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KTTV (channel 11) is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California. Serving the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area, KTTV is a sister station to KCOP-TV (channel 13), Los Angeles's MyNetworkTV station. The two stations share studio facilities within the Fox Television Center in West Los Angeles, and KTTV's transmitter is located on Mount Wilson.

KTTV
ATSC 3.0 station
Fts-los-angeles-a
Los Angeles, California
Branding Fox 11 Los Angeles
Slogan The Ones to Watch (general)
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 11
Translators (see article)
Affiliations 11.1 - Fox

11.2 - TheGiroTV Fox Weather

11.4 - Decades

Owner Fox Television Stations

(Fox Television Stations, Inc.)

First air date January 1, 1949
Call letters' meaning Times TeleVision (for its founding owner, the Los Angeles Times)
Sister station(s) KCOP-TV
Former channel number(s) Analog: 11 (VHF, 1949–2009)

Digital: 65 (UHF, 1998–2009)

Former affiliations CBS (1949–1951)

DuMont (1951–1954)Independent (1954–1986)

Transmitter power 115 kW
Height 920 m
Facility ID 22208
Transmitter coordinates 34°13′29″N 118°3′47″W
Website www.foxla.com

In the few areas of the western United States where viewers cannot receive Fox network programs over-the-air, KTTV is available on satellite via DirecTV.

History[]

120px-KTTV Test Pattern

This KTTV test pattern (c. 1949) highlights the station's early dual-ownership.

KTTV began operations on January 1, 1949, and was operated initially by KTTV, Incorporated, jointly owned by the Times-Mirror Company, publishers of the Los Angeles Times (51 percent), and CBS (49 percent). As such, KTTV was the original Los Angeles affiliate of the CBS television network. During their partnership, the Times turned down at least two offers CBS made to purchase KTTV outright. The joint partnership lasted exactly two years, until January 1, 1951, when CBS sold its stake in channel 11 back to Times-Mirror. CBS then moved its programming to newly-acquired KTSL (channel 2, later KNXT and now KCBS-TV). From that point, KTTV carried many of the programs from the DuMont Television Network for the next three years.

In 1954 DuMont moved its affiliation to KHJ-TV (channel 9, now KCAL-TV), and KTTV became an independent television station. During the late 1950s, the station was briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[1] In 1958, channel 11 became the television home of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team (which had relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles that year), and the relationship between KTTV and the Dodgers would last until 1992.

The Times-Mirror Company sold the station to Metromedia in 1963. For many years, KTTV televised the Tournament of Roses Parade, competing with rival KTLA and others, until 1995.

By the 1970s KTTV offered the traditional independent schedule, consisting of children's programs, off-network reruns, sports programming, and movies, along with a 10:00 p.m. newscast. The station, along with KTLA, KCOP, and KHJ-TV were seen on various cable television outlets in the southwestern United States during the 1970s and into the 1980s, most notably in El Paso, Texas.

Australian newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch and his company, the News Corporation (the controlling owners of the 20th Century Fox film studio), purchased KTTV and the other Metromedia television stations in 1986, and those stations formed the basis for the new Fox television network.

It also added more first-run syndicated shows such as talk shows, court shows, and reality shows. For a while it continued with afternoon cartoons from the network, known as Fox Kids, as well as top rated off-network sitcoms in the evenings.

In Fall 2001, channel 11 dropped the weekday version of Fox Kids and moved it to its longtime rival and new sister station, KCOP (channel 13). The Fox Kids weekday block was ended altogether in January 2002. With the lineup left to air Saturday mornings under the name change to Fox Box, then 4Kids TV, KTTV brought Fox children's programming back to the lineup. After the dissolution of 4Kids in January 2009, the station now carries the network's Weekend Marketplace infomercial block and airs the bare minimum of E/I content required byFederal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations.

KTTV also runs reruns of another sitcom, I Love Lucy, which had premiered months after the station lost its CBS affiliation. Reruns of the sitcom, which was filmed in Hollywood, are still popular among Southern California viewers and have continued to air in the L.A. area endlessly since the series ceased production in 1957, thus making KTTV only the second station in Los Angeles (KCBS-TV was the other) to continue airing the sitcom after it ended almost 50 years ago. The station no longer airs "I Love Lucy" Monday-Friday (instead airing in a two-hour block on KCOP), but KTTV does air the landmark sitcom on weekend afternoons, usually between 4 and 6 p.m.

In 1996, the station's longtime home on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, known as "Metromedia Square" (and later renamed the "Fox Television Center") was vacated. KTTV relocated tonew studios a few miles away on South Bundy Drive in West Los Angeles, near the Fox network headquarters (the network's headquarters are on the lot of 20th Century Fox studios). The historic television studio at Metromedia Square, once home to Norman Lear's Tandem Productions and TAT Communications Company, also produced hit programs such as The Jeffersons, Mama's Family, Diff'rent Strokes, One Day at a Time, Hello, Larry, Soul Train, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Small Wonder and the groundbreaking sketch comedy In Living Color. It was demolished in 2003 to make way for a new high school being built by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Digital television[]

KTTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 11, on June 12, 2009,[2][3] as part of the DTV transition in the United States. The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over UHF channel 65, but returned to channel 11 for its post-transition operations.[4] KTTV broadcasts in 720p high definition on channel 11.1, since Fox Network programming is broadcast in that particular HD format.

News operation[]

KTTV presently broadcasts 52 hours of local newscasts each week (with 10 hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); this gives KTTV the second-largest local news output of any television station in the Los Angeles market, behind CW affiliate KTLA's 89 hours, 20 minutes of weekly newscasts. As is standard with Fox stations that carry early evening weekend newscasts, KTTV's Saturday and Sunday 5 p.m. newscasts are subject to delay or preemption due to network sports coverage. KTTV operates a Eurocopter A-Star 350 B-1, branded on-air as "SkyFox HD" (pictured right/above), to provide aerial coverage of breaking news stories. KTTV previously operated two helicopters; one of them (known as "Sky Fox 2") was destroyed after it crashed at Van Nuys Airport in 2000.

220px-KTTV Skyfox

SkyFox Eurocopter

Throughout its history, the station has always operated a news department, partly owing to its former ties to the Los Angeles Times (which has been owned by the Tribune Company, owner of rival KTLA, since 2000). KTTV aired an 8 p.m. newscast from 1984 to 1987; it also briefly moved its 10 p.m. newscast to 11 p.m. in 1986, in order to compete with existing local newscasts in that same timeslot on KABC-TV, KNBC and KCBS-TV; the newscast's format initially was unchanged, but the 8 p.m. edition was later dropped while the 11 p.m. newscast reverted to its previous 10 p.m. slot shortly after News Corporation took over Metromedia in 1986. During this time period, the station also experimented with newscasts at midday and midnight.

In June 1993, the station launched a new morning news program called Good Day L.A., a program that was inspired by sister station WNYW's Good Day New York, which debuted in 1988. On July 14, 2008, KTTV launched a half-hour 10 a.m. newscast, following Good Day L.A., as the station's first midday newscast since the mid-1980s; KTTV is currently the only station in Los Angeles to have a local newscast in that timeslot. KTTV and KCOP began producing its local newscasts in high definition on October 15, 2008. On December 1, 2008, KTTV fully took over production of KCOP's 11 p.m. newscast, which was reduced from an hour to 30 minutes and retitled Fox News at 11, marking the end of a KCOP-produced and branded newscast. The newscast on channel 13 then became anchored by KTTV's 10 p.m. anchors Carlos Amezcua and Christine Devine, as it was considered an extension of the earlier newscast (in the case of KCOP, all of its newscasts on that station were eliminated on September 22, 2013).

On December 8, 2008, KTTV debuted a half-hour midday newscast at noon on weekdays. On April 27, 2009, KTTV introduced Good Day L.A. Today, a recap program airing at 12:30 p.m. weekdays that featured select segments featured on that day's edition of Good Day L.A.; that show has since been replaced by TMZ on TV. On April 12, 2010, the station expanded its weekday morning newscast by a half-hour to 4:30 a.m. Until September 12, 2011, KTTV was one of only two Fox owned-and-operated stations (the other being Chicago's WFLD) that did not have an early evening newscast on weeknights and/or weekends; this changed when KTTV launched an hour-long 5 p.m. newscast on that date called Studio 11 L.A. On June 30, 2014 KTTV expanded its noon newscast from 30 minutes to 1 hour.

On April 28, 2016, KTTV changed the name of its 5 p.m. newscast to Fox 11 5:00 News using the same anchors from Studio 11 L.A. Weekend early evening newscasts became known as Fox 11 Weekend News.

In September 2018, KTTV canceled its half-hour 10 a.m. newscast.

On December 10, 2018, Fox 11 Morning News adopted the Good Day L.A. branding, expanding the newscast from 7 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.

On April 1, 2019, Good Day L.A. expands from 4:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.

News investigations[]

Anonymous news report[]

Main article: Anonymous (group) § History

On July 26, 2007, KTTV Fox 11 News aired a report on Anonymous, calling them a group of "hackers on steroids", "domestic terrorists", and collectively an "Internet hate machine". The report, which became the source for numerous internet memes, featured an unnamed former "hacker" who had fallen out with Anonymous and explained his view of the Anonymous culture. In addition, the report also mentioned "raids" on Habbo, a "national campaign to spoil the new Harry Potter book ending", and threats to "bomb sports stadiums".[6]

News/station presentation[]

Newscast titles[]

  • The George Putnam News (1951-1964)
  • Metro News (1970s)
  • LA 11 News (early 1980s)
  • Channel 11 News (1980s)
  • The 10 O'Clock Report (1982–1983)
  • The 10 O'Clock News (1983–1987)
  • The 8 O'Clock News (1984–1986)

Station slogans[]

  • Don't Let Fox 11 Weekend Pass You By (1987–1988; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • Fox 11, This is the Year (1988–1990; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • It's on Fox 11! (1990–1992; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • You're Watching Fox 11 (1992–1993; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • Fox 11, You're Watchin' It (1993–1994; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • It Could Only Happen on Fox 11 (1994; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • The Spirit of Fox 11/We're Gonna Keep It on Fox 11 (1994–1995; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • Fox 11, Cool Like Us/Cool Like Fox 11 (1995–1996; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • Non-Stop Fox 11 (1996–1997; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • Just One Fox 11 (1997–1998; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • Fox 11 NOW (2001–2002; localized version of Fox ad campaign)
  • The Southland's Number One Choice for News (1998–2006)
  • Just You Watch (2002–2006; general slogan)
  • L.A.'s Number One Choice for News (2006–2013; news slogan)
  • So Fox 11 (2008–2016; localized version of Fox ad campaign)

On-air staff[]

Anchors[]

  • Elex Michaelson - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. also host of The Issue Is (2018-present)
  • Marla Tellez - weeknights at 6 p.m. and Good Nite L.A. at 11 p.m.
  • Brooke Thomas - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (4–6 a.m.) 2021-present
  • Bob DeCastro - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (4–6 a.m.) 2004-present
  • Christine Devine - weeknights at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. (1990-present)
  • Araksya Karapetyan - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (9-11 a.m.) and GDLA+ on FOX 11 Plus at 11 a.m. (2012-present)
  • Melvin Robert - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (6-9 a.m.) 2023-present
  • Susan Hirasuna - weekends at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. also weekday reporter (1995-present)
  • Jennifer Lahmers - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (6-9 a.m.) 2023-present
  • Sandra Endo - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (9-11 a.m.) and GDLA+ on FOX 11 Plus at 11 a.m. 2013-present

FOX 11 Weather Team[]

  • Johnathan Novack - weeknights
  • Maria Quiban - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." (7-11 a.m.) 2000-present
  • Soumada Khan - weekday mornings "Good Day L.A." 4 a.m.–7 a.m. weather forecaster/4 a.m.–10 a.m. traffic reporter

Sports team[]

  • Kyle Kraska - sports director; weeknights (5, 6 and 10 p.m) 2021-present
  • Geraud Moncuré - sportscaster
  • Mark Rogondino - sportcaster (2021-present)

Reporters[]

  • Laura Diaz – reporter (2012–present)
  • Chelsea Edwards - reporter
  • Hal Eisner - general assignment reporter (1983-present)
  • Cristy Fajardo - general assignment reporter (late 2000's-early 2010's and 2022-present)
  • Christina Gonzalez - general assignment reporter (1990-present)
  • Gigi Graciette - general assignment reporter (2002-present)
  • Ed Laskos - general assignment reporter (2000-present)
  • Koco McAboy - reporter (2020-present)
  • Stu Mundel - SkyFox reporter (2020-present)
  • Mario Ramirez - reporter (2015-present)
  • Amanda Salas - entertainment reporter
  • Matthew Seedorff - reporter (2024-present)
  • Phil Shuman - general assignment and investigative reporter (2002-present)
  • Gina Silva - reporter (2001-present)
  • Hailey Winslow - reporter

Notable alumni[]

  • Zohrheen Adamjee - reporter
  • Pablo Alsina - sports reporter
  • Carlos Amezcua –weeknight anchor (2007–2013, later at KUSI in San Diego)
  • Elizabeth Anderson - reporter (later at KNBC)
  • Gary Apple - sportscaster
  • Tshaka Armstrong - Tech Ninja
  • Larry Attebery - anchor/reporter/news director (1973-1988) later at KCOP (deceased)
  • Bill Austin - weather forecaster (1980's) later at KPNX (deceased)
  • Danya Bacchus- reporter (now at CBS Newspath)
  • Jillian (Warry) Barberie - weather forecaster (1993-Early 2010's)
  • John Beard - weeknight anchor (1993-2007) later with WGRZ
  • Rod Bernsen – helicopter reporter (1992-2004) retired
  • Chris Blatchford - general assignment and investigative reporter (1992-201?)
  • Marsha Bonhart - weekend anchor/reporter (1980's) later at WDTN
  • Vanessa Borge - Good Day L.A. co-host
  • Marcia Brandwynne - anchor (1984-late 1980's)
  • Dave Bryan - reporter (later at KCBS/KCAL)
  • Joe Buttitta - sportscaster (deceased)
  • Logan Byrnes - reporter (2016-2018) now at KUSI
  • Lisa Breckenridge - entertainment and lifestyle correspondent (1999-2017)
  • Michael Brownlee - general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor (2003-2011) now at KNBC
  • Eric Burns
  • Mary Ruth Carleton - reporter (1980's) later at KLAS
  • Julie Chang - entertainment reporter (2012-2020)
  • Megan Colarossi - Good Day L.A. co-host
  • Dan Cohen - anchor
  • Tony Cox – anchor/reporter (1985-late 1980's) later with Inside Edition and NPR
  • Rick Dickert - meteorologist and traffic reporter (2002-2023)
  • Bob Donley - anchor/reporter (1992-1998)
  • Suzanne Dunn - traffic reporter (1993-mid 1990's)
  • Steve Edwards - Good Day L.A. co-host (1995-2017)
  • Elizabeth Espinosa - reporter (later with KTLA)
  • Mitchell Fink
  • Hal Fishman - (later with KTLA; deceased)
  • Courtney Friel - entertainment reporter (2011-2013) now at KTLA
  • David Garcia - envorinmental reporter (1993-2001) deceased
  • Gina Garcia - Capitol correspondent (2000's)
  • Rick Garcia - weeknight sportscaster (1987-2009) later news anchor at KCBS/KCAL
  • Rita Garcia - Good Day L.A. co-host (2018-2021) now at KTRK
  • Bernard Gonzalez - reporter (1992-2001)
  • Jennifer Gould - sportscaster at KTTV Fox 11 and news anchor KCOP-TV) later at KTLA
  • Robin Groth - medical reporter
  • Liz Habib - sportscaster (2005-202?)
  • Chris Harris - weeknight anchor/senior correspondent (1981-1994) deceased
  • Michelle Holden - reporter (later at KCAL)
  • Dagny Hultgreen - entertainment reporter (1993)
  • Mary Ingersoll - reporter
  • Paul Jackson - reporter
  • Matt Johnson - reporter
  • Linda Joyce - reporter
  • Lisa Joyner - entertainment reporter (1996-2002) later co-host of Long Lost Family U.S. Series on TLC
  • Sam Hall Kaplan - feature reporter (1994-200?)
  • Tom Kelly - sportcaster (1980's)
  • Randy Kerdoon - sportscaster (1995-early 2000's) later with KNX
  • Greg Ketter - weather forecaster (1993-2001)
  • Steve Kmetko - reporter (2007-2008)
  • James Koh - reporter (2012-2014)
  • Will Kohlschreiber - traffic reporter (1990's-2000's)
  • Diana Koricke - morning anchor (1993-1996)
  • Pat Lalama - anchor/reporter (later at KCBS, Hard Copy and Celebrity Justice)
  • Kristen Lang - reporter
  • Lonnie Lardner - entertainment reporter (1990's)
  • Susan Lichtman - Good Day L.A. co-host (1990's) later with KNSD as Susan Taylor
  • Alexandra Limon - Orange County reporter
  • Carol Lin - weekend anchor/weekday reporter; later at CNN
  • Rick Lozano - Inland Empire Bureau reporter (1999-202?)
  • Dorothy Lucey - entertainment reporter (1995-2012)
  • Kimberly Maroe (later at KCAL)
  • Suzanne Marques - general assignment reporter (late 2000's-2011) now at KCBS/KCAL
  • Jean Martirez - morning anchor (1995-2012)
  • Tony McEwing - morning anchor (1993-2023) retired
  • Judd McIlvain - Troubleshooter consumer reporter (1986-1988) later at KCBS (deceased)
  • Bill Melugin - reporter (2017-2021) now at Fox News
  • Alan Mendelson - money reporter (late 1980's) later at KCAL (deceased)
  • Jeff Michael - anchor/reporter (1998-2016) later at KCBS
  • Rick Monday - sportscaster (1985-late 1980's) also a Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster
  • Antonio Mora - Good Day L.A. co-host (1993-1995) later with WFOR-TV
  • Dennis Morgino - anchor
  • Amy Murphy - reporter/weather forecaster (later at KCBS/KCAL)
  • Al Naipo - Orange County bureau chief (1993-2013)
  • Nancy Nelson - midday anchor (1980's)
  • Tom Nettles - sportscaster
  • Robert Osborne - entertainment reporter (1982-1987) later at Turner Classic Movies (deceased)
  • Olga Ospina - weather forecaster (2012-2019) now at KCBS/KCAL
  • Saida Pagan - reporter (mid-late 1980's) later at KCOP and KCBS
  • Alex Paen - reporter (now host of TV shows like Animal Rescue and Dog Tales)
  • Christina Passcucci - weekend anchor (2022-2023)
  • Michaela Pereira - Good Day L.A. co-host (2020-2022)
  • Pablo Pereira - weather forecaster (2013-2019)
  • Elaine Perkins - sportscaster (1980's) later at KFWB
  • Aidan Pickering - legal correspondent (1993-early 2000's)
  • Laurie Pike - entertainment reporter
  • Karen Posada - general assignment reporter
  • George Putnam - anchor (deceased)
  • Steve Rambo - weather forecaster (1980's) later at KCBS
  • Bill Redeker - anchor (late 1980's) later with ABC News
  • Andy Reynolds - reporter (1980's)
  • Pat Riddle - reporter
  • Bill Ritter - reporter (1990-1992) now with WABC-TV in New York City
  • Charles Rowe - anchor (1970's)
  • Lauren Sanchez - anchor/entertainment reporter (1999-2009)
  • Maria Sansone - Good Day L.A. co-host (2012-2017)
  • Dan Schaffer - weather forecaster
  • Barbara Schroeder - anchor/reporter (1990-early 2000's)
  • John Schwada - political reporter (1996-2011)
  • Jay Scott - weeknight anchor (later at WABC) deceased
  • Barbara Simpson - anchor
  • Lauren Sivan - reporter (2010's)
  • Bill Smith - midday anchor/reporter (later at KCBS and KTLA) deceased
  • Dan Springer - reporter
  • Gil Stratton - sportscaster (1970's-1980's) deceased
  • Leelila Strogov - general assignment reporter (2005-late 2000's)
  • Patti Suarez - weeknight anchor (1990-1992)
  • Tricia Takasugi - general assignment reporter
  • Jim Thomas - anchor (later at KNBC)
  • Mark Thompson - weather forecaster (1990-2011)
  • Nischelle Turner - general assignment reporter (2004-2008) now with Entertainment Tonight
  • Leah Uko - reporter
  • Tom Vacar - consumer editor (1988-1991) now at KTVU
  • Tony Valdez - general assignment reporter and "Midday Sunday" host (1981-2016) deceased
  • Bill Van Amburg - reporter
  • Cindy Vandor - reporter (later at KCAL)
  • Victor Vasquez - reporter
  • Robb Weller - anchor
  • Jane Wells - reporter (1989-1995) now at CNBC
  • Bill Welsh - deceased
  • Kristie Wilde - anchor (late 1980"s)
  • Nancy Williams - reporter
  • Jane Yamamoto - reporter (1996-2011) later at KNBC
  • Mary Yoon - weather forecaster
  • Mar Yvette - lifestyle reporter
  • Janet Zappala - reporter (later at WCAU)

Gallery[]

Rebroadcasters[]

KTTV is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films". Boxoffice: 13. November 10, 1956.
  2. ^ YouTube video of analog TV shutoffs in Los Angeles
  3. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  4. ^ FCC DTV status report for KTTV
  5. ^ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/209831-KTTV_Launches_12_30_p_m_Show.php
  6. ^ Phil Shuman (investigative reporter) (2007-07-26). "FOX 11 Investigates: 'Anonymous'". MyFOX Los Angeles (KTTV (Fox)). Retrieved 2009-01-13.

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