KXLA (channel 44) is an
television station
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licensed to
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States, serving the
Los Angeles
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area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network
LATV. 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
America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary. . The station changed its
call letters
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to KXLA on August 8, 2001, with
ethnic
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programming. The KXLA call sign was previously used by the
Pasadena radio station now known as
KWVE.
KXLA's transmitter was originally located on
Catalina Island at , 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 transitioned from 4:3 to 16:9, which allowed local programming and their local newscasts to be broadcast in
widescreen
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.
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''.
Technical information
Subchannels
KXLA presents eight subchannels on the
multiplex
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Science and technology
* Multiplex communication, combining many signals into one transmission circuit or channel
** Multiplex (television), a group of digital television or radio channels that are combined for broadcast
* ...
shared with KJLA:
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.
The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 51, using
virtual channel
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44.
References
External links
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2000 establishments in California
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Television channels and stations established in 2000
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