KCAL 9
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Los Angeles, California United States |
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| Branding | KCAL 9 (general) KCAL 9 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Always On (general) Live, Local, Late Breaking (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9 () |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations |
Independent CBS (alternate) |
| Owner |
CBS Corporation (Los Angeles Television Station KCAL, LLC) |
| First air date | August 25, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning | CALifornia |
| Sister station(s) | KCBS-TV, KAMP-FM, KCBS-FM, KNX, KROQ-FM, KRTH, KTWV |
| Former callsigns | KFI-TV (1948–1951) KHJ-TV (1951–1989) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1948–2009) Digital: 43 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
| Former affiliations | DuMont (1954–1956) |
| Transmitter power | 25 kW |
| Height | 977 metres (3,205 feet) |
| Facility ID | 21422 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′38″N 118°4′0″W / 34.22722°N 118.06667°WCoordinates: 34°13′38″N 118°4′0″W / 34.22722°N 118.06667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | Website |
KCAL-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is an independent television station located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The station is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation as part of a duopoly with CBS owned-and-operated station KCBS-TV (channel 2). The two stations share studio facilities inside the CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
Channel 9 signed on the air as KFI-TV on August 25, 1948, owned by Earle C. Anthony alongside KFI radio (640 AM). The station initially broadcast a limited schedule with six hours weekly, and formally began operations on October 6, 1948 with 3.5 hours that day. Though KFI had long been affiliated with NBC Radio, KFI-TV did not affiliate with the then-upstart NBC Television Network as it was building its own station, KNBH (channel 4, now KNBC), which went on the air in January 1949.; KFI general manager William B. Ryan indicated a willingness to affiliate with a network other than NBC or starting a mutual regional network. Channel 9 has been an independent station for virtually its entire history, though it carried DuMont programming from 1954 up until the network's 1956 demise.
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