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{{Short description|Television station in Los Angeles}} {{About|Fox 11 in Los Angeles|other uses|Fox 11 (disambiguation){{!}}Fox 11}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KTTV | city = | logo = Fts-los-angeles-a.svg | logo_size = 240px | logo_class = skin-invert | branding = Fox 11 Los Angeles; ''Fox 11 News'' | digital = 11 ([[VHF]]) | virtual = 11 | translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}'' | affiliations = {{ubl|'''11.1:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | owner = [[Fox Television Stations, LLC]] | licensee = | location = [[Los Angeles]], California | country = United States | founded = 1947<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/46-OCR/1946-12-23-BC-OCR-Page-0090.pdf "Six Los Angeles video grants; Don Lee delayed."] ''[[Broadcasting and Cable|Broadcasting – Telecasting]]'', December 23, 1946, pg. 90.</ref> | airdate = {{start date|1949|1|1}} | callsign_meaning = "Times Television" (for its founding owner, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'') | sister_stations = [[KCOP-TV]] | former_callsigns = | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 11 (VHF, 1949–2009)|'''Digital:''' 65 ([[UHF]], 1998–2009)}} | former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[CBS]] (1949–1951)|[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] (1951–1954)|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1954–1986)}} | erp = 115 [[kW]] | haat = {{convert|903|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 22208 | coordinates = {{coord|34|13|29|N|118|3|51|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}} | licensing_authority = [[FCC]] | website = {{URL|https://www.foxla.com}} }} '''KTTV''' (channel 11) is a [[television station]] in [[Los Angeles]], California, United States. It is the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television network, [[owned and operated]] through its [[Fox Television Stations]] division. Under common ownership with [[KCOP-TV]] (channel 13), the two stations share studios at the Fox Television Center on South Bundy Drive in [[West Los Angeles]]; KTTV's transmitter is located atop [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]].

==History== ===Early years (1947–1954)=== KTTV's origins can be traced to 1947, when the station's license and [[construction permit#broadcasting|construction permit]] was secured by the [[Times Mirror Company]], publishers of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. It was one of five licenses that were granted simultaneously by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) to parties interested in expanding commercial television in Los Angeles. In 1948, [[CBS]], which owned [[KNX (AM)|KNX radio]], purchased a 49% interest in the station and assisted in completing its construction in exchange for making channel 11 the network's Los Angeles television outlet.<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-05-03-BC-OCR-Page-0031.pdf "CBS, 'L. A. Times' to operate KTTV."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', May 3, 1948, pg. 27.</ref> KTTV began operations on January 1, 1949, and was operated initially by KTTV, Incorporated, the ''Times''/CBS-owned holding company. The station's first telecast was the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]],<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/49-OCR/1949-01-03-BC-OCR-Page-0035.pdf "KTTV opens; Rose Bowl events mark debut."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', January 3, 1949, pg. 31.</ref> which channel 11 would air every [[New Year's Day]] until 1995.

In May 1950, Times-Mirror purchased the [[Nassour Studios]] – a large motion picture facility on [[Sunset Boulevard]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], and centralized KTTV's operations there.<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/50-OCR/1950-03-13-BC-OCR-Page-0053.pdf "KTTV (TV) moves; sets Nassour Studios for film making."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', March 13, 1950, pg. 53.</ref><ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/50-OCR/1950-05-22-BC-OCR-Page-0045.pdf "KTTV buys Nassour Studios; sale price $2 million."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', May 22, 1950, pg. 45.</ref> CBS did not join Times-Mirror in the purchase; at the time its West Coast production facilities were based at [[Columbia Square]], with its [[CBS Television City]] facility in the planning stages. KTTV converted the Nassour Studios into a major production house for television, producing programs locally and for the emerging [[television syndication|syndication]] market. Prior to the move, KTTV operated out of several different facilities, including the former headquarters of [[Capitol Records]] (which was later the longtime home of [[KHJ (AM)|KHJ radio]] and what is now [[KCAL-TV]]) on [[Melrose Avenue]].<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/49-OCR/1949-07-11-BC-OCR-Page-0057.pdf "KTTV leases studios."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', July 11, 1950, pg. 57.</ref>

Later in 1950, CBS chose to acquire its own station in Los Angeles – pioneer station KTSL (channel 2, renamed KNXT and now [[KCBS-TV]]) – which was being spun off by the [[Don Lee (broadcaster)|Don Lee Broadcasting System]] as a result of its sale to [[General Tire and Rubber]]. The KTSL purchase forced CBS to divest its interest in KTTV due to FCC rules in effect at the time that barred the [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|common ownership of two television stations]] in the same media market; the ''Los Angeles Times'' would regain full ownership of channel 11 when the sales were finalized on January 1, 1951. KTTV's relationship with CBS ended after exactly two years as the network moved its programming to KTSL.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Don Lee Sale General Tire Bid Sets Record |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1950/BC-1950-10-30.pdf#page=21 |magazine=Broadcasting – Telecasting |date=October 30, 1950 |pages=21, 30}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Don Lee Sale General Tire Purchase Approved |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1951/BC-1951-01-01.pdf#page=19 |magazine=Broadcasting – Telecasting |date=January 1, 1951 |pages=19, 68}}</ref> A few months later, channel 11 agreed to become the new Los Angeles outlet of the [[DuMont Television Network]], which had been affiliated with KTSL, and before that [[KTLA]] (channel 5).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=KTTV-DuMont; affiliation planned April 11 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1951/BC-1951-03-19.pdf#page=61 |magazine=Broadcasting – Telecasting |date=March 19, 1951 |page=61}}</ref>

===Independence (1954–1986)=== In 1954, DuMont moved its programming to KHJ-TV (channel 9, now KCAL-TV), and KTTV became an [[independent station]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=KHJ-TV DuMont affiliate |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1954/1954-03-22-BC.pdf#page=9 |magazine=Broadcasting – Telecasting |date=March 22, 1954 |page=9}}</ref> During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the [[NTA Film Network]].<ref name="Boxoffice7">{{Cite journal|title=Require Prime Evening Time for NTA Films |journal=Boxoffice |page=13 |date=November 10, 1956 |url=https://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614204506/http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_111056-1 |archive-date=June 14, 2009 }}</ref> In 1958, channel 11 scored an advantage against its rivals when it became the television home of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team, which had relocated from [[Brooklyn, New York]], that year.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=KTTV (TV) to Telecast Dodger-Giant Contests |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-05-05-BC.pdf#page=68 |magazine=Broadcasting – Telecasting |date=May 5, 1958 |page=68}}</ref> For the first 11 years and at the request of the team, KTTV's Dodger telecasts were limited to road games against the archrival [[San Francisco Giants]]. Eventually, the number of Dodger games broadcast on the station increased and the home game [[blackout (broadcasting)|blackout]] was lifted; the relationship between KTTV and the Dodgers would last until the end of the [[1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season|1992 season]].

The show ''[[Confidential File]]'' on KTTV covered the 1962 convention of the [[Daughters of Bilitis]] and aired after ''Confidential File'' became syndicated nationally; this was probably the first American national broadcast that specifically covered [[lesbian]]ism.<ref>Capsuto, Steven (2000). ''Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television,'' pg. 43. Ballantine Books. {{ISBN|0-345-41243-5}}.</ref>

The Times-Mirror Company sold the station to [[Metromedia]] in 1963.<ref>"KTTV to Metromedia for $10 million plus." ''Broadcasting'', January 14, 1963, pg. 9. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/63-OCR/1963-01-14-BC-0009.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>"FCC okays sale of KTTV(TV) Los Angeles." ''Broadcasting'', June 3, 1963, pg. 75. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/63-OCR/1963-06-03-BC-0075.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>"Metromedia assumes KTTV(TV) operation." ''Broadcasting'', July 8, 1963, pg. 72. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/63-OCR/1963-07-08-BC-0072.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Later that year, Metromedia purchased [[KLAC]] (570 AM) and the original KLAC-FM (102.7 FM, now [[KIIS-FM]]), giving channel 11 sister stations on the radio dial.<ref>"Metromedia adds KLAC in $4.5 million deal." ''Broadcasting'', March 18, 1963, pp. 9–10. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/63-OCR/1963-03-18-BC-0009.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/63-OCR/1963-03-18-BC-0010.pdf]</ref> Metromedia would later engineer a trade of FM frequencies, resulting in KLAC-FM moving to 94.7 FM (later to become [[KMET (FM)|KMET]], now [[KTWV]]) in 1965.<ref>"Changing hands." ''Broadcasting'', March 22, 1965, pp. 110–111: Metromedia acquires KRHM (94.7 FM) and sells KLAC-FM (102.7 FM); the FCC allows both facilities to exchange call letters. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/65-OCR/1965-03-22-BC-0108.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-IDX/65-OCR/1965-03-22-BC-0109.pdf]</ref>

By the 1970s, KTTV offered a traditional general entertainment schedule common among independent stations at the time, consisting of children's programs, off-network reruns, sports programming and old movies, along with a 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast. Some of the staff members in the earlier 1970s were John Jones, Sales Manager; George Putnam, news anchorman; Putnam's co-anchor Hal Fishman; Ken Jones, first black on-air TV newsman in L.A.; Tom Kelly, TV sports reporter; Terry Mayo, noontime news; and [[Rona Barrett]], who taped her syndicated gossip report at KTTV, written by assistant Barbara Sternig. With the evolution of cable television, KTTV became a regional [[superstation]]. Thanks to its Dodgers broadcasts and round-the-clock programming, KTTV was seen on various cable systems across the [[Western United States]] during the 1970s and into the 1980s, as far east as [[El Paso, Texas]]. KTLA, with its Angels broadcasts, also became a superstation. KTTV and KTLA were seen on most Southern and Central California cable systems, with KHJ-TV and KCOP also getting carried outside Los Angeles to a lesser extent.

In 1973, as part of an agreement signed with four citizen groups and filed with the station's renewal application, KTTV began banning 42 violent animated series, most notably ''[[Popeye]]'', ''[[The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Superman]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Batman|Batman]]'' and ''[[Aquaman (TV series)|Aquaman]]'', while applying a "caution to parents" warning to 81 violent live-action series shown before 8:30&nbsp;p.m., most notably ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 1973 |title=Sacrifice play: KTTV gives up programs, gets renewal moving |pages=41 |work=[[Broadcasting Magazine]] |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/73-OCR/1973-10-08-BC-OCR-Page-0041.pdf |access-date=October 18, 2023}}</ref>

===As a Fox-owned station (1986–present)=== In 1986, [[Australia]]n newspaper publisher [[Rupert Murdoch]] and his company, the [[News Corporation]] (which had acquired a controlling ownership interest in the [[20th Century Fox]] film studio the year before), purchased KTTV and the other Metromedia television stations. The Metromedia stations ended up becoming part of a new holding company formed by News Corporation called [[Fox Television Stations]]; those stations formed the basis for the new [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] television network, which made its debut on October 9, 1986. Following the News Corporation purchase, KTTV added more first-run syndicated talk, court and reality shows. By the early 1990s, it began to run afternoon cartoons from the network's [[Fox Kids]] block (which debuted in 1990), as well as top-rated off-network sitcoms during the evening hours. KTTV removed cartoons on weekday mornings in June 1993, due to the launch of the morning newscast ''[[Good Day L.A.]]''

In 2001, Fox Television Stations acquired several [[UPN]] affiliates owned by [[Chris-Craft Industries]] through its [[BHC Communications]] station group, creating a duopoly between KTTV and [[KCOP-TV]] (channel 13). That fall, channel 11 dropped the Fox Kids weekday block and moved it to KCOP; Fox Kids discontinued its weekday block altogether in January 2002, with the lineup left airing only on Saturday mornings. Since the 4Kids block was replaced by Fox with the infomercial block ''[[Weekend Marketplace]]'' in December 2008, the station now airs five hours of [[E/I|educational programming]], two more than required under FCC guidelines, as ''[[Xploration Station]]'' replaced ''Weekend Marketplace'', which moved to KCOP, in September 2014.

KTTV also airs reruns of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', which had premiered in 1951, months after the station lost its CBS affiliation. Reruns of the sitcom are still popular among Southern California viewers and have continued to air in the Los Angeles market perpetually since the series ended its run in 1957, thus making KTTV only the second station in the market (the other being KCBS-TV) to continue airing the sitcom since it ended. Weekday airings of ''I Love Lucy'' have since moved to KCOP (which airs the program in a one-hour block), but KTTV continues to air the landmark sitcom on weekends during the late afternoon hours.

In 1996, KTTV relocated its longtime studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, known as "[[Metromedia Square]]" (and later renamed the "Fox Television Center") to a new studio facility a few miles away on South Bundy Drive in [[West Los Angeles]], near the Fox network headquarters (the network's headquarters are located on the 20th Century Fox studio lot). Several television series were filmed at the historic Metromedia Square television studio (which was once home to [[Norman Lear]]'s [[Tandem Productions]] and [[TAT Communications Company]]) such as ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', ''[[Mama's Family]]'', ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'', ''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'', ''[[Soul Train]]'', ''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]'', ''[[Fernwood 2 Night]]'' and the groundbreaking sketch comedy ''[[In Living Color]]''. Many of those programs, either in first-run or off-network syndication, aired on KTTV. The Metromedia complex was demolished in 2003 to make way for the construction of [[Helen Bernstein High School]] (which is part of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]]).

On May 16, 2006, KTTV launched a new website based on Fox Television Stations' ''MyFox'' interface; this format became standard on the websites of each of the Fox-owned stations – and was even adopted by some of Fox's affiliates not owned by the network – by the end of that year (the "MyFox" branded websites were operated by former News Corporation subsidiary EndPlay until 2012, when the sites were migrated to the WorldNow platform<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/58732/fox-stations-moving-to-worldnow-platforms Fox Stations Moving To WorldNow Platforms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525225811/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/58732/fox-stations-moving-to-worldnow-platforms |date=May 25, 2013 }}, ''TVNewsCheck'', April 16, 2012.</ref>).

KTTV launched the [[TheGrio|Light TV]] network on a subchannel<ref name="dl">{{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=Roma Downey, Mark Burnett And MGM Launch Light TV With Fox Stations On Board|url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/roma-downey-mark-burnett-mgm-light-tv-faith-based-network-fox-1201855425/|access-date=March 6, 2017|work=Deadline|date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227055150/http://deadline.com/2016/11/roma-downey-mark-burnett-mgm-light-tv-faith-based-network-fox-1201855425/|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> starting December 22, 2016,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bouma|first1=Luke|title=Three New Over-the-Air TV Networks Recently Launched|url=http://cordcuttersnews.com/three-new-air-tv-networks-recently-launched/|access-date=March 6, 2017|work=Cord Cutters News|date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307123450/http://cordcuttersnews.com/three-new-air-tv-networks-recently-launched/|archive-date=March 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> with another Fox TV station, [[WNYW]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Light TV|url=http://www.lighttv.com/|website=Light TV.com|publisher=LightWorker Media OTT, LLC|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223131837/http://www.lighttv.com/|archive-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On December 14, 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]], owner of ABC and [[KABC-TV]], announced its intent to buy KTTV's parent company, [[21st Century Fox]], for $52.4 billion; the sale excluded the Fox Television Stations unit (including KTTV and KCOP), the Fox network, [[Fox News]], [[Fox Sports 1]] and the [[MyNetworkTV]] programming service, which were transferred to a [[Fox Corporation|separate company]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney Buys Big Chunk Of Fox In $66.1B Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109662/disney-buys-big-chunk-of-fox-in-661b-deal|website=TVNewsCheck|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615111933/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109662/disney-buys-big-chunk-of-fox-in-661b-deal|archive-date=June 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Programming== ===Sports programming=== Since the team's move to Los Angeles in 1958 (with exception of a brief pause from 1993 to 1995), KTTV has carried Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games from varying sources; the station aired road games beginning in the late 1970s with the home games on the subscription/pay-per-view service Dodgervision; these road games aired on the station until 1992, when KTLA began airing the road games beginning with the 1993 season. Currently, select Dodger games are broadcast nationally through the [[Fox Sports (United States)|network's sports division]] via its [[Major League Baseball on Fox|MLB package]] since 1996. KTTV has also aired the Dodgers' [[2017 World Series|2017]], [[2018 World Series|2018]], [[2020 World Series|2020]], [[2024 World Series|2024]], and [[2025 World Series]] appearances, including the team's championship victories in 2020 (their first title in [[1988 World Series|32 years]]), 2024, and 2025. All other Dodger games are currently broadcast locally through [[SportsNet LA]].

KTTV also airs any [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Angels]] games that are aired through Fox's MLB contract, including the team's World Series victory in [[2002 World Series|2002]]. Since [[2024–25 NHL season|2024]], KTTV broadcasts select [[Anaheim Ducks]] games through an agreement with sister station KCOP.<ref name=Ducks>{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2024 |title=Ducks Announce Partnerships with Victory+, KCOP Channel 13 to Televise All Regional Games for Free |url=https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/ducks-announce-partnerships-with-victory-kcop-channel-13-to-televise-all-regional-games-for-free |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=NHL.com |language=en}}</ref>

From 1972 to 1974, the station also carried games involving the [[Los Angeles Sharks]] of the [[World Hockey Association|WHA]].

With the return of the Rams franchise to Los Angeles, since 2016, KTTV has been the 'unofficial home' for the [[Los Angeles Rams]] through the network's primary rights of the [[National Football Conference]]. It had held this role for one season in [[1994 Los Angeles Rams season|1994]] prior to their move to St. Louis (that same year, Channel 11 aired two home interconference contests featuring the Raiders during their last season in Los Angeles). During the NFL regular season, Rams games are rotated with [[KNBC]] (through ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''), KABC-TV (through ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' simulcasts from ESPN as well as national ABC broadcasts) and most especially KCBS-TV (through the ''[[NFL on CBS]]''). Since 2017, it has also broadcast [[Los Angeles Chargers]] games featuring a visiting NFC team, or games that are cross-flexed from CBS, with some select games from either team carried by KCOP if both teams are playing at the same time. Beginning in the 2018 season, the station began airing ''[[Thursday Night Football]]'' which is simulcast on [[NFL Network]] and if either one of the two LA teams are playing it serves as the local area station for gameday telecasts, even if it is exclusive to NFL Network. This practice has generally continued even after [[Sports on Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime Video]] began airing games in 2022.

===News operation=== [[Image:KTTV Skyfox.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Former SkyFox Eurocopter]] KTTV presently broadcasts 64 hours of local newscasts each week (with 12 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 [[The CW|CW]] owned-and-operated station KTLA's 105 hours, 55 minutes of weekly newscasts. The station also produces ''The Issue Is:'', a political discussion program hosted by [[Elex Michaelson]] which airs Friday nights at 10:30&nbsp;p.m. and is also syndicated to other Fox stations across California, including [[KTVU]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] and [[KSWB-TV]] in [[San Diego]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxla.com/the-issue-is/the-issue-is-tv-schedule/|title=The Issue Is: TV Schedule|date=January 3, 2020|access-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419223309/https://www.foxla.com/the-issue-is/the-issue-is-tv-schedule|archive-date=April 19, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Bell 407]], branded on-air as "SkyFox", 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Blankstein |first2=Andrew |title=TV Rivals Help Save Lives of Pilot, Cameraman Hurt in Copter Crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-tv-rivals-help-sav/185787145/ |access-date=November 27, 2025 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 28, 2000 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=B3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Throughout its history, the station has always operated a news department, partly owing to its former ties to the ''Los Angeles Times''. 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 the fall of 1987. 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 television|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&nbsp;p.m. weekdays that featured select segments featured on that day's edition of ''Good Day L.A.'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/209831-KTTV_Launches_12_30_p_m_Show.php |title=KTTV Launches 12:30 p.m. Show – 2009-04-23 18:34:50 &#124; Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Broadcastingcable.com |access-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927033608/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/209831-KTTV_Launches_12_30_p_m_Show.php |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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&nbsp;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.''<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/Station_to_Station/32469-KTTV_Launching_5_PM_News.php KTTV Launching 5 PM News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623000822/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/Station_to_Station/32469-KTTV_Launching_5_PM_News.php |date=June 23, 2011 }}, ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', June 20, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfoxla.com/subindex/studio_11_la |title=Studio 11 LA |publisher=Myfoxla.com |access-date=November 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115041821/http://www.myfoxla.com/subindex/studio_11_la |archive-date=November 15, 2011 }}</ref> 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&nbsp;a.m.

On April 1, 2019, ''Good Day L.A.'' expanded from 4:30&nbsp;a.m. to 4 a.m.

In September 2022, ''Good Day L.A.'' expanded to 10 a.m., running until 11 a.m. KTTV also cancelled its mid-day newscast in the same month.

In May 2026, the 4 a.m. hour of ''Good Day L.A.'' was dropped. Encores of the previous day's ''Extra'' and ''TMZ'' episodes now air in that time slot.

====Anonymous news report==== {{main|Anonymous (group)#History}} On July 26, 2007, KTTV aired a report on the [[hacktivist]] group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]], calling them a group of "[[Hacker (computer security)|hackers]] on steroids", "domestic terrorists", and collectively an "[[Internet]] hate machine". The report, which became the source for numerous [[internet meme]]s, 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 [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|new Harry Potter book]] ending", and threats to "bomb sports stadiums".<ref>{{cite news|author=Phil Shuman (investigative reporter) |title=Fox 11 Investigates: 'Anonymous' |url=http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=3894628 |publisher=KTTV ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) |date=July 26, 2007 |access-date=January 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522123812/http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=3894628&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1 |archive-date=May 22, 2008 }}</ref>

====Notable current on-air staff==== * [[Christine Devine]] – anchor (1990–present) * [[Laura Diaz (TV anchor)|Laura Diaz]] – reporter (2012–present) * [[Araksya Karapetyan]] – anchor (2012–present) * [[Jennifer Lahmers]] – anchor (2023–present) * [[Maria Quiban]] – weather anchor (2000–present) * [[Gina Silva]] – general assignment and investigative reporter (2001–present)

====Notable former on-air staff==== * [[Carlos Amezcua]] – anchor, 2007–2013 * [[John Beard (news anchor)|John Beard]] – anchor, 1993–2007 * [[Rod Bernsen]] – helicopter reporter * [[Tony Cox (journalist)|Tony Cox]] – anchor/reporter * [[Steve Edwards (talk show host)|Steve Edwards]] – anchor, 1995–2017 * [[Hal Fishman]] – anchor/reporter * [[Courtney Friel]] – reporter * [[David Garcia (journalist)|David Garcia]] – anchor/reporter * [[Lisa Joyner]] – entertainment reporter * [[Steve Kmetko]] – reporter, 2007–2008 * [[Carol Lin]] – weekend anchor/reporter * [[Dorothy Lucey]] – ''Good Day L.A.'' co-host/entertainment anchor * [[Jean Martirez]] – former morning anchor * [[Lisa McRee]] – former fill-in anchor * [[Elex Michaelson]] – anchor, 2017–2025 * [[Antonio Mora]] – anchor * [[Michaela Pereira]] – anchor/reporter, 2020–2022 * [[George Putnam (newsman)|George Putnam]] – anchor * [[Jillian Reynolds (TV personality)|Jillian (Barberie) Reynolds]] – ''Good Day L.A.'' co-host/weather reporter, 1995–2012 * [[Bill Ritter (journalist)|Bill Ritter]] – reporter * [[Lauren Sanchez]] – former entertainment reporter, special projects reporter, and fill-in anchor * [[Maria Sansone]] – ''Good Day LA'' co-host and anchor * [[John Schwada (journalist)|John Schwada]] – political reporter * [[Mark Thompson (television personality)|Mark Thompson]] – chief meteorologist/local program host, 1992–2011 * [[Jane Wells]] – reporter * [[Bill Welsh]] – reporter

==Technical information== ===Subchannels=== The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: {| class="wikitable" |+ Subchannels of KTTV<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KTTV|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KTTV#station|website=RabbitEars|access-date=October 3, 2024}}</ref> ! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]] ! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]] ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |- ! scope = "row" | 11.1 | rowspan=2| [[720p]] || KTTV-DT || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |- ! scope = "row" | 11.2 | FOX-WX || [[Fox Weather]] |- ! scope = "row" | 11.3 | rowspan=2| [[480i]] || ROAR || [[Roar (TV network)|Roar]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|date=December 17, 2024|title=Sinclair Expands Broadcast Footprint Of TBD TV With 5 Top 10 Fox O&Os|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/sinclair-expands-broadcast-footprint-of-tbd-tv-with-5-top-10-fox-o-os/ar-AA1w2bY6?ocid=BingNewsSerp|access-date=December 19, 2024|work=TVNewsCheck (via [[MSN]])|language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! scope = "row" | 11.4 | CATCHY || [[Catchy Comedy]] |- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;" ! scope = "row" | [[KCOP-TV|13.4]] | 480i || HEROES || [[Heroes & Icons]] ([[KCOP-TV]]) |} {{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

===Analog-to-digital conversion=== KTTV shut down its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 11, on June 12, 2009, as part of the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQhn0ToBU0s |title=2009 DTV Transition: Analog TV Shutoffs in Los Angeles As They Happened|publisher=YouTube|access-date=November 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207101615/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQhn0ToBU0s |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Analog to Digital">{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 29, 2013|date=August 29, 2013|title=Attachment I – DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds|website=hraunfoss.fcc.gov}}</ref> The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 65, which was among the high-band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 11.<ref name="FCCForm387">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101304749&formid=387&fac_num=22208 |title=FCC DTV status report for KTTV |publisher=Fjallfoss.fcc.gov |access-date=November 9, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>

===Translators=== {{for|translators in Ridgecrest|KTLA#Translators|KCOP#Translators}} * '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|190609|3=K21MH-D}}''' [[Daggett, California|Daggett]] * '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|14149|3=K27ON-D}}''' [[Lucerne Valley]] * '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|14155|3=K06IQ-D}}''' [[Newberry Springs]] * '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|43816|3=K17GJ-D}}''' [[Twentynine Palms]]

==See also== * [[KTTV/KTWV Tower]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.foxla.com/}} * [http://www.metnews.com/articles/reminiscing101702.htm Channel 11: Power-packed from the start] Metropolitan News-Enterprise column on early days of KTTV * [http://www.metnews.com/articles/reminiscing102402.htm 1954: KTTV dumps Du Mont, KHJ becomes its affiliate] "Reminiscing" column in the MetNews on KTTV severing its ties with a national network * [http://www.metnews.com/articles/reminiscing010203.htm Channel 11 loads its schedule with syndicated shows] "Reminiscing" column by Roger M. Grace on syndicated filmed shows on KTTV in the second half of the 1950s * [http://www.metnews.com/articles/reminiscing010903.htm KTTV presents George Putnam, Masked Genius, Three Stooges] MetNews column on live shows on KTTV after its parting of ways with Du Mont. * [http://www.metnews.com/articles/reminiscing020603.htm Films with live intros marked KTTV in the daytime] Roger M. Grace recalls hosts who introduced films on KTTV in the 1950s

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