Wake Up Call

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Wake Up Call hosted by Jennifer Jones Lee weekdays starting at 5am on KFI AM 640. Start your day right with a heapin' helping of delicious news product.

  • 41 minutes 25 seconds
    Update: Brown University Shooting

    Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. The show opens with ABC News investigative reporter Sasha Pezenik opens the show discussing the latest developments regarding the Brown University shooting. The host of ‘Home’ on KFI Dean Sharp joins the show and talks about his 2025 holiday gift guide. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Denise Pellegrini who speaks on what the markets are looking like as the week comes to a close. The show closes with ABC News entertainment reporter Will Ganss delivering the ‘Entertainment Report.’ Today, Will talks about ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ and ‘Emily in… Rome.’

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    19 December 2025, 2:34 pm
  • 38 minutes 35 seconds
    President Trump Addresses the Nation

    Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. KFI News White House correspondent Jon Decker opens the show talking about President Trump addressing the nation from the Oval Office. ABC News crime and terrorism analyst Brad Garrett talks about kids killing their parents, issues with the Brown University investigation, and the psychological toll non-stop violence takes on the public. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Denise Pellegrini discussing how the markets are looking today. Amy takes us on a Southern California Sleigh Ride where she highlights different fun events and activities you can do with your friends and family this holiday season. This week, Amy takes us to Holiday Road in Calabasas.

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    18 December 2025, 2:24 pm
  • 39 minutes 4 seconds
    Netflix Teaming Up with iHeart

    Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss Israeli Prime Minister visiting the hospitalized man who disarmed alleged Bondi shooter. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Instagram and Fire TV, Netflix and iHeart Media deal, and Meta’s AI smart glasses. On this week’s edition of ‘Amy’s on It’ she reviews A Very Jonas Christmas now streaming on Hulu. Denise Pellegrini from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Amy talking with ABC News national correspondent Jim Ryan speaking on more Americans staying put for the holidays.

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    17 December 2025, 2:54 pm
  • 38 minutes 46 seconds
    Reiner Murders: Son Nick Reiner Arrested

    Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call.  ABC News correspondent Reena Roy opens the show speaking on the newly released video from police of a person of interest in the Brown University shooting. Amy talks with ABC News Los Angeles–based national radio correspondent Alex Stone about the Reiner murders, the son Nick Reiner in custody and being held without bail. Bloomberg’s Denise Pellegrini updates us on the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with the host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard talking about dollar stores and whether you get more when you spend more.

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    16 December 2025, 3:07 pm
  • 38 minutes 30 seconds
    RIP Rob Reiner

    Amy King hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News reporter Mike Dobuski opens the show speaking on the death of legendary director, producer, actor Rob Riener and his wife Michele. ABC News journalist Reena Roy discusses the latest regarding the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island. Bloomberg Media’s Denise Pellegrini shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Amy talking with the CMO of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation Melissa Gellar about Christmas at the Ronald Reagan Library.

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    15 December 2025, 2:28 pm
  • 41 minutes 31 seconds
    Lawful Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tanker

    Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. The show opens with ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers discussing the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker, indicating the administration won't telegraph future sanctions or military moves but will enforce existing policies against sanctioned entities like those carrying "black market oil." The host of ‘Home’ on KFI Dean Sharp joins the show and talks about how to de-clutter in 48 hours. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Denise Pellegrini who speaks on what the markets are looking like as the week comes to a close. The show closes with a Wake Up Call ‘taste test,’ an update on Shelby the dog, and hearing from you the listeners through talk backs.

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    12 December 2025, 2:32 pm
  • 38 minutes 28 seconds
    Israel Blocking Journalists

    Amy King hosts your Thursday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to discuss Israel not letting journalists into Gaza and has yet to offer a reason. Amy takes us on a Southern California Sleigh Ride where she highlights different fun events and activities you can do with your friends and family this holiday season. This week, Amy takes us to ‘Enchant’ at the Santa Anita racetrack.  We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Denise Pellegrini discussing how the markets are looking today. The show closes with Amy talking with ABC News national correspondent Steven Portnoy talking about head-to-head healthcare proposals, both doomed to fail the Senate vote.

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    11 December 2025, 2:29 pm
  • 38 minutes
    The Poisonous Fungus Among Us

    Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan opens the show talking about poisonous fungus. KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about the Pebble Index Ring, Slates modular EV concept, and ways to connect with Santa. Denise Pellegrini from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and stock market update. The show closes with Amy talking with veterinarian ER visits being extremely expensive.

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    10 December 2025, 2:37 pm
  • 38 minutes 7 seconds
    Holiday Injuries

    Amy King hosts your Tuesday Wake Up Call.  ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan opens the show talking about holiday decorating and the number of injuries associated with falling from roofs and ladders. Amy talks with ABC News national reporter Steven Portnoy about SCOTUS likely to allow President Trump’s FTC firing. Bloomberg’s Denise Pellegrini updates us on the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with the host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard talking about the ‘Trump Accounts’ for kids and pitting Uber and Lift against each other.

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    9 December 2025, 2:34 pm
  • 38 minutes 58 seconds
    Winter Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Amy King hosts your Monday morning Wake Up Call. ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers opens the show talking about growing calls to release boat strike video. ABC News national reporter Jim Ryan speaks on seasonal depression and some advice from north of the Atlantic Circle. Bloomberg Media’s Denise Pellegrini shares the latest in business and Wall Street. The show closes with Amy talking with 5-time Emmy Award Winning Stand-Up Comedian and former NBC Weathercaster Fritz Coleman about his new one man show “Unassisted Living” happening at the Wilshire Ebell on January 15th.

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    8 December 2025, 2:28 pm
  • 39 minutes 7 seconds
    Melissa McCarthy Returning to SNL

    Amy King hosts your Friday Wake Up Call. The show opens with ABC News national correspondent Steven Portnoy discussing a Grand Jury rejecting DOJ’s attempt to revive fraud case against NY AG James & SCOTUS allowing Texas to use a congressional map favorable to GOP in 2026. ABC News journalist Mason Leath talks about this week in viral news from drunk racoons to stolen chickens. We ‘Get in Your Business’ with Bloomberg’s Erica Herskowitz who speaks on what the markets are looking like as the week comes to a close. The show closes with ABC News entertainment correspondent Will Ganns with the ‘Entertainment Report.’ Today, Will talks ‘Knives Out,’ ‘Missing Kids,’ and Melissa McCarthy returning to SNL.

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    5 December 2025, 2:37 pm
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