Media in Los Angeles

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The media of Los Angeles serve a large population in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles Times Headquarters

The major daily newspaper in the area is the Los Angeles Times. La Opinión is the city's major Spanish-language paper. There are also a wide variety of smaller regional newspapers, alternative weeklies and magazines, including the Los Angeles Daily News (which focuses coverage on the San Fernando Valley), Los Angeles Register, LA Weekly, Los Angeles magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal (legal industry paper), The Hollywood Reporter and Variety (entertainment industry papers), and Los Angeles Downtown News. In addition to the English- and Spanish-language papers, numerous local periodicals serve immigrant communities in their native languages, including Korean, Persian, Russian and Japanese.

Many cities adjacent to Los Angeles also have their own daily newspapers whose coverage and availability overlaps into certain Los Angeles neighborhoods. Examples include the Daily Breeze (serving the South Bay), and The Long Beach Press-Telegram.

Los Angeles arts, culture and nightlife news is also covered by a number of local and national online guides like Time Out Los Angeles, Thrillist, Kristin's List, DailyCandy, LAist, and Flavorpill.[1]

The Los Angeles metro area is served by a wide variety of local television stations, and is the second-largest designated market area in the U.S. with 5,431,140 homes (4.956% of the U.S.).

Los Angeles is the only city to have all 7 VHF allocations possible assigned to it. Other markets have 7 VHF but they are split among different cities. For instance, New York City has 7 VHF allocations but two of these are assigned to cities in New Jersey.

Los Angeles, along with Washington, DC, is one of the few TV markets that did not have a VHF allocation reserved for public broadcasting.

Print media

Daily newspapers

Weekly and monthly newspapers

Magazines

Defunct

Broadcast media

Television stations

Note: Bold letters indicate a network-owned station.

Channel Call Sign Network Digital subchannel Digital Subchannel Digital Subchannel Owner
2 KCBS-TV CBS Decades -- -- CBS Television Stations
(CBS Corporation)
4 KNBC NBC Cozi TV -- -- NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
(NBCUniversal)
5 KTLA The CW Antenna TV This TV -- Tribune Broadcasting
(Tribune Media)
6 KSFV Independent -- -- -- Venture Technologies Group
7 KABC-TV ABC Live Well Network (HD) Laff -- Disney-ABC Television Group
(The Walt Disney Company)
9 KCAL-TV Independent -- -- -- CBS Television Stations
(CBS Corporation)
11 KTTV FOX -- -- -- Fox Television Stations
(21st Century Fox)
13 KCOP MyNetworkTV Buzzr (coming soon) Movies! -- Fox Television Stations
(21st Century Fox)
18 KSCI Independent UTB Hollywood (Japanese channel) -- -- AsianMedia Group
22 KWHY MundoMax Canál 22 -- -- Meruelo Group
24 KVCR-DT PBS-HD PBS-SD KVCR Desert Cities Create TV San Bernardino Community College
25 KNET-CD Independent -- -- -- Venture Technologies Group
27 KNLA-CD Independent -- -- -- Venture Technologies Group
28 KCET Public TV KCETLink V-me NHK World Community Television of Southern California
30 KPXN-TV Ion Qubo ION Life Worship ION Media Networks
31.6 KVMD-DT6 BereaVision Independent BereaVision General Communication Center Berea
33 KSVM-LP Spanish/English Independent -- -- -- LATV Holdings, LLC
34 KMEX-DT Univision Simulcast of KFTR-DT Bounce TV -- Univision Communications
40 KTBN TBN The Church Channel JUCE TV Enlace USA Trinity Broadcasting Network
44 KXLA FCI,[18] KBS,[19] YTN,[20] Saigon TV[21] Arirang TV IAVC (Mandarin) New Tang Dynasty TV Rancho Palos Verdes Broadcasters, Inc.
46 KFTR-DT UniMas -- -- -- Univision Communications
50 KOCE PBS-HD PBS SoCal Plus Daystar World KOCE-TV Foundation
52 KVEA Telemundo -- -- -- NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
(NBCUniversal)
54 KAZA Azteca America -- -- -- Pappas Telecasting Companies
56 KDOC Independent ENSE TV Me-TV The Works Ellis Communications, Inc
57 KJLA LATV LATV Korean International Broadcasting (Korean) Saigon Entertainment Television (Vietnamese) LATV Holdings, LLC
58 KLCS PBS PBS Kids Create MHz WorldView Los Angeles Unified School District
62 KRCA Estrella TV -- -- -- Liberman Broadcasting
63 KBEH Independent -- -- -- HERO Broadcasting, LLC

The following is a list of radio stations which broadcast from and/or are licensed to Los Angeles:

AM

Frequency Callsign[22] Format[23] City of License Notes Ownership
570 KLAC Sports Los Angeles, California Broadcasts from Burbank, California[24] iHeartMedia, Inc.
640 KFI Talk Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
670 KIRN Iranian Ethnic Simi Valley, California - Lotus Communications
710 KSPN Sports Los Angeles, California Broadcasts from Los Angeles, California[25] Disney
740 KBRT Christian Talk Costa Mesa, California Broadcasts from Costa Mesa[26] Crawford Broadcasting
790 KABC Talk Los Angeles, California Broadcasts from Los Angeles[27] Cumulus Media
830 KLAA Sports Orange, California - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
870 KRLA Talk Glendale, California - Salem Communications
900 KALI Spanish Religious West Covina, California - Multicultural Broadcasting
930 KHJ Christian Los Angeles, California - IHR
980 KFWB Sports Los Angeles, California - KFWB Trust
1020 KTNQ Spanish Talk Los Angeles, California - Univision Radio
1070 KNX News Los Angeles, California - CBS Radio
1110 KDIS Kids Pasadena, California - Disney
1150 KEIB Talk Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
1190 KGBN Korean Anaheim, California - Korean Gospel Broadcasting Network
1230 KYPA Korean Los Angeles, California - Multicultural Broadcasting
1260 KMZT Classical Beverly Hills, California - Mt. Wilson Broadcasting
1280 KFRN Christian Long Beach, California - Family Radio
1300 KAZN Mandarin Chinese Pasadena, California - Multicultural Broadcasting
1330 KWKW Spanish Sports Los Angeles, California ESPN Deportes Lotus Communications
1390 KLTX Spanish Christian Long Beach, California Radio Nueva Vida -
1430 KMRB Cantonese Chinese San Gabriel, California - Multicultural Broadcasting
1460 KTYM Urban Gospel Inglewood, California - -
1540 KMPC Korean Los Angeles, California - -
1580 KBLA Spanish Christian Santa Monica, California - Multicultural Broadcasting
1650 KFOX Korean Torrance, California - -

FM

Frequency Callsign[28] Format[23] City of License Notes Ownership
88.1 KKJZ Jazz Long Beach, California - CSU-Long Beach
88.5 KCSN AAA Northridge, California - CSU-Northridge
88.9 KXLU Freeform Los Angeles, California - Loyola Marymount University
89.3 KPCC Public Pasadena, California NPR SCPR
89.9 KCRW Public Santa Monica, California NPR Santa Monica Community College
90.7 KPFK Freeform Los Angeles, California - Radio Pacifica
91.5 KUSC Classical Los Angeles, California - USC
92.3 KRRL Urban Contemporary Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
93.1 KCBS Adult Hits Los Angeles, California - CBS Radio
93.5 KDAY Urban Contemporary Redondo Beach, California - -
93.9 KXOS Regional Mexican Los Angeles, California - Groupo Radio Centro
94.3 KBUA Regional Mexican San Fernando, California - Liberman Broadcasting
94.7 KTWV Urban AC Los Angeles, California - CBS Radio
95.5 KLOS Classic Rock Los Angeles, California - Cumulus Media
96.3 KXOL Spanish Contemporary Los Angeles, California - SBS
97.1 KAMP Top 40 Los Angeles, California - CBS Radio
97.9 KLAX Regional Mexican East Los Angeles, California - SBS
98.3 KRCV Spanish Adult Hits West Covina, California - Univision Radio
98.7 KYSR Alternative Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
99.5 KKLA Christian Talk Los Angeles, California - Salem Communications
100.3 KSWD Classic Rock Los Angeles, California - Bonneville International
101.1 KRTH Classic Hits Los Angeles, California - CBS Radio
101.9 KSCA Regional Mexican Glendale, California - Univision Radio
102.3 KJLH Urban AC Compton, California - Taxi Communications
102.7 KIIS Top 40 Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
103.1 KDLD Spanish Adult Hits Santa Monica, California Simulcast of KLYY[23] Entravision
103.5 KOST Adult Contemporary Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
103.9 KRCD Spanish Adult Hits Inglewood, California - Univision Radio
104.3 KBIG HOT AC Los Angeles, California - iHeartMedia, Inc.
104.7 KCAQ Rhythmic Contemporary Oxnard, California - Gold Broadcasters
105.1 KKGO Country Los Angeles, California - Mt. Wilson Broadcasting
105.5 KBUE Regional Mexican Long Beach, California - Liberman Broadcasting
105.9 KPWR Rhythmic Contemporary Los Angeles, California - Emmis
106.7 KROQ Alternative Pasadena, California - CBS Radio
107.1 KSSE Spanish Contemporary Arcadia, California - Entravision
107.5 KLVE Spanish Contemporary Los Angeles, California - Univision Radio

Internet radio

See also

References

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External links

  1. http://beta.flavorpill.com/losangeles
  2. Korea Herald Business
  3. The Los Angeles Bulletin
  4. Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  5. About Us | Park Labrea News/ Beverly Press
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Eastern Group Publications - About Us
  7. India Journal - Subscribe
  8. L.A. Watts Times
  9. Asian Journal Digital Editions
  10. The Los Angeles Independent - About
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Los Angeles Wave - eEditions
  12. About Us | Park Labrea News/ Beverly Press
  13. 13.0 13.1 Valley News Group - About us
  14. Angeleno magazine
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 Westside Today - Letter From The Publisher
  16. The Reader Magazine
  17. Los Angeles Confidential
  18. http://www.fujisankei.com
  19. http://www.kbs.co.kr
  20. http://www.ytn.co.kr
  21. http://saigontivi.com/index.html
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