beat

  • Ballona wetlands
  • Westchester's Triangle and Loyola Marymount
  • Living under the LAX flight path

Open seats

Every seat is open. Nobody has been appointed.

SeatDoes
Station desk leadRuns the station: schedule, sources, local underwriters, the corrections log.
Host of the first showOwns the first local show and records the pilot episodes.
ProducerBooks guests, keeps the story list, edits and publishes.
VolunteersBoard operation, neighbor voices, calendar, game scores.

How to get there: the participation ladder on the network plan.

What this station owns every hour

AtSegment
:00Station ID, time, top local headline
:02Program segment (show, music block or feature)
:20Town Desk — two or three local items, sourced
:30Program segment
:45Community calendar and lost-and-found
:50Neighbor voice — one resident, one story, recorded with consent
:58Underwriting credits and legal ID

The rest of the hour can come from the network feed. Full clock on the plan.

The network week

  • 6–9 am weekdays: Morning Edition on Air
  • 9 am–noon weekdays: Smoky Hollow Sessions
  • Noon–3 pm weekdays: The Town Desk (local)
  • 3–6 pm weekdays: Courts & Coast
  • 6–8 pm weekdays: Neighborhood Hour (rotating town)
  • 8 pm–midnight: Listener Shift
  • Midnight–6 am: Night Shift (automated)
  • Saturday: Sand Report · Kids Hour · Game Day
  • Sunday: Council Recap · Main Street · Sunday Records

The rest of the network