KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW. It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the second-largest operated property after WPIX in New York City. KTLA's studios are located at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
W6XYZ
1942–1947
Before its foundation, KTLA was an experimental TV station under the callsign of W6XYZ licensed by the FCC in 1939, broadcasting on VHF channel 4; it did not sign on the air until September 1942.
KTLA
1947–1955
KTLA was officially signed on the air on January 22, 1947, moved to VHF Channel 5, making the first commercial TV station not only in Los Angeles, but in California, located in the Pacific Time Zone, and the callsign starting with "K" (west of the Mississippi River). It's also the eighth commercial TV station in the United States, after WTTG in Washington, D.C., WBKB-TV (now WBBM-TV) in Chicago, WPTZ (now KYW-TV) in Philadelphia, WRGB in Schenectady, New York, and three TV stations in New York City: WNBT (now WNBC), WCBW (now WCBS-TV), and WABD (now WNYW). For many years, KTLA was based on the studio campus of Paramount Pictures, and although it formerly operated the station through its former TV network division, the station was owned by DuMont.
1955–1956
BETTER LOGO NEEDED
1956–1959
SVG NEEDED
1959–1961
SVG NEEDED
1961–1963
SVG NEEDED
1963–1964
SVG NEEDED
1964–1977
1977–1981
1981–1997
1981–1995
Although this logo is no longer in use, it still appears on the KTLA Tower.
1995–1997
On November 2, 1993, the Warner Bros. Television division of Time Warner and the Tribune Company announced the formation of The WB Television Network. KTLA became a network affiliate for the first time in 47 years when The WB launched on January 11, 1995, adopting a logo.
1997–2005
2005–2009
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
FF TradeMarker Simian Display
Launched:
January 3, 2005
KTLA launched an entirely new logo and a new slogan "where _LA lives." in January 2005.
2009–present
2009–2016
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
October 14, 2009
On October 14, 2009, KTLA revived the classic "5" logo used from 1981 to 1997, with most of the beveling (often rendered in print advertising and IDs during the early and mid-1980s as negative space) removed.
1Owns a 75% stake of the network, the other 12.5% stake is co-owned between Paramount Skydance Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery. 2Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, in which Nexstar owns 31% while Warner Bros. Discovery owns the remaining 69%. 3Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 4Nexstar operates this station owned by Cunningham Broadcasting. 5Nexstar operates this station owned by White Knight Broadcasting through an SSA. 6Nexstar operates this station owned by Vaughan Media. 7Predecessor company of LIN Media. 8Nexstar operates this station owned by Londen Media Group. 9Nexstar operates this station owned by Gray Media through an SSA. 10Nexstar operates this station owned by American Spirit Media through an SSA. 11The station is yet to be sold to a third party as a condition of the Nexstar-Tegna merger. 12Co-owned by Cox Communications.
Notes Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area. +Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus. +1Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel. 1Local CW affiliate carries only sports programming.
