KXLA
| Rancho Palos Verdes/Los Angeles, California United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
| Channels |
Digital: 51 (UHF) (to move to 30 (UHF)) Virtual: 44 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Asian Language and Infomercials |
| Owner |
Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc. (Ronald Ulloa) |
| First air date | December 2000 |
| Call letters' meaning | KX Los Angeles |
| Sister station(s) | KVMD, KJLA |
| Former callsigns | KRPA (2000–2001) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 44 (UHF, 2000–2009) |
| Former affiliations | America One (2000-2001) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 937 m (3,074 ft) |
| Facility ID | 55083 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′35.3″N 118°3′57.7″W / 34.226472°N 118.066028°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | http://www.kxlatv.com/ |
KXLA, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital channel 51) airs Asian and Infomercials. KXLA is licensed to Rancho Palos Verdes, California USA. The station is owned by Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc., whose president and majority owner is Ronald Ulloa, who also owns Twentynine Palms-based KVMD (channel 31). KXLA's studios are located on Corinth Avenue in West Los Angeles (near Interstate 405), 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 letters were previously used by the Pasadena radio station now known as KRDC and 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. 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.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KXLA | Asian language/Paid Programming |
| 44.2 | 480i | 4:3 | H&S | Sino TV (Mandarin) |
| 44.3 | SKYLINK | Sky Link TV Channel 3 (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.4 | SKY-CAN | Sky Link TV Channel 2 (Cantonese) | ||
| 44.5 | ARRANG | Arirang TV (Korean/English) | ||
| 44.6 | SonLife | SonLife Broadcasting Network | ||
| 44.7 | NTDTV | New Tang Dynasty TV www | ||
| 44.8 | KBS24 | KBS24 (Korean) | ||
| 44.9 | GETV | G&E (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.10 | 16:9 | QVC PLUS | QVC Plus (Shopping) | |
| 44.11 | 4:3 | IDJ | Iglesia de Jesucristo Canaan (Spanish religious) | |
| 44.12 | EVINE | Evine Live (Shopping) |
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.
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.