KGLA-DT

For the partially related radio station, see KGLA (AM).

KGLA-DT

New Orleans, Louisiana
City of license	Hammond, Louisiana
Channels	Digital: 42 (UHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP)
Subchannels	42.1 Telemundo
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	Mayavision, Inc.
First air date	June 5, 2007
Former callsigns	WHMM-DT (June-August 2007) KGLA-TV (August-December 2007)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	294 m
Facility ID	83945
Transmitter coordinates	29°58′41.7″N 89°56′26.6″W
Website	www.kgla.tv

KGLA-DT is a digital-only television station that began broadcasting on June 5, 2007 under the callsign WHMM-DT. The station broadcasts SD 480i on UHF channel 42 and serves as the Telemundo affiliate for the New Orleans DMA.[1] The city of license is Hammond, Louisiana. As it is digital only, KGLA-DT's over-the-air signal is only receivable on sets equipped with HDTV tuners or Digital-to-SDTV tuner/conversion boxes. The station is also carried on selected cable systems in the New Orleans area.

KGLA's city of license, Hammond, and its transmitter in New Orleans, are both east of the Mississippi River, making it one of the few stations in the country with a "K" callsign that is east of the Mississippi River. This is possible because Mayavision owns a 50 percent share of KGLA (AM), licensed to Gretna. The "KGLA" callsign was then grandfathered to the television station.

With an ERP of 1 megawatt, the maximum currently allowed by the FCC for DTV, KGLA-DT is the only local high-powered Spanish-language television station in the area. Other local Spanish-language television stations include competitors such as Azteca America affiliate WTNO-LP, and PBS subchannel WLAE-DT3, a V-me affiliate.

On August 27, 2007, WHMM-DT changed its call letters to KGLA-TV (after its radio half-sister). On December 21 of that year, the -TV suffix was replaced with the -DT suffix in the station's callsign.

The station launched its own website in late 2007.

The station can now been seen on DirecTV and Dish Network on channel 42 as part of the New Orleans local channels package, and also on AT&T U-verse on channel 42.

External links

• KGLA-DT Homepage (outdated since 2009)
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KGLA-DT
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KGLA-TV