KFLA-LD, virtual and VHF

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channel 8, is a low-power Newsmax 2- affiliated

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, United States. The station is owned by Roy William Mayhugh. KFLA-LD's

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is located atop Mount Wilson.

History

KFLA was originally owned by the Indian Wells Valley TV Booster, providing over-the-air reception of

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to the

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. On January 17, 2005, the station was sold to Roy William Mayhugh, who then moved the station to its present-day channel. Soon after, the station moved to Blue Ridge Mountain in

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and began converting operations to flash-cut to

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. The station successfully flash-cut to digital on May 3, 2006, and temporarily rebroadcast

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. On October 17, 2007, the station successfully moved to Mount Wilson, where other

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-based stations broadcast from, and was affiliated with the

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network on its main channel. On April 1, 2010, it changed its entertainment channel on DT3 from White Springs Television to the

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. On January 10, 2011, the FCC granted them a STA to operate on an out-of-core digital channel 52, to improve signal strength and to alleviate interference from

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affiliate

KFMB-TV KFMB-TV (channel 8) is a television station in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with CBS, The CW, and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Tegna Inc., it has studios on Engineer Road in the Kearny Mesa, San Diego, Kearny Mesa section ...

. However, the station has stated that they must move back to VHF digital channel 8, due to all non-core channels (52-69) being taken out of service by the end of the year (

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, 2011), and for all Class A, low-powered and

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stations to convert to digital by 2015.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Translator

References

External links

Official website
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