KTLA
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| Los Angeles, California United States | |
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| Channels | Digital: 35 (UHF) Virtual: 5 |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nexstar Media Group (Tribune Media Company[1]) |
| History | |
| Founded | September 1942 (as experimental station W6XYZ) |
First air date | January 22, 1947 |
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Call sign meaning | Television Los Angeles |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35670 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 981 m (3,219 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′36″N 118°3′59″W / 34.22667°N 118.06639°W |
| Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | ktla |
KTLA (channel 5) is The CW owned television station in Los Angeles. It is owned by network owner Nexstar Media Group, and their studios are in Hollywood.
KTLA was the first commercial station in the western United States, starting in 1947.[2]
- ↑ Commercial Broadcast Stations Biennial Ownership Report (FCC Form 323), Federal Communications Commission, January 31, 2020, p. 11, archived from the original on March 8, 2021, retrieved February 2, 2020
- ↑ "From atomic blast to the Rodney King beating, KTLA helped shape L.A. and television history". Los Angeles Times. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2024-07-12.