KTLA
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW Television Network. It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the second-largest operated property after WPIX in New York City. KTLA's studios are located at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
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| Founded | September 1942 (as experimental station W6XYZ) |
First air date | January 22, 1947 |
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Call sign meaning | Television Los Angeles |
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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 |
| Translator(s) | see § Translators |
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| Website | ktla |
KTLA was the first commercially licensed television station in the western United States, having begun operations in January 1947. Although not as widespread in national carriage as its Chicago sister station WGN-TV, KTLA is available as a superstation via DirecTV and Dish Network (the latter service available only to grandfathered subscribers that had purchased its a la carte superstation tier before Dish halted sales of the package to new subscribers in September 2013), as well as on cable providers in select cities within the southwestern United States and throughout Canada.
As of 2015, KTLA operates an internet-only news radio channel on iHeartRadio.