For the past 30 years, different Pakistani-American enthusiasts from the Los Angeles area, had periodically been running a local radio station. The radio station had no name. It was run on purchased air time from KALI 900 AM, a Radio Station located at 747 E. Green Street, 4th Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101.
In August of 2008 a group of progressive Pakistani activists, Khalid Imran and Arsal Awan purchased a time slot of 3 hours from the Radio Station. They named it Shalimar Radio Los Angeles. The first broadcast went on air on August 14th, 2008. The Live Broadcast was very well received by the Pakistani listeners in Los Angeles area. The Radio welcomed its listeners to call and talk on any topic of their choice.