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KTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company (putting it under common ownership with the Los Angeles Times), KTLA is an affiliate of The CW Television Network. The station's studios located are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson. The station's signal covers the Southern California region and KTLA is also available as a regional superstation via cable and satellite in the United States and Canada.

KTLA was the first commercially licensed television station in the western United States, having begun operations in 1947.

History

Experimental years

Originally owned by Paramount Pictures subsidiary Television Productions, Inc., and located on the Paramount Studios lot, the station was licensed by the Federal Communications Commission in 1939 as experimental station W6XYZ, on channel 4, but did not go on the air until September 1942. Klaus Landsberg, already an accomplished television pioneer at the age of 26, was the original station manager and engineer. On January 22, 1947, it was licensed for commercial broadcast as KTLA on channel 5, becoming the first commercial television station in Los Angeles, the first to broadcast west of the Mississippi River, and the seventh in the United States. Estimates of television sets in the Los Angeles area at the time ranged from 350 to 600.

Bob Hope served as the emcee for KTLA's inaugural broadcast, which was broadcast that evening from a garage on the Paramount Studios lot. The program, titled as the "Western Premiere of Commercial Television", featured appearances from many Hollywood luminaries. Hope delivered what was perhaps the most famous line of the evening when, at the program's start, he identified the new station as "KTL", mistakenly omitting the "A" at the end of the call sign. A 10-minute fragment from KTLA's first broadcast exists at the Paley Center for Media.

KTLA originally carried programming from Paramount's partner, DuMont, but discontinued the practice after the 1947-48 season. Despite this, the FCC still considered KTLA and sister station WBKB (now WBBM-TV) in Chicago to be DuMont owned-and-operated stations because Paramount held a minority stake in DuMont. As a result, the agency would not allow DuMont to buy additional VHF stations—a problem that would later play a large role in the failure of the DuMont network, whose programming was splintered among other Los Angeles stations until the network's demise in 1956. Paramount even launched a short-lived "Paramount Television Network" in 1948, with KTLA and WBKB as its flagship stations. The programming service never gelled into a true television network, but during KTLA's early years, the station produced over a dozen series seen in syndication in many parts of the U.S. Among these series were Armchair Detective, Bandstand Revue, Dixie Showboat, Frosty Frolics, Hollywood Reel, Hollywood Wrestling, Latin Cruise, Movietown, RSVP, Olympic Wrestling, Sandy Dreams, and Time for Beany.

In 1958, KTLA moved to the Paramount Sunset Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, originally the Warner Bros. Sunset Studios. For many years, those who have worked on Stage 6 at KTLA have been told that it was the site of filming Al Jolson's landmark film The Jazz Singer in 1927; Mark Evanier, who wrote for one such show in 1978, points out on his website that Stage 6 didn't even exist at the time The Jazz Singer was produced and the actual location used was probably what is now Stage 9.

Golden West Broadcasters

In 1964, KTLA was purchased by actor and singer Gene Autry and merged with his other broadcasting properties (including Los Angeles' KMPC radio) into an umbrella company, Golden West Broadcasters. From 1964 to 1995, the station was the broadcast television home of the Los Angeles/California Angels baseball team, which was also owned by Autry. KTLA carried selected Los Angeles Lakers games from the early- to mid-1970s. During the 1970s, KTLA became one of the nation's first superstations, and was eventually carried on cable systems across much of the country west of the Mississippi.

In the late 1960s and 1970s, KTLA sought a different programming strategy from the competition. It would emphasize syndicated reruns of off-network programs (with a heavy emphasis on western-themed programs such as The Gene Autry Show), first-run talk shows, movies, and sports programming. Children's programming, with the exception of weekend morning Popeye cartoons (which originally came from former parent Paramount, but had been sold off to what became the syndication arm of United Artists Television), were also phased out. It also launched a 10 p.m. newscast in the mid-1960s, the simply-titled News at Ten (also known over the years as The George Putnam News, NewsWatch and KTLA Prime News).

A Tribune Broadcasting station

In 1983, Golden West sold KTLA to investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $245 million. In 1985, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts sold KTLA to Tribune Broadcasting, for a then-record price of $510 million. Under Tribune, KTLA continued to acquire high rated off-network sitcoms as well as talk shows. In July 1991, KTLA added the first live, local morning newscast in the Los Angeles market, the KTLA Morning News, to compete with the network morning shows on KABC-TV, KCBS-TV and KNBC. At first, the KTLA Morning News suffered from low ratings. However, the ability to cover breaking news live (as opposed to the network morning programs, which were aired on a three-hour tape delay) attracted more viewers to the program. As time went on, the KTLA Morning News has enjoyed great ratings success, generally ranking number one in its main 7-9 a.m. time period. The program's success spawned rival KTTV to launch its own local morning program, Good Day L.A., in 1993.

In March 1991, KTLA was the first station to air the infamous video of the Rodney King beating by Los Angeles police. From 1994 to 1995, the station aired gavel to gavel coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial anchored by Marta Waller. Also around 1995, KTLA introduced a midday newscast at noon, but was discontinued sometime in 1997 (this was revived on April 1, 2009, with the launch of an hour-long midday newscast at 1 p.m. on weekdays).

The WB comes to KTLA

On January 11, 1995, KTLA became a charter affiliate of The WB Television Network, in which station parent Tribune Company held a 25% ownership stake. That fall, KTLA added afternoon cartoons from Kids' WB, entering the weekday children's television business for the first time in many years. KTLA also broadcasts the annual Tournament of Roses Parade from Pasadena as well. The station has aired the Rose Parade since 1948, and while other local stations also broadcast the parade over the years, KTLA remains the sole English-language outlet in the Los Angeles area to continuously broadcast the event. The station also served as host broadcaster of the Hollywood Christmas Parade, which was later syndicated to all Tribune-owned stations.

Tribune Company purchased the Times-Mirror Company (then-owners of the Los Angeles Times) in 2000, bringing the Times into common ownership with channel 5; the arrangement placed the Times under the ownership of another Los Angeles area station, as it was the original owner of Los Angeles' Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV from 1949 (under a joint venture with CBS through 1951) until it sold the station to Fox Television Stations predessor Metromedia in 1963.

KTLA launched a new branding campaign in January 2005, which omitted all references to its position on over-the-air channel 5 (although when the station became a CW affiliate the following year, the channel 5 reference would return). It adopted a new logo, and became known on the air as KTLA, The WB: Where L.A. Lives. The new look also featured a brand new black and orange color scheme for news broadcasts and other functions of the network.

On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. Television unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation announced that the two companies would be merging the operations of their respectively-owned broadcast networks, The WB and UPN, into a joint-venture called The CW Television Network. Through a ten-year affiliation agreement between the network and Tribune that saw all except three of Tribune's WB affiliates join The CW, KTLA became the Los Angeles affiliate of the new network. The station rebranded itself as "KTLA 5 The CW" on September 17, 2006 after The Night of Favorites and Farewells.

KTLA today

Today, KTLA is a typical network affiliate, running the usual blend of syndicated shows, first-run primetime programming from The CW, and early morning and evening newscasts. KTLA was the over-the-air home of the Los Angeles Clippers; the station carried Clippers games from 1985 to 1991, and again in 2002 to 2009, and was also the TV home of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1993 to 2001. Although not as widespread in national carriage as its Chicago sister station, WGN-TV, KTLA is available via satellite as a superstation, throughout North America on Ku-band, C-band, and Dish Network systems, as well as on cable systems in selected cities throughout the Southwestern part of the United States and in Canada nationwide.

KTLA offers 55 hours per week of local news, the most of any Los Angeles television station. The KTLA Morning News is the number one-rated local morning show according to the February 2011 Nielsen ratings.

KTLA's facility is also home to Sunset Bronson Studios (formerly Tribune Studios), where shows such as Greed, Fox's Celebrity Boxing specials, WKRP in Cincinnati, Judge Judy, Hannah Montana, Solid Gold, Name That Tune, Family Feud, Win Ben Stein's Money, Lingo, The Newlywed Game, MADtv, Judge Joe Brown, Let's Make a Deal, Family Game Night and Pictureka! have been produced over the years. KTLA is currently the only Los Angeles area broadcaster based in Hollywood as many other television and radio stations have moved to locations in other parts of the region. On February 14, 2008, Tribune Company announced the sale of Tribune Studios and related real estate in Los Angeles to Hudson Capital LLC for $125 million.

There had been speculation that KTLA might move into the Los Angeles Times Building in Downtown Los Angeles and combining operations and staff with the Los Angeles Times newspaper; this arrangement is also used by two other Tribune combined newspaper/broadcast operations; Miami's WSFL-TV is based in the building of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, while WTIC-TV/WTXX moved into new facilities in the Hartford Courant building in December 2009.

On January 22, 2007, KTLA celebrated its 60th anniversary of continuous broadcasting in Los Angeles. Two days later, on January 24, 2007, KTLA was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the first television entity to receive such an honor. In addition to the station itself, six other individuals associated with the station—former owner Gene Autry, newsmen Hal Fishman, George Putnam, Stan Chambers and Larry McCormick, and KTLA founder Klaus Landsberg—have received stars on the Walk of Fame. In addition, KTLA continued its celebration on the weekend after Thanksgiving by airing a 60-hour marathon of classic shows that aired on KTLA in the past. KTLA also aired retrospectives of historic Los Angeles news stories during its weekend newscasts. However, the retro news segments were canceled on November 24 due to extensive coverage of the Corral Canyon fire in Malibu, California. Among the programs shown during the marathon were The Honeymooners, The Jack Benny Program, The Little Rascals, Wonder Woman, and Peter Gunn.

On October 14, 2009, KTLA unveiled a new logo and a redesigned news set, bringing back the classic stylized number "5" previously used by the station from 1981 to 1997, and eliminating The CW network logo from regular usage (though it is still used in promotions for network programs). The "LA" in the KTLA callsign is in bold lettering to emphasize the station's Los Angeles location and coverage area, similar to a previous logo used from 1997 to 2005.

Digital television

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTLA shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009 at 10:45 p.m., during the KTLA Prime News as part of the digital television transition. Veteran newsman Stan Chambers, who was hired by KTLA almost a year after its launch in 1947 and remained there for more than six decades, was given the honor of "throwing the switch" to the digital signal at its Mount Wilson transmitter site. He pulled up a ceremonial mock switch from the analog to digital position, signaling the engineers to shut down the analog signal. Covering the on-air event for KTLA was reporter Jaime Chambers, Stan's grandson.

Although no mention was made of it beforehand, the analog signal temporarily returned to the air 15 minutes later at 11:00 p.m. to air an analog nightlight video, joining KCBS-TV and KNBC in the post-transition practice. KCBS-TV and sister station KCAL-TV cut their analog signals earlier in the day (1:10 p.m.) while KNBC's analog signal switched to the nightlight video during the station's 11 a.m. newscast.

KTLA broadcasts on digital channel 31 using PSIP to display KTLA's virtual channel as 5. KTLA broadcasts in 1080i high definition on virtual channel 5.1.

News operation

KTLA news anchors Hal Fishman, Larry McCormick, and George Putnam have become icons in Los Angeles television news over the years. Its veteran field reporters have included Stan Chambers (who had been with the station since after its inception in 1947 until his retirement in 2010) and Warren Wilson. Stu Nahan, Keith Olbermann and Ed Arnold (who now anchors KOCE-TV's Real Orange) were formerly the sports anchors. Accompanying his news anchoring career, McCormick also hosted KTLA's own public affairs production called Making It!, which featured stories on the entrepreneurial successes of ethnic minorities. The station briefly ran a noon newscast during the mid-1990s, that was anchored by Marta Waller.

For many years, channel 5's news department was considered the benchmark of Los Angeles television. Its evening news program was often serious and no-nonsense in nature and has received many awards and distinctions. However, KTLA's newscasts have become more tabloid-based in nature in recent years, perhaps to compete with KTTV. Both stations have rivaled each other in ratings for many years. As part of the change, KTLA has placed more emphasis in entertainment news, and has featured personalities including Mindy Burbano Stearns, Zorianna Kitt, and recently Ross King as entertainment reporters.

During the 1970s, KTLA operated a well-equipped helicopter known as the "Telecopter" for its news operations (having debuted in 1958); the Telecopter was the most advanced airborne television broadcast device of its time, but was ultimately sold to another Los Angeles station, KNBC, which flew the Telecopter with pilot Francis Gary Powers and cameraman George Spears until its fatal crash on August 1, 1977.

In 2004, KTLA debuted a reality show segment on its morning news titled "The Audition", in which several actors and actresses competed for a role as weathercaster on the News at Ten. Ross King was the winner in the first installment. Jessica Holmes, of Nickelodeon fame, won the second installment (Holmes now serves as co-anchor of the 9 a.m. hour of the KTLA Morning News. Although KTLA does not cover police pursuits like other stations, it has put more emphasis in local crime stories, as opposed to politics, health, and other serious news. As part of the station's 2005 brand refresh under the "Where L.A. Lives" slogan, KTLA's graphics were significantly modernized, and a new, futuristic-looking set was constructed for its newscasts.

KTLA has also created synergy between Tribune Company entities. For example, entertainment reporter Sam Rubin is often seen on WGN-TV in Chicago. Ron Olsen also frequently reports on upcoming stories in the Los Angeles Times from the paper's headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles. On January 13, 2007, KTLA began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition, becoming the second Los Angeles television station to do so (after KABC-TV).

On July 30, 2007, Hal Fishman anchored what would be his final broadcast for KTLA. Following several days of hospitalization for a liver infection, Fishman died on August 7, 2007. KTLA's newscasts that morning and evening were dedicated to Fishman, for whom the station dedicated its news studio in 2000. After Fishman's passing, KTLA installed longtime Morning Show co-host Carlos Amezcua as the interim co-anchor on Prime News. Local media speculated that Amezcua would be given the assignment permanently, but on September 4, Amezcua announced he would be leaving KTLA to take over as co-anchor of KTTV's 10 p.m. newscast, replacing John Beard. Morning news co-anchor Emmett Miller took over as interim evening anchor, and on December 4 was named as Fishman's permanent replacement.

In February 2008, KTLA reversed a rebranding of its morning newscasts that originally took place with the 2005 brand refresh. The First Edition and Early Edition were retitled as the KTLA Morning News @ 5, KTLA Morning News @ 6, respectively, while the 7-10 a.m. KTLA Morning Show reverted back to its original title as the KTLA Morning News for the 7-9 a.m. portion and was changed to the KTLA Morning News @ 9 for the 9 a.m. hour of the newscast.

After former KCBS/KCAL general manager Don Corsini was appointed as the president and general manager of KTLA in January 2009, the station began a fairly significant expansion of its local news programming during the 2009 calendar year. First on January 19, KTLA soft-launched a nightly half-hour 6:30 p.m. newscast, anchored by Emmett Miller (Jason Martinez took over in the summer of 2009 and since September 2009, it is currently anchored by Micah Ohlman); the 6:30 p.m. newscast became the Southern California region's first local television newscast in that timeslot since the mid-1990s when KCAL-TV and KCBS-TV aired newscasts during this time period before CBS acquired KCAL in 2002. Then on April 1 of that year, the KTLA Morning News was expanded by a half-hour to start at 4:30 a.m. (the 4:30 a.m. newscast is currently anchored by Chris Schauble and Megan Henderson). The station also added an hour-long midday newscast at 1 p.m. (currently anchored by Leila Feinstein and Glen Walker).

On April 4, KTLA expanded the weekend edition of the 6:30 p.m. newscast to a full hour starting at 6 p.m., anchored by Mary Beth McDade and Rick Chambers. This was followed that September with the expansion of the weekday edition of the 6:30 p.m. newscast to one hour starting as 6 p.m., with the new 6 p.m. half-hour originally anchored by Micah Ohlman and Victoria Recano (currently, Ohlman co-hosts the 6 p.m. edition with Cher Calvin and anchors the 6:30 p.m. solo, as Victoria Recano has since left the station). This resulted in KTLA also being the region's first television station to air an hour-long 6 p.m. newscast since the mid-1990s, when KCBS-TV aired an hour-long 6 p.m. newscast that was shortened to 30 minutes in 1999. In October 2009, KTLA unveiled a new set, a graphics package created by Hothaus Creative Design, and custom music package composed by 615 Music.

In April 2011, KTLA added a weekend morning newscast, originally anchored by Chris Burrous and Mary Beth McDade (Wendy Burch has replaced McDade since it was announced; McDade along with Rick Chambers, would be named anchors of the station's weekend evening newscasts). It currently airs on Saturdays from 6-7 a.m. (airing in the early timeslot due to The CW's Toonzai animation block), and on Sundays from 6-9 a.m. This makes KTLA the fourth Tribune-owned station to carry a weekend morning newscast (fellow CW affiliate WGN-TV in Chicago, and Fox affiliates WXIN in Indianapolis and WTIC-TV in Hartford are the others).

In August 2011, KTLA added a two-hour expanded primetime newscast titled the KTLA 5 Sunday Edition from 8-10 p.m. on Sunday evenings, currently anchored by Mary Beth McDade and Rick Chambers. On February 2, 2012, KTLA expanded the weekday edition of the KTLA Morning News to begin at 4 a.m.

Controversies

• In 2004, Zorianna Kit, an entertainment writer for People and The Hollywood Reporter, was installed as an on-air reporter despite her having no television news experience. (Her only previous television experience was as a panelist on the short-lived Movie Club with John Ridley.) Kit then raised ethical questions in January 2005 when she was critical of the appointment of Brad Grey to head Paramount Pictures on the air. She did not tell viewers that her husband, producer Bo Zenga, had sued Grey over profits from the film Scary Movie. The Los Angeles Times reported the issue and in mid-January, Kit apologized on-air. She left KTLA in July 2005.
• In January 2006, KTLA management came under fire for changing the hosts for the station's annual broadcast of the Tournament of Roses Parade. Stephanie Edwards, who emceed the parade for nearly three decades with Bob Eubanks, was moved out of the booth and became a street reporter. She was replaced by Michaela Pereira in the booth. The move was widely seen as insensitive and created a storm of controversy, including a scathing column by Patt Morrison in the Los Angeles Times, which, like KTLA, is owned by the Tribune Company. This situation was made worse by the fact that it was raining that day, and Edwards was forced to stay out in the rain. In 2007, Pereira fully replaced Edwards. However, KTLA management later, in September 2008, announced that Edwards would resume her co-hosting duties with Eubanks for the January 1, 2009 broadcast of the parade. Edwards once again returned to co-host the parade coverage with Eubanks the following year in 2010.
• Another ethical issue bubbled up in late February 2006 when the Pasadena Star-News reported that the three KTLA personalities — Carlos Amezcua, Sam Rubin and Michaela Pereira — accepted free rooms at the recently renovated Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena. The station was broadcasting an entire "Morning News" from Pasadena, although the hotel was not specifically mentioned. Still, it was widely seen as a significant ethical lapse, one that violated Tribune Company guidelines.
• On March 4, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Michaela Pereira had accepted $10,000 worth of furniture for her Pasadena home. The furnishings, delivered in September 2005, were to be part of a "Extreme Home Makeover" segment on the Morning News. But the segment never aired and the furniture company was never paid. The company said that it was under the impression that the work was in exchange for favorable coverage.
• In a 2007 MSNBC.com investigation into partisan journalists and newspersons who donate to political parties and causes, KTLA news writer Diana Chi was found to have donated to the Republican National Committee 19 times between 2002-2006.
• The Los Angeles Times reported that weekend anchor Lu Parker began a relationship with Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, in March 2009. Her employer KTLA was reportedly unaware of this fact until May 2009. Parker reported several stories on Villaraigosa's political future before being reassigned.

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• Newsroom (1939–1947; as W6XYZ)
• Telenews/Newsreel (1947–1955)
• The News Live on 5 (1955–1962)
• Newspicture 5:30 (1962–1966)
• Big 5 News (1966–1969)
• The News (1969–1973)
• George Putnam News (1973–1975)
• News Watch (1975–1977)
• (Channel 5/KTLA/KTLA 5) News at Ten (1977–2005 and 2009–present)
• KTLA Morning News (1991–2006 and 2008–present)
• KTLA Prime News (2005–2009)
• KTLA 5 Morning Show (2006–2008; formerly used for the 7-10 a.m. portion of the news)
• KTLA 5 News (2009–present)

Station slogans

• "The Number One Prime Time News Hour" (1969–1995)
• "L.A.'s Very Own" (1990–1993; variant of sister station WGN-TV's slogan "Chicago's Very Own")
• "You'll Find Your Friends on KTLA 5" (1995–1996; localized version of The WB ad campaign)
• "KTLA 5, LA's WB" (1995–2004)
• "We Stand Out on KTLA 5" (1996–1997; localized version of The WB ad campaign)
• "KTLA, The WB, Where L.A. Lives" (2005–2006)
• "KTLA 5, The CW, Where L.A. Lives" (2006–2009)
• "L.A.'s Local News Leader" (2009–2010)
• "Get Connected" (2010–present)

On-air staff

Current on-air staff

Anchors

• Frank Buckley - weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (7-9 a.m.)
• Wendy Burch - weekend mornings on KTLA Morning News; also weekday reporter and fill-in traffic anchor
• Chris Burrous - weekend mornings on KTLA Morning News; also weekday reporter
• Cher Calvin - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
• Rick Chambers - weekends at 6, 6:30 and 10 p.m., and Sundays on KTLA 5 Sunday Editon (8-10 p.m.); also weekday reporter
• Leila Feinstein - weekdays at 1 p.m.; also health reporter
• Megan Henderson - weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (4-7 a.m.)
• Jessica Holmes - weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (9-10 a.m.); also weekday 1 p.m. entertainment reporter and fill-in anchor for Megan Henderson and Michaela Pereira
• Mary Beth McDade - weekends at 6 and 10 p.m., and Sunday evenings on KTLA 5 Sunday Edition (8:-10 p.m.); also weekday reporter
• Micah Ohlman - weeknights at 6, 6:30 and 10 p.m.
• Michaela Pereira - weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (7-10 a.m.)
• Chris Schauble - weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (4-7 a.m.)
• Glen Walker - weekdays at 1 p.m.; also reporter

KTLA 5 Weather

• Jim Castillo (AMS Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; Wednesday-Fridays at 1, weekends at 6 and 10 p.m., and Sunday evenings on KTLA 5 Sunday Editon (8-10 p.m.)
• Liberte Chan - weather anchor; weekend mornings on KTLA Morning News; also weekday reporter
• Henry Dicarlo (AMS Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (4-7 a.m.)
• Jessica Holmes - weather anchor; Mondays and Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
• Vera Jimenez - meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
• Mark Kriski - weather anchor; weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (7-10 a.m.)

Sports team

• Derrin Horton - sports anchor; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
• Steve Hartman - sports anchor; weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (5-7 a.m.)
• Rebecca Hall - sports anchor; weekends at 6 and 10 p.m.

5 LIVE Traffic

• Chris Burrous - weekend mornings KTLA Morning News (6-7 a.m. Saturdays and 6-9 a.m. Sundays)
• Jim Castillo - Wednesday-Fridays at 1 and weekends at 6 and 10 p.m., and Sundays on KTLA 5 Sunday Edition (8-10 p.m.)
• Ginger Chan - weekday mornings on KTLA Morning News (4-10 a.m.)
• Jessica Holmes - Mondays and Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
• Vera Jimenez - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.

Reporters

• Gayle Anderson - weekday morning and "Gayle on the Go" feature reporter
• David Begnaud - general assignment reporter
• Carolyn Costello - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Rich DeMuro - technology reporter
• Elizabeth Espinosa - general assignment reporter
• Jennifer Gould - general assignment reporter (married to Mark Kriski - weather anchor; weekday mornings)
• Don Guevara - general assignment reporter (per-diem)
• Jane King - NYSE business reporter
• Doug Kolk - general assignment reporter
• Rebecca Hall - general assignment and sports reporter
• David Lazarus - consumer reporter
• Allie MacKay - general assignment and "Allie at Work" feature reporter
• Dave Mecham - general assignment reporter
• Manny Medrano - "Inside the Law" reporter
• Jim Nash - general assignment reporter
• Olga Ospina - general assignment reporter (per-diem)
• Lu Parker - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Christina Pascucci - general assignment reporter
• Lynette Romero - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Sam Rubin - entertainment reporter
• Eric Spillman - weekday morning reporter; also fill-in anchor
• Sara Welch - general assignment reporter
• Chris Wolfe - general assignment reporter
• Chip Yost - general assignment reporter

Sky 5 HD

• Mark Kono - pilot/reporter; weekday mornings KTLA Morning News (5:00-9:00 a.m.)
• Tim Lynn - pilot/reporter; weeknights at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m.

Notable former on-air staff

• Carlos Amezcua (now with KTTV-TV Los Angeles)
• Ed Arnold (now with KOCE-TV anchoring Real Orange)
• Asha Blake
• Jann Carl (later with Entertainment Tonight)
• Stan Chambers (retired)
• Richard de Mille (deceased)
• Tom Duggan (deceased)
• Dick Enberg (now doing play-by-play for San Diego Padres, and sports anchor for CBS Sports)
• Giselle Fernández
• Hal Fishman (deceased)
• Lissette Gonzalez
• Tom Harmon (deceased)
• Tom Hatten
• Desiree Horton
• Brad Johnson (deceased), announcer and stage manager; also played Deputy Lofty Craig on the syndicated series Annie Oakley
• Ross King
• Dick Lane (deceased)
• Dave Malkoff (now at NBC's The Weather Channel)
• Rory Markas (deceased)
• Larry McCormick (deceased)
• Brett Miller
• Emmett Miller
• Keith Olbermann
• Stu Nahan (deceased)
• Ron Olsen
• George Putnam (deceased)
• Victoria Recano
• Clete Roberts (deceased)
• Brandon Rudat
• Michele Ruiz
• Willa Sandmeyer
• Bob Starr (deceased)
• Bill Stout (deceased)
• Tom Snyder (deceased)
• Sharon Tay (now with KCBS/KCAL in Studio City (Los Angeles))
• Marta Waller
• Jane Wells (now with CNBC)
• Jennifer York

Rebroadcasters

KTLA is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

In popular culture

KTLA gained a bit of notoriety among fans of the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 on November 30, 1991 with the airing of their mockery of the movie War of the Colossal Beast. In the movie, there are scenes of a KTLA news anchor predicting where the title character Glen Manning will end up next. That anchor is the real KTLA reporter Stan Chambers. The anchor ends up pronouncing the station's call letters as "KIT-lah". In a skit segment later in the show, Joel Robinson, portrayed by Joel Hodgson, mocks the anchor's "KTLA Predicts" style of newsreading and parodies The Amazing Criswell. The phrase "KTLA Predicts" became a catchphrase among fans of the show.

During the 1950s, while Paramount owned the station, that company was also producing Popeye cartoons. In one cartoon, "Punch and Judo" (1951), Popeye's nephews turn on their television to "chanel number 5" (not the perfume, but channel 5 – KTLA).

KTLA has also been featured in other media (usually with its newscasts). Hal Fishman was featured reporting for Channel 5 News at Ten in the movie Malibu's Most Wanted. In one scene in the 2002 movie Showtime, the KTLA SkyCam 5 (later renamed the KTLA HD Telecopter, now renamed to Sky 5 HD) was seen among a group of helicopters surrounding the Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.

A fictionalized version of KTLA is seen on occasion on the Nickelodeon TV show Big Time Rush. It is identified as KULA and is seen on channel 6 instead of 5.

Another fictionalized version of KTLA is seen in the movie Blue Thunder. It is identified as KBLA and is seen on channel 8 not 5.

In the film Friends with Benefits, Dylan (Justin Timberlake), and Jamie (Mila Kunis) are on KTLA News.

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7. ^ Roman, James (2005). From Daytime to Primetime: the History of American Television Programs. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-313-36169-2.
8. "Spinning the Dial", Long Beach Independent, p. 34, 1951-01-24
9. ^ "Para Mapping Kine Network". Billboard: 13, 43. 1949-09-17. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
10. Old TV Tickets
11. "Golden West gets KTLA(TV) for $12 million." Broadcasting, November 4, 1963, pp. 68-69.
12. "FCC okays Golden West purchase of KTLA(TV)." Broadcasting, May 18, 1964, pg. 65.
13. http://www.cartoonresearch.com/paramount.html
15. "Autry, Signal principal players in record TV deal." Broadcasting, November 1, 1982, pp. 23-24.
16. "KTLA(TV) to change hands in largest station sale ever." Broadcasting, April 4, 1983, pg. 131.
17. "$510 million's the mark to beat now." Broadcasting, May 20, 1985, pp. 39-40.
18. "FCC gives go-ahead to KTLA(TV) sale." Broadcasting, October 7, 1985, pg. 32.
19. UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network, The New York Times, January 24, 2006.
20. Plus for KTLA, Minus for KCOP, Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2006.
21. Tribune sells L.A.'s Tribune Studios, will buy real estate from Chandler family - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals
22. "KTLA plans retro holiday weekend", Variety, November 21, 2007.
23. KTLA: Antenna TV is coming to digital channel 5.2 on January 1 2011
24. "This TV Clears 60%". Broadcasting & Cable. January 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
25. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
26. KTLA: Stan and Jaime Chambers Switch KTLA Over to Digital, from KTLA website, accessed June 13, 2009.
27. YouTube video of analog TV shutoffs in Los Angeles
28. CDBS Print<
29. Durable anchor fought TV fluff, Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2007.
30. "KTLA morning news anchor jumps ship for slot at rival KTTV". Los Angeles Times. September 5, 2007.
31. Schneider, Michael (September 4, 2007). "KTLA's Carlos Amezcua hops to KTTV". Variety.
32. Adalian, Josef (December 4, 2007). "KTLA replaces Fishman with Miller". Variety.
33. Don Corsini takes KTLA post, Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2009.
34. KTLA's new boss revs up the newsroom, Variety, February 4, 2009.
35. KTLA Channel 5 expands morning news block to weekends, Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
36. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2005/03/zorianna_kit_a.html
37. http://hollywoodhotline.typepad.com/watcher/2006/03/questions_on_ma.html
38. http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-channel4mar04,0,1560547.story?coll=cl-music
39. http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=chi&first=diana
40. Willon, Phil (June 2, 2009). "L.A. mayor is dating local newscaster". Los Angeles Times.
41. KTLA News Watch 1978
42. KTLA Channel 5 News @ 10PM Open Late 70s Early 80s
43. KTLA 5 News at 10 2000 Open
44. KTLA 1995 6am News Open
45. KTLA Prime News HD Open 2008
46. KTLA 5 News Opens
47. KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles 60 year spot
48. On-Air Talent
49. http://latvlegends.com/TomHatten/TOMHAT.htm
50. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K35BQ
51. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K48AD
52. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K40HX
53. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K03EK
54. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K05FO
55. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K39HT-D
56. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K16FI
57. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K29GK
58. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K29GO
59. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K32EX
60. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K58GH

External links

• Official website
• Template:TVQ
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• "Look Out, W6XAO, Here Comes Paramount" Metropolitan News-Enterprise column on KTLA when it broadcast as experimental TV station W6XYZ, taking on the sole existing experimental station in L.A. (now KCBS).
• "A Tale of Two Stations" Metropolitan News-Enterprise column on operations in the 1940s of the stations that are now KTLA, Channel 5 (then W6XYZ, Channel 4) and KCBS, Channel 2 (then W6XAO, Channel 1)
• KTLA archived television icons, 1942-1972
• KTLA logos and screenshots from the 1950s to the present day

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