KNLA-LP is a low-power

Low-power broadcasting

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 television station

Television station

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 in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, owned by the Venture Technologies Group. Transmit

Transmission (telecommunications)

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ting from the Mt. Harvard Radio Site in the San Gabriel mountains. Its city of license

City of license

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 is Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. It is a Spanish Independent

Independent station

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 station. The low power station originally broadcast on channel 68, but moved to channel 27 to make room for KRCA

KRCA

KRCA Digital UHF Channel 35 is a Spanish language television station in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan region, formerly broadcasting Asian programming and home shopping. The station now airs Spanish-language programming on its main channel, along with some late night English infomercials,...

-DT in Riverside

Riverside, California

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, which, until June 12, 2009, operated on digital channel 68, from whence KRCA moved its post-transition digital signal to channel 35.

The station is geared toward the community of Los Angeles area residents of Central America

Central America

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n heritage. Most of these immigrants moved from El Salvador

El Salvador

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 and Guatemala

Guatemala

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. This channel is home to broadcaster ZionTV. Currently KNLA is operating as a translator for KBBC-TV

KBBC-TV

KBBC-TV is a full-service, full-power digital bilingual independent digital television station in Bishop, California, broadcasting locally on channel 20. Founded August 21, 2007, the station is owned by Venture Technologies Group, LLC....

, channel 20, a full power
TV station in Bishop

Bishop

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 California

California

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. As KBBC is now available as part of the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 local TV package from DirecTV

DirecTV

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and Dish Network, effectively, KNLA's programming schedule can also be seen.

KNLA-LP produces and airs its own live, local newscast which airs at 7 p.m. weeknights.