KTLA
E237379
The CW affiliate
broadcast television network affiliate
commercial television station
television station
KTLA is a major Los Angeles television station known as one of the oldest continuously operating TV stations in the United States and a prominent affiliate of The CW network.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KTLA canonical | 2 |
| K TeleVision Los Angeles | 1 |
| KTLA 5 | 1 |
| KTLA 5 News at 10 | 1 |
| KTLA 5 The CW | 1 |
| KTLA 5 Weekend News | 1 |
| KTLA Morning News | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2129832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: KTLA Context triple: [The CW, hasFlagshipStation, KTLA]
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A.
KABC-TV
KABC-TV is a major ABC-owned television station serving the Los Angeles, California media market.
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B.
KCRA-TV
KCRA-TV is a television station serving the Sacramento, California market, best known as the region’s long-time NBC affiliate and a major source of local news coverage.
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C.
KTTV
KTTV is a Los Angeles-based television station, historically known as a major outlet for sports broadcasting and local news coverage.
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D.
KGO-TV
KGO-TV is a major ABC-owned local television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area with news, entertainment, and network programming.
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E.
KNBC-TV
KNBC-TV is the NBC-owned and operated television station serving the Los Angeles, California market.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: KTLA Target entity description: KTLA is a major Los Angeles television station known as one of the oldest continuously operating TV stations in the United States and a prominent affiliate of The CW network.
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A.
KABC-TV
KABC-TV is a major ABC-owned television station serving the Los Angeles, California media market.
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B.
KCRA-TV
KCRA-TV is a television station serving the Sacramento, California market, best known as the region’s long-time NBC affiliate and a major source of local news coverage.
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C.
KTTV
KTTV is a Los Angeles-based television station, historically known as a major outlet for sports broadcasting and local news coverage.
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D.
KGO-TV
KGO-TV is a major ABC-owned local television station serving the San Francisco Bay Area with news, entertainment, and network programming.
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E.
KNBC-TV
KNBC-TV is the NBC-owned and operated television station serving the Los Angeles, California market.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
The CW affiliate
ⓘ
broadcast television network affiliate ⓘ commercial television station ⓘ television station ⓘ |
| branding |
KTLA 5
ⓘ
linked to:
KTLA
KTLA 5 The CW ⓘ
linked to:
KTLA
|
| broadcastArea |
Greater Los Angeles
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Los Angeles Area
Southern California ⓘ |
| broadcastLanguage | English ⓘ |
| callsignMeaning |
K TeleVision Los Angeles
ⓘ
linked to:
KTLA
|
| cityOfLicense | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfLicense |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| digitalBroadcastStandard | ATSC ⓘ |
| digitalChannel | 35 ⓘ |
| facilityType | UHF digital television station ⓘ |
| formerNetworkAffiliation |
DuMont Television Network
ⓘ
The WB ⓘ The WB 100+ (via cable) ⓘ
linked to:
The WB
|
| foundedBy | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
KTLA 5 News at 10
ⓘ
linked to:
KTLA
KTLA 5 Weekend News ⓘ
linked to:
KTLA
KTLA Morning News ⓘ
linked to:
KTLA
|
| launchDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| licensedToServe | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| market | Los Angeles television market ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation | The CW ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first commercially licensed television stations west of the Mississippi River
ⓘ
coverage of Los Angeles breaking news and traffic ⓘ extensive morning news block ⓘ long-running local news programming ⓘ |
| oneOfOldestContinuouslyOperatingTVStationsIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| operator | Nexstar Media Group ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| owner | Nexstar Media Group ⓘ |
| primaryContentType |
The CW network programming
ⓘ
local news ⓘ syndicated entertainment programming ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| sisterStation |
KSWB-TV
ⓘ
KTXL ⓘ KXAN-TV ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| stationClass | full-power television station ⓘ |
| studioLocation |
Hollywood, Los Angeles
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood
Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood ⓘ
linked to:
Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
|
| transmitterLocation | Mount Wilson, California ⓘ |
| virtualChannel | 5 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: KTLA Description of subject: KTLA is a major Los Angeles television station known as one of the oldest continuously operating TV stations in the United States and a prominent affiliate of The CW network.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: KTLA
linked to: KTLA
linked to: KTLA
linked to: KTLA