KGIL/1260 AM is dropping talk for “RETRO 1260,” a pop-vocal classic hits format, effective at 5 p.m.
today. Starting Aug. 31, former KOST-FM personality Mike Sakellarides will do morning drive from 8 a.m. to noon. “There has been tremendous demand for us to bring back great American music that’s currently absent from Southern California airwaves,” said Saul Levine, president of Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters (KGIL, KKGO, KKJZ). The hits will come “from the oldies/doo-wop and American standards eras straight through to the recent decades,” according to a station announcement. “Mike is an L.A. radio legend. And we’re delighted to return him to the local airwaves,” Levine said in the announcement.
Reached by e-mail, Sakellarides wrote, “I’m grateful to work on the air live in L.A. again. In the last 20 months, I’ve studied and auditioned like crazy in acting and voice-over.