| The news media of Los Angeles services the | | | | of allocations but they are split between |
| West Coast city's large population. The major | | | | different cities. For example, New York City |
| daily newspaper is The Los Angeles Times. The | | | | has seven allocations, but two of these are |
| largest Spanish-language paper is La Opinion. | | | | utilized in neighboring New Jersey. |
| The city also supports a wide variety of | | | | |
| smaller regional newspapers, alternative | | | | Interestingly, along with Washington, DC, LA |
| weeklies and magazines, including the Los | | | | is one of only a very selective group of |
| Angeles Daily News, LA Weekly, Los Angeles | | | | television markets that do not have a VHF |
| CityBeat, Los Angeles Business Journal, Los | | | | allocation reserved for public broadcasting. |
| Angeles Daily Journal,The Hollywood Reporter | | | | |
| and Variety magazine. | | | | The major network television affiliates |
| | | | include KABC-TV 7 (ABC), KCBS 2 (CBS), KNBC 4 |
| In addition to the listed English and Spanish | | | | (NBC), KTTV 11 (FOX), KTLA 5, KCOP 13 and |
| papers, a number of local periodicals serve | | | | KPXN 30. PBS has a presence in the area with |
| various immigrant communities in their native | | | | four stations: KVCR 24, KCET 28, KOCE 50 and |
| tongues, including Japanese, Korean, Persian | | | | KLCS 58. World TV operates on two channels, |
| and Russian. | | | | KNET-LP 25 and KSFV-LP 6. Spanish-language |
| | | | television networks are also represented, |
| Many cities nearby to Los Angeles have their | | | | including KMEX 34 (Univision), KFTR 46 |
| own daily newspapers, some of which cover and | | | | (Telefutura), KVEA 52 (Telemundo), and KAZA |
| are available in some LA neighborhoods. Two | | | | 54 (Azteca America). |
| examples of this are the Daily Breeze and The | | | | |
| Long Beach Press-Telegram. | | | | Independent television stations operating in |
| | | | the area include: KCAL 9 (owned by CBS); KSCI |
| On the airwaves, the Los Angeles metro area | | | | 18 (Asian-language programming); KWHY 22, |
| has a cornucopia of local television | | | | KNLA-LP 27 and KRCA 62 (Spanish-language); |
| stations, and is the second largest media | | | | KSMV-LP 33 and KJLA 57 (variety), KXLA 44 |
| market area in the U.S. LA is the only city | | | | (classic programming) and KDOC 56 (local |
| to have all seven VHF allocations assigned to | | | | sports). |
| it. Some other markets have the same number | | | | |