KXLA

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.

KXLA
Rancho Palos Verdes/Los Angeles, California
United States
CityRancho Palos Verdes, California
ChannelsDigital: 30 (UHF)
(shared with KJLA)
Virtual: 44 (PSIP)
Programming
SubchannelsSee below
AffiliationsEthnic Independent
Ownership
OwnerRonald Ulloa
(Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc.)
KVMD, KJLA
History
First air date
December 2000 (2000-12)
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 ID55083
ERP670 kW
HAAT901.6 m (2,958 ft) (STA)
937 m (3,074 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates34°13′35.7″N 118°3′59.5″W (STA)
34°13′35.3″N 118°4′0.9″W (CP)
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.kxlatv.com

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, 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 signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
44.1720p16:9KXLAEthnic Independent
44.2480i4:3H&SSino TV (Mandarin)
44.3SKYLINKSky Link TV Channel 3 (Mandarin)
44.4SKY-CANSky Link TV Channel 2 (Cantonese)
44.5ARRANGArirang TV (Korean/English)
44.6SonLifeSonLife Broadcasting Network
44.7NTDTVNew Tang Dynasty TV (Mandarin)
44.8KBS24KBS24 (Korean)
44.9GETVG&E (Mandarin)
44.1016:9QVC PLUSQVC2 (Shopping)
44.114:3IDJIglesia de Jesucristo Canaan (Spanish religious)
44.12SHOPHQShopHQ (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.

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.

References
  1. RabbitEars TV Query for KXLA
  2. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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