Los Angeles, CA Is A Major Media And Communications Regional Hub

The news media of Los Angeles services the city's large population. The major daily newspaper is The Los Angeles Times. The main Spanish-language paper is La Opinion. The city also has a large number of smaller regional newspapers, alternative weeklies and magazines, including the Los Angeles Daily News, LA Weekly, Los Angeles CityBeat, Los Angeles Business Journal, Los Angeles Downtown News,The Hollywood Reporter and Variety magazine.

In addition to the listed English and Spanish papers, a healthy variety of local periodicals cater to various immigrant communities in their native tongues, including Japanese, Korean, Persian and Russian.

Many cities close to Los Angeles have their own daily newspapers, some who cover and are available in some areas in LA. Two examples of this are the Daily Breeze and The Long Beach Press-Telegram.

On the airwaves, the Los Angeles metro area supports a cornucopia of local television stations, and is the second largest media market area in the U.S. It is the only locale to have all seven VHF allocations assigned to it. Some other markets have the same number of allocations but they are split between alternate cities. For example, New York City has seven allocations, but two of these are utilized in neighboring New Jersey.

Interestingly, along with Washington, DC, Los Angeles is one of only a few television markets that do not have a VHF allocation reserved for public broadcasting.

The major network television affiliates include KABC-TV 7 (ABC), KCBS 2 (CBS), KNBC 4 (NBC), KTTV 11 (FOX), KTLA 5, KCOP 13 and KPXN 30. PBS has a number of area stations: KVCR 24, KCET 28, KOCE 50 and KLCS 58. World TV operates on two channels, KNET-LP 25 and KSFV-LP 6. Spanish-language television networks are also present, including KMEX 34 (Univision), KFTR 46 (Telefutura), KVEA 52 (Telemundo), and KAZA 54 (Azteca America).

Independent television stations operating in the area include: KCAL 9 (owned by CBS); KSCI 18 (Asian-language programming); KWHY 22, KNLA-LP 27 and KRCA 62 (Spanish-language); KSMV-LP 33 and KJLA 57 (variety), KXLA 44 (classic programming) and KDOC 56 (local sports).

Matt Paolini is an entertainment writer for CityBook.com, the family-safe Los Angeles Yellow Pages, which carries an extensive directory on Los Angeles media and media communications law attorneys.