KXLA
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| Rancho Palos Verdes/Los Angeles, California United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) (shared with KJLA) Virtual: 44 |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | See below |
| Affiliations | Ethnic Independent |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ronald Ulloa (Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc.) |
| KSGA-LD, KVMD, KJLA | |
| History | |
First air date | December 2000 |
Former call signs | KRPA (2000–2001) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 44 (UHF, 2000–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2003–2019) |
| America One (2000–2001) | |
Call sign meaning | KX Los Angeles |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55083 |
| ERP | 670 kW |
| HAAT | 901.6 m (2,958 ft) (STA) 937 m (3,074 ft) (CP) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′35.7″N 118°3′59.5″W / 34.226583°N 118.066528°W (STA) 34°13′35.3″N 118°4′0.9″W / 34.226472°N 118.066917°WCoordinates: 34°13′35.3″N 118°4′0.9″W / 34.226472°N 118.066917°W (CP) |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
| Website | www |
KXLA, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 30), is an Ethnic independent television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The station is owned by Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc., whose president and majority owner, Ronald Ulloa, also owns Twentynine Palms-licensed KVMD (channel 31). KXLA's studios are located on Corinth Avenue (near Interstate 405) in West Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
Overview[]
The station first signed on the air in December 2000 as KRPA as an affiliate of America One. The station changed its call letters to KXLA on August 8, 2001 with ethnic programming. The KXLA call sign was previously used by the Pasadena radio station now known as KRDC.
KXLA's transmitter was originally located on Catalina Island at 33°20′59.5″N 118°21′9.4″W / 33.349861°N 118.352611°W, but in 2004 it was moved to Mount Wilson, where most of the other stations in the Los Angeles market transmit.
On May 10, 2018, KXLA's main signal was upgraded from 4:3 standard definition (480i) to 16:9 high definition (720p), which allowed local programming and their local newscasts to be broadcast in widescreen.
Digital television[]
Digital channels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KXLA-DT | Main KXLA-DT programming |
| 44.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Sino TV | Sino TV (Mandarin) |
| 44.3 | SKYLINK | Sky Link TV Channel 3 (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.4 | SKY-CAN | Sky Link TV Channel 2 (Cantonese) | ||
| 44.7 | NTDTV | New Tang Dynasty TV (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.8 | KBS24 | KBS24 (Korean) | ||
| 44.9 | CGNTV | Christian Global Network Television (Korean) |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
KXLA shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 44, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[2] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 51, using PSIP to display KXLA's virtual channel as 44 on digital television receivers.
In popular culture[]
The KXLA call letters were used in fictional form by the television station featured in the film The China Syndrome and the Bewitched TV spinoff Tabitha, with Lisa Hartman-Black in the title role. The call sign was also used by a radio station in the movie Joe Dirt.
Programming[]
Variety Programming[]
On Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., KXLA airs Showbiz India (since July 3, 2021),[3] Namaste America (since August 25, 2012),[4] and Asian Variety Show (since late 2010).
References[]
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KXLA
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ @ShowbizIndiatv (2021-06-25). "On tomorrow's spicy