Radio Korea 1540 AM live

Radio Korea is the Korean-language radio station of Los Angeles. It broadcasts as KMPC on 1540 AM, is licensed to Los Angeles and is owned by P&Y Broadcasting Corporation as part of the Radio Korea Media Group. On this page you can listen to Radio Korea (라디오코리아) live online, free.

For the largest Korean community in America

Los Angeles is home to the largest Korean American community in the United States and the largest Korean community outside Korea, and Radio Korea broadcasts for it entirely in Korean. Its programming blends news, talk, information and music, from community news in Koreatown to stories from Korea and across America. The station is one of the most searched-for radio stations in the country — "Radio Korea" in Korean is one of the top radio searches in the US.

One of four Korean stations

KMPC is one of four radio stations in Southern California broadcasting entirely in Korean, alongside KGBN in Anaheim, KYPA in Los Angeles and KFOX in Torrance.

A frequency with history

The 1540 AM frequency signed on in September 1952 as KPOL and later carried call letters including KZLA, KSKQ and KXED before becoming KMPC, whose letters stand for Multilingual Programming Corporation.

Listen anywhere

Press play and Radio Korea starts in seconds — in Koreatown, across Southern California or anywhere else in the world.

How to listen

You can hear Radio Korea on the radio on 1540 AM across Greater Los Angeles, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for the morning news or an evening of Korean music, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find Radio Korea's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer