Los Angeles Hdtv Digital Antenna Reception

Home Entertainment has analyzed the top 25 largest TV markets in the U.S. and provided a summary of which Digital HDTV Antennas work best for your city. 

Here's your cities new line-up. Please take note of some new channel assignments.

call letters

Network

previous analog channel

current digital channel

KTLA-DT	CW	5	31
KABC-DT	ABC	7	7
KCAL-DT	IND	9	9
KTTV-DT	FOX	11	11
KCOP-DT	MyTV	13	13
KCET-DT	PBS	28	28
KPXN-DT	ION	30	38
KMEX-DT	UNI	34	34
KAZA-DT	AZT	54	47
KFTR-DT	TEL	46	29

Digital Antenna Reception In San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles

The Los Angeles TV market is the second largest in the US: it covers roughly 40,000 square miles of territory in Southern California from just north of San Diego to Bakersfield, and East to almost Palm Springs. The Los Angeles transmitters are located primarily on Mt. Wilson, and that high transmitting point makes TV reception in Los Angeles fairly easy for most people. Viewers in the San Fernando Valley are often blocked from direct view of Mt. Wilson, and may have to take extra measures to insure good over-the-air digital reception in the San Fernando Valley area. The June 12, 2009 conversion to digital broadcasting has yielded a mixture of VHF and UHF stations: KABC, KCAL, KTTV and KCOP have returned to their original analog channels, while KCBS, KNBC, and KTLA have moved their signals to UHF. The various Spanish stations have traditionally been on UHF channels, and some have changed channels, others have stayed in their analog channel positions.

Mt. Wilson

ABC, FOX, KCAL And MyTV Antenna Reception In Los Angeles

Previously, the Los Angeles TV reception area was primarily a VHF market, and many people have found that some or all of their usual stations have relocated or disappeared.  

Prior to June, 12, all of the Los Angeles digital stations were broadcasting on UHF, and many people bought UHF antennas, thinking that their reception problems had been solved. After June 12, those people found that they lost ABC, FOX, KCAL and MyTV. The installation of a simple VHF high-band antenna and coupler will usually solve that problem. 

Choosing Best Digital HDTV Antenna For Los Angeles

Those viewers who live within 30 miles of Mt. Wilson, and have no major obstructions between their location and the transmitters, should consider a high quality VHF-high-band plus UHF antenna like a Winegard HD-7694P or an AntennaCraft HBU-33.  If you have an existing VHF antenna and need to add UHF capability to it, consider a Channel Master 4221HD or a Winegard HD-9032 plus an antenna coupler.  For those who need to add VHF capability to their UHF antenna, consider a Winegard YA-1713 VHF high—band yagi, or the smaller AntennaCraft Y-5-7-13 and an antenna coupler. Viewers may have issues with TV reception in the San Fernando Valley

        

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