KXLA
| Rancho Palos Verdes/Los Angeles, California United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
| Channels |
Digital: 51 (UHF) Virtual: 44 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Asian/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 (2000-01) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 937 m |
| 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 |
KXLA, virtual channel 44 (UHF digital) this station airs both Asian programming 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 Huntington Beach-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 KDIS and in fictional form by the television station featured in the film The China Syndrome. 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 | 480i | 4:3 | KXLA | Asian/Infomercials |
| 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 | IAVC | ICN (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.7 | NTDTV | New Tang Dynasty TV (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.8 | KBS24 | KBS24 (Korean) | ||
| 44.9 | GETV | G&E (Mandarin) | ||
| 44.10 | H&S | H&S (Korean) | ||
| 44.11 | KXLA-DT 11 | Infomercials |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KXLA-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 44, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 51.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 44.
References
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KXLA
- ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.