KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles Sizzle Reel from 1970s to 1980s

A sizzle reel of several moments from KTLA, Channel 5 in Los Angeles.
On January 22, 1947, the station was licensed for commercial broadcasting as KTLA on channel 5, becoming the first commercial television station in Los Angeles, the first to broadcast west of the Mississippi River, and the eighth commercial television station in the United States. Estimates of television sets in Los Angeles County at the time ranged from 350 to 600, since experimental station W6XAO (later KTSL and KNXT, now KCBS-TV) was already in operation broadcasting with a regular schedule. Bob Hope served as the emcee for KTLA's inaugural broadcast, titled as The Western Premiere of Commercial Television, which was broadcast live that evening from a garage on the Paramount Studios lot and featured appearances from many Hollywood luminaries. Hope delivered what was perhaps the most famous line of the telecast when, at the program's start, he identified the new station as "KTL" - mistakenly omitting the "A" at the end of the call sign.
KTLA, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 35), is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is the company's largest market station. KTLA's studios are located at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
KTLA was the first commercially licensed television station in the western United States, having begun operations in January 1947. Although not as widespread in national carriage as its Chicago sister station WGN-TV, KTLA is available as a superstation via DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as on cable providers in select cities within the southwestern United States and throughout Canada.
In November 1963, KTLA was purchased by actor and singer Gene Autry for $12 million; upon the sale's finalization in May 1964, Autry merged the station with his other broadcasting properties, including KMPC radio (710 AM, now KSPN) into an umbrella company known as Golden West Broadcasters. During the 1970s, KTLA was uplinked to satellite and became one of the nation's first superstations; the station was eventually carried on cable providers across much of the United States located west of the Mississippi River.
KTLA sought a different programming strategy from its competitors during the late 1960s and 1970s, emphasizing syndicated reruns of off-network hour-long dramas with a heavy emphasis on western-themed programs such as The Gene Autry Show, Bonanza, The Big Valley, first-run talk shows, movies and sports programming. Children's programs, with the exception of weekend morning Popeye cartoons (which originally came from former parent Paramount, but had been sold off to what became the syndication arm of United Artists Television), were also phased out. Popeye continued Sunday Mornings but with only the 1960s King Features episodes. Later in the 1970s more drama shows like Kung Fu, Wonder Woman and Starsky & Hutch were added. In 1979, KTLA acquired much of the programming inventory of struggling independent competitor KBSC-TV (channel 52, now Telemundo owned-and-operated station KVEA) including The Little Rascals, The Three Stooges, The Munsters, The Addams Family, Gilligan's Island, Leave It to Beaver, among others. These shows ran weekend mornings and weekend early afternoons. In 1979, KTLA acquired Happy Days, in 1981 Laverne & Shirley, Little House On The Prairie, in 1982 Taxi, and CHiPs, among other shows. The station continued to emphasize hour-long dramas during the day on weekdays but began to run recent sitcoms in the evenings.
In November 1982, Golden West sold KTLA to investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $245 million. In May 1985, KKR sold the station to Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting, for a then-record price of $510 million, which beat the station's earlier record sale price set by the 1982 acquisition by KKR. Under Tribune, KTLA continued to acquire high rated off-network sitcoms as well as talk shows for its schedule.
KTLA became an affiliate of the MGM/UA Premiere Network, a film-based ad hoc television network, with the showing of Clash of the Titans. The station added the syndicated Action Pack programming block to its schedule starting in mid-January 1994.
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[@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz]

Loved KTLA in the 60s 70s and little in the 80s. Left Cali in the mid 90s

[@gargantuaism]

How can they show a KTLA 5 Promo reel from the 70s and not mention WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS?

[@comicbookninja5268]

LOL

[@gargantuaism]

Where's Gargantua? Giant Robot? Or KONGA? How about "Picture Mommy Dead?"

[@ChrisIller]

Spot Carriers! Quality Makes the Difference!

[@jnadle1]

I've begun to realize that the 1976 Pinocchio TV special was taped at KTLA (Golden West Videotape Division).

[@johnnyballenatl]

As well as Liars’ Club and The Newlywed Game (which were also featured in this sizzle reel)…and dozens others too many to name.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

This was when KTLA was under Golden West Broadcasters ownership.

[@80sMetalHead]

More ‘80’s KTLA !! Thanks for the upload !!

[@TerryT1976]

Super footage and with clips of shows I watched on KTLA as a kid.

[@cowmissing]

Correct, classic footage in this video.

[@AlexCubLA]

Same here. First got hooked on Emergency! 🚨🚒As a 5yo in 1985, was a big part of my childhood. And some nightmares thanks to seeing Earthquake some time before the ‘87 Whittier Narrows quake. 😂

[@jorgezarco9269]

RIP Ted Knight.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

wheres he on here?

[@Wizardof]

WHAT is that menu from at time code 0:00?

[@cowmissing]

Back before non-linear editing, you had to have an Edit Decision List (EDL) to edit your video. This is a shot of a computer monitor with such list. For reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list

[@Wizardof]

@@cowmissing Hey thanks. SO what drove that computer..... C/PM?

[@cowmissing]

Not sure, what ran the system, but we have operated a CMX3600. Here's a better link on Wikipedia for CMX System: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMX_Systems

[@Wizardof]

@@cowmissing OK will take a look....

[@TekoMuto]

Awesome