KSLA-TV

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KSLA-TV

Shreveport, Louisiana
Branding	News 12, First News
Slogan	Coverage You Can Count On
Channels	12 (VHF) analog, 17 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Raycom Media
Founded	October 1, 1954
Call letters meaning	Shreveport, LA
Former affiliations	NBC (1954-1960) (shared affiliation with CBS)UPN(secondary) (1995)
Website	www.ksla.com/

KSLA-TV is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is a CBS network affiliate and broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12. Its transmitter is located in Mooringsport, Louisiana.

KSLA went on the air on October 1, 1954 and shared affiliation time with CBS and NBC until 1960, when it started broadcasting only CBS programming.

Its coverage area includes the Ark-La-Tex area. It is owned by Raycom Media. KSLA was the first station in the market to broadcast in color, to broadcast in stereo sound, to employ the use of satellites, and, more recently, the first to broadcast in high definition. The station claims to have the highest rated newscast in the entire state of Louisiana. It was once the home of the Shreveport Captains and the defunct Canadian Football League team, the Shreveport Pirates.

KSLA was among the first 50 television stations in the country to air a unique local program initiative called PM Magazine from 1979 to 1984. This local program hosted by Chuck Smith and Becky Strickland became one of the consistently highest rated PM Magazine's in the country beating popular syndicated programs MASH, The Newlywed Game and People's Court as it averaged high audience shares, sometimes higher than 30% throughout its 4+ years on KSLA. Despite its local success, PM Magazine was cancelled in early 1984 after Viacom acquired the station. The last rating period for 1984 revealed the program had a 25 rating/39 share (Arbitron 2/'84).

For a short time in 1995, KSLA aired UPN on a secondary basis on Saturday nights. This, however, ended when KSHV took over UPN programming that August.

At one point, the station was owned by Viacom, which later on merged with CBS. On September 1, 1995, Viacom sold KSLA to Ellis Communications as part of Viacom's divestiture of its non-UPN stations. Ellis became part of Raycom the following year, following a merger.

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KSLA logo used from 1996 to 2006.

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Broadcast television in the Shreveport-Texarkana market (Nielsen DMA #81)
KTBS 3 (ABC) - KTAL 6 (NBC) - KETG 9 (PBS/AETN) - KSLA 12 (CBS) (The Tube on DT2) - KLTS 24 (PBS/LPB) - KMSS 33 (Fox) - KADO-LP 40 (ACN) - K42FE 42 (Religious/3ABN) - KSHV 45 (MNTV) - K54CB 54 (IND) - K59GO 59 (TBN) - K63BA 63 (PBS/OETA)
Local digital television channels
KPXJ 21 (The CW)

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Louisiana

WWL 4 (New Orleans) - KALB-DT 5.2 (Alexandria) Jan 1,2007 - KNOE 8 (Monroe) - WAFB 9 (Baton Rouge) - KLFY 10 (Lafayette) - KSLA 12 (Shreveport)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, UPN, WB and Other Stations in Louisiana