KRLA Beat
Cover of the 16 July 1966 issue, depicting the Beatles | |
| Categories | Music magazine |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cecil Tuck |
| First issue | October 7, 1964 |
| Final issue | May 4, 1968 |
| Company | Beat Publications |
| Based in | Los Angeles, U.S. |
KRLA Beat was an American rock music magazine that operated between 1964 and 1968. It began in October 1964 as a free newsletter distributed by the Southern Californian radio station KRLA, before being reworked as a more reportage-focused title in February 1965. The music journalism archive Rock's Backpages describes KRLA Beat as "the first American newspaper dedicated to coverage of the top-forty rock-and-roll music scene".