KTLA Receives Star and Award of Excellence

KTLA Receives Star and Award of Excellence

Hollywood Historic Trust Celebrates 60th Anniversary of KTLA With a High Honor

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 24, 2007, KTLA will be honored on the occasion of its 60th anniversary by the Hollywood Historic Trust, in recognition of being Southern California's most prolific and historic television station; it was announced today by Hollywood Historic Trust Chairman, Johnny Grant. KTLA is the first television station to receive this honor.

Celebrities from the CW Network, the Clippers and others will join KTLA in the celebration. Two KTLA veterans and previous Walk of Fame Star recipients will also be on hand -- Stan Chambers and Hal Fishman. Chambers' career with KTLA began in 1947, shortly after KTLA became the first commercially-licensed TV station in the western United States. Fishman, a 45-year news veteran, first joined KTLA in 1965, and has anchored the station's award winning "KTLA Prime News" continuously since 1975.

KTLA will broadcast the KTLA Morning Show live from this event (7:00 am - 10:00 am). The public is invited to join KTLA at Hollywood & Highland to celebrate at 9:30 am.

The Award of Excellence is being presented to KTLA in recognition of its significant contributions to the Los Angeles community and the entertainment industry. A Walk of Fame-type star and a commemorative plaque will be unveiled and placed adjacent to the constellation of stars along this iconic sidewalk.

The award will be accepted by Vice President and General Manager Vinnie Malcolm. Four additional members of the KTLA team have already received stars on the Walk of Fame including Klaus Landsberg, Stan Chambers, Hal Fishman and Larry McCormick.

KTLA continues its tradition of firsts by becoming the only major television station to date to receive a star on Hollywood Boulevard, (adjacent to the Walk of Fame). Other historic firsts include:

* 1947 -- W6XYZ becomes commercial station KTLA -- the first commercial
television station west of the Mississippi.
* 1947 -- First telecast of the Rose Parade
* 1948 -- First West Coast station to televise a President's speech --
President Harry Truman
* 1948 -- First to present Hopalong Cassidy which started the first
national television craze
* 1951 -- First to present Lawrence Welk on television
* 1952 -- First live telecast of an atom bomb blast
* 1955 -- First Los Angeles station to originate programs in color --
"The Rose Parade"
* 1958 -- First station to design and operate a flying remote unit -- The
Telecopter
* 1966 -- First independent station to receive the "Peabody Award" for
news (The Watt's Riot)
* 1981 -- First independent station in Los Angeles to reach more viewers
than any other station in the market -- KTLA rated #1 in
Los Angeles by A.C. Nielsen Co.
* 1984 -- First independent station newscast to be named "Best in
California" by UPI
* 1990 -- First LA station to offer a prime time newscast close-captioned
for the hearing impaired

About KTLA

KTLA is where L.A. lives, connecting to the community through reliable and award-winning news and compelling entertainment in standard and high definition. KTLA is a Tribune Broadcasting station. For additional information visit www.ktla.com.

Contact: Kathleen Flaherty Jymm Adams
k21 Communications. KTLA
(310) 490-9118 (323) 460-5549
kflaherty@k21.comjadams@tribune.com

Source: KTLA

CONTACT: Kathleen Flaherty of k21 Communications., +1-310-490-9118,
kflaherty@k21.com, for KTLA; or Jymm Adams of KTLA, +1-323-460-5549,
jadams@tribune.com

Web site: http://www.ktla.com/

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