The California Theater was also once home to radio station KNX which moved there in 1922 from the home of Fred Christian who founded the station in 1920 as 6ADZ, later KGC. The KNX call letters were assigned the station when it moved to the theater. The Los Angeles Times reported on June 24, 1922…
“Those who listened in between 9:15 and 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday nights on 510 meters may have been surprised to have heard KNX, the California Theater station, on the air. Two splendid programs were given at this time by special permission wherein music from the California Theater fifty-piece orchestra was sent out very successfully.
“Heretofore the transmission of orchestra music has not been done to advantage in Los Angeles, but apparently the new microphones used by KNX are adequate for the purpose. Reports state the orchestra went our almost perfectly.
“Even Wally Reid, who recently installed a receiving set at his home in Belvedere, phoned in to express his appreciation. The microphones used were of special design and placed in the center of the balcony in such a position as to be in the center of sounds coming from the stage which was fifty feet away.”
The California Theater was also once home to radio station KNX which moved there in 1922 from the home of Fred Christian who founded the station in 1920 as 6ADZ, later KGC. The KNX call letters were assigned the station when it moved to the theater. The Los Angeles Times reported on June 24, 1922…
“Those who listened in between 9:15 and 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday nights on 510 meters may have been surprised to have heard KNX, the California Theater station, on the air. Two splendid programs were given at this time by special permission wherein music from the California Theater fifty-piece orchestra was sent out very successfully.
“Heretofore the transmission of orchestra music has not been done to advantage in Los Angeles, but apparently the new microphones used by KNX are adequate for the purpose. Reports state the orchestra went our almost perfectly.
“Even Wally Reid, who recently installed a receiving set at his home in Belvedere, phoned in to express his appreciation. The microphones used were of special design and placed in the center of the balcony in such a position as to be in the center of sounds coming from the stage which was fifty feet away.”