W6XAO
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Los Angeles, California United States |
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| Branding | CBS 2 (general) CBS 2 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Only CBS 2 (general) Expect More (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 43 (UHF) Virtual: 2 () |
| Subchannels | 2.1 CBS 2.2 Decades |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS (O&O) |
| Owner |
CBS Corporation (CBS Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Founded | June 1931 (as experimental station W6XAO) |
| First air date | May 6, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning |
K Columbia Broadcasting System (former legal name of CBS) |
| Sister station(s) | KAMP-FM, KCAL-TV, KCBS-FM, KNX, KROQ-FM, KRTH, KTWV |
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| Former affiliations | DuMont (1948–1951) |
| Transmitter power | 540 kW |
| Height | 950.9 metres (3,120 feet) |
| Facility ID | 9628 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′55″N 118°4′21″W / 34.23194°N 118.07250°WCoordinates: 34°13′55″N 118°4′21″W / 34.23194°N 118.07250°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | losangeles |
KCBS-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 43), is a CBS owned-and-operated television station located in Los Angeles, California, United States. KCBS-TV is owned by the CBS Television Stations subsidiary of CBS Corporation as part of a duopoly with independent station KCAL-TV (channel 9). The two stations share offices and studio facilities inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and KCBS-TV's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
In the few areas of the western United States where a CBS station is not receivable over-the-air, KCBS-TV is available on satellite television through DirecTV.
KCBS-TV is one of the oldest television stations in the world. It was signed on by Don Lee Broadcasting, which owned a chain of radio stations on the Pacific Coast, and was first licensed by the Federal Radio Commission, forerunner of the Federal Communications Commission as experimental television station W6XAO in June 1931. The station went on the air on December 23, 1931, and by March 1933 was broadcasting programming one hour each day only on Monday through Saturdays. The station used a mechanical camera which broadcast only film footage in an 80-line image, but demonstrated all-electronic receivers as early as 1932. It went off the air in 1935, and then reappeared using an improved mechanical camera producing a 300-line image for a month-long demonstration in June 1936. By August 1937, W6XAO had programming on the air six days each week. Live programming started in April 1938.
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