KTXL
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Sacramento – – Modesto, California United States |
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| City | Sacramento |
| Branding | Fox 40 (general) Fox 40 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | News That Matters |
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Digital: 40 (UHF) Virtual: 40 () |
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| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (KTXL, LLC) |
| First air date | October 26, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Television and XL (Roman numeral 40) |
| Sister station(s) | KTLA & KSWB |
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| Transmitter power | 950 kW |
| Height | 601 m |
| Facility ID | 10205 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°16′18″N 121°30′18″W / 38.27167°N 121.50500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | fox40.com |
KTXL, virtual channel and UHF digital channel 40, is a Fox–affiliated television station located in Sacramento, California, United States. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company. KTXL maintains studio facilities located on Fruitridge Road on the southern side of Sacramento, and its transmitter is located near Walnut Grove.
The UHF channel 40 frequency in Sacramento was first occupied by KCCC-TV, which signed on in September 1953. It was affiliated with all four television networks of the time: ABC, CBS, NBC and the DuMont Television Network. KCCC's first broadcast was the 1953 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The station became a primary ABC affiliate by 1955, after KCRA-TV (channel 3) and KBET-TV (channel 10, now KXTV) signed on, respectively taking over NBC and CBS full-time; and dropped DuMont after that network folded in 1956. It was the Sacramento-–Modesto area's first television station. However, as a UHF station, it suffered in the ratings because television sets were not required to incorporate UHF tuning until the All-Channel Receiver Act went into effect in 1964. Although its fate was sealed when the first VHF stations signed on in the area, it managed to hang on until 1957. The ABC affiliation moved to KOVR (channel 13) after KCCC-TV and KOVR reached an agreement to merge operations and turn over the KCCC license to the Federal Communications Commission.
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