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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
It was located on the west side of Vine Street opposite the Vine Street Brown Derby.
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I never knew that radio station KNX was located on Vine. I did a bit of digging around and learned that it was in the Otto K. Oleson Building at Vine Street and Selma Avenue from 1933 to 1935. They moved to 5939 Sunset Boulevard in 1935, joined the CBS network in 1936, and finally settled into the Columbia Square location in 1938.
It's astonishing how many landmarks were located on Vine in the two blocks between Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Blvd. NBC's fabulous west coast studios; the CBS Radio Playhouse (kudos to Mary for her writeup!); the Hollywood Brown Derby...even ABC was on Vine for a time. And even more landmarks were located north of Hollywood Blvd! No wonder the intersection of Hollywood and Vine was so famous.
To the best of my knowledge there are no longer any radio stations based in Hollywood. The only remaining broadcaster is television station KTLA.