
Amy King is the host of Wake Up Call. Tune into KFI AM 640 every morning at 5am for the latest news and happenings in Southern California on the iHeartRadio app.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 1023 | Founded | 11 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | News | |||

Heather Brooker hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. The show opens with ABC News correspondent Ben Siegel recapping President Trump’s address to the nation. The host of ‘Home’ on KFI, the House Whisperer, Dean Sharp joins the show to talk about home main... more
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy while she is out on vacation on this Thursday edition of Wake Up Call. ABC News national correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show liver from Jerusalem to talk about the latest out of the Middle East. Heather talks ... more
Heather Brooker fills in for Amy while she is out on vacation on this Wednesday edition of Wake Up Call. She opens the show talking with ABC News correspondent Shannon Kingston about Marco Rubio leading the charge against the idea of tolling the Stra... more
Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to talk about President Trump saying the U.S will take over the Strait of Hormuz. Amy speaks on ‘super volcanos.’ Denise Pellegrini fro... more
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I’ve tried lots of different daily news podcasts and none of them compare to JJL and Wake Up Call. Many of them simply read the news and while you get a flavor for the news of the day, it’s often just the headlines. I love that JJL injects personality w/o obvious bias into the news and asks the questions the average person might ask as well. Laila Muhammad is also great when she fills in. This is the only news podcast that brings in reporters and experts from other news organizations, gettin... more
Absolutely love the show but it went into overdrive playback speed today, again. Please fix. Impossible to listen to at this speed and get anything but annoyance out of it.
Love it! Listening from Hawaiian BUTT !!
It is podcasting way too fast . No way to slow down. It plays at extreme speed. Can’t understand a thing that’s being said, and this happens a lot. Who’s recording it to podcast???
Love wake up call and Jennifer Jones Leigh. Great to get quick hour of everything that happened while we slept
I stopped listening due to the change in format
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This morning news program delivers fast-paced updates across local California stories, national politics, international affairs, and timely human-interest segments. Episodes frequently blend breaking news with expert commentary from prominent reporters and occasional in-depth interviews, plus practical lifestyle and travel notes that resonate with Southern California listeners. A standout aspect is the integration of space and science topics alongside traditional news, with guests ranging from ABC News correspondents to Space Force officials, creating a broad, multi-topic brief that's both informative and accessible for a busy audience.
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2. Sasha Pezenik
3. Cristo Fernandez
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5. Aaron Katersky
6. Peter Haralambos
7. Rich Frankel
8. Denise Pellengreeny
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