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KHHT
City of license	Los Angeles
Broadcast area	Los Angeles
Branding	"Hot 92 Jamz"
Slogan	#1 For Mega Old School and Today's R&B
Frequency	92.3 (MHz)
Format	KHHT: Urban AC KHHT-HD2: Rhythmic Oldies
ERP	42,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	K H HOT 92 Jamz
Owner	Clear Channel Broadcasting
Website	Hot92 Jamz

KHHT is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA with an Urban Adult Contemporary musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Broadcasting.

92.3 began as KFAC and played classical music. In 1989 the station was sold to Evergreen and renamed a rhythmic contemporary hits station KKBT, "92.3 The Beat". Initially September 1989, the station offered a blend of adult rock, dance music, and adult contemporary. The format failed miserably and by 1990 the adult rock cuts were gone. The station moved toward a rhythmic AC format playing a blend of disco, soft pop hits, current R&B and oldies. The station still did not do well and by summer 1990, it evolved to a strictly urban AC station. By 1991, rap and hip-hop were being mixed in and the station evolved to an Urban Contemporary format.

As an urban contemporary station, "92.3 the Beat", hit #1 a few times in the ratings. They competed aggressively with a Hip Hop station on the 105.9 frequency, KPWR (which evolved from dance/urban CHR). In a group deal in 1997 Evergreen merged with Chancellor. Chancellor acquired stations from other groups that exited the market. In 1999 Chancellor would merge with Capstar and the company became AMFM, Incorporated.

In the fall of 1999, Clear Channel Broadcasting and AMFM Inc. merged. This gave Clear Channel the 5 FM stations in LA as well as KIIS which Clear Channel already owned. However, in order to get under the government-mandated market ownership limits, some stations were required to be spun off. One of the full powered FMs in Los Angeles had to go. KKBT's intellectual unit was the station chosen; it was sold off to Radio One. However, Clear Channel wanted to keep the best possible signal and gave Radio One 100.3 FM. Radio One then moved KKBT's format to 100.3. Leading up to the frequency swap, rumors swirled about whether 100.3's format would survive the move to 92.3 FM. Being 100.3 was going to an African American owned company known for urban formats it seemed that "The Beat" would likely move to 100.3 intact. Much speculation led to 92.3 going active rock, possibly with the KMET calls. When the switch was made on June 30, 2000, the formats did come along for the ride with 92.3 becoming "Mega 92.3" and 100.3 becoming "100.3 the Beat". Initially the station played Rhythmic Oldies on 92.3 but by 2001 evolved to more of an urban oldies format and then to an urban AC format by 2002. KHHT is now one of three urban ACs serving the Los Angeles market. The others are KRBV, Formerly KKBT, which flipped from R&B/hip-hop in May 2006, and KJLH, whose signal is not full-power and barely penetrates the San Fernando Valley. In July 2006, it was announced that Art Laboe, a legendary oldies DJ in Los Angeles, would expand his syndicated show from weekend to weekdays, with KHHT as the flagship station. Laboe's move could be interpreted as an attempt to expand the station's Hispanic audience as it competes with KKBT (now KRBV) and KJLH, perceived as "black" stations.

92.3 in Los Angeles was mentioned in Tupac Shakur's song "To Live and Die in L.A.".

On January 23, 2006, KHHT relaunched its former Rhythmic Oldies format on its HD2 subcarrier.

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