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