KFLA-LD
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| Los Angeles, California United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Los Angeles, California |
| Channels | Digital: 8 (VHF) |
| Subchannels |
8.1 The Country Network 8.2 Corner Store TV 8.3 RTV 8.4 Biz Television 8.5 Jewelry Television 8.6 Rev'n Television |
| Affiliations | (as listed above) |
| Owner |
KFLA Television (Roy William Mayhugh) |
| Call letters' meaning | K F Los Angeles |
| Former callsigns |
K65AM (until 2006) K08NZ-D (2006-2007) |
| Former channel number(s) | 65, 8, 52 (to Dec. 31, 2011) |
| Former affiliations |
Translator (KCAL-TV) (until 2006) PBS (via KCET) (2006-2007) America One (2007-2010) WSTV (2007-2010) |
| Transmitter power | 0.3 kW |
| Height | 933.0 m |
| Facility ID | 28566 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′55″N 118°4′18″W / 34.23194°N 118.07167°W |
| Website | KFLA Los Angeles |
KFLA-LD is a digital low-power television station licensed to Los Angeles, California. It currently broadcasts The Country Network on its main channel (8.1), Corner Store TV on 8.2, RTV on 8.3, Biz Television on 8.4, Jewelry Television on 8.3, and Rev'n Television on 8.6[1] The station broadcasts digitally on VHF channel 8, and is the first station located at Mount Wilson to broadcast solely with a digital signal.
History
KFLA was originally owned by the Indian Wells Valley TV Booster, providing over-the-air reception of KCAL-TV to the Indian Wells Valley. On January 17, 2005, the station was sold to Roy William Mayhugh, who then moved the station to its present-day channel. Soon after, the station moved to Blue Ridge Mountain in Palmdale and began converting operations to flash-cut to digital television. The station successfully flash-cut to digital on May 3, 2006, and temporarily rebroadcast KCET.
On October 17, 2007, the station successfully moved to Mount Wilson, where other Los Angeles-based stations broadcast from, and was affiliated (on 8.1) with the America One network. On April 1, 2010, it changed its entertainment channel (8.3) from WSTV to RTV.
On January 10, 2011, the FCC granted them a STA to operate on an out-of-core digital channel 52, to improve signal strength and to alleviate interference from San Diego's KFMB.[2] However, the station has stated that they must move back to VHF digital channel 8,[3] due to all non-core channels (52-69) being taken out of service by the end of the year (December 31, 2011), and for all Class A, low-power and Broadcast translator stations to convert to digital by 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ "Our Program Channels". KFLA 8 Los Angeles. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101412051&formid=911&fac_num=28566
- ↑ http://www.kfla.tv/Viewer_Notice_1.html
- ↑ http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2011/07/articles/low-power-televisionclass-a-tv/fcc-sets-deadlines-for-lptv-tv-translator-and-class-a-stations-to-convert-to-digital-and-gives-hints-when-television-spectrum-may-be-reclaimed-for-broadband/