Holding construction permits and obtaining a license to operate this television on VHF frequency 12 was contested between three major media groups. Radio KRMD Inc and Shreveport Television Co filed the application to Federal Commission after lifting the ban on the order of relocation of any new Television in the area of Shreveport on June 27, 1952. Until July 10, Dallas-based attorneys Pat Coon and Billy B become the third applicants for the license of channel 12. KRMD CBS Radio and Shreveport Television submitted a joint application to the Federal Commination Commission for the approval of operating channel 12 as VHF on August 24.
KSLA Local News Live:
The temporary Corporation granted the approval for construction permits on September 18 from the federal commission. TV suffix callsign was added in the name of the station during 1979. On January 1, 1954, the KSLA CBS starts its first transmission and become the second television station in the area of Shreveport and Texarkana market. KTBS TV channel 3 signed on as the second television station in the Shreveport area after KSLA suspended its affiliation with NBC on September 3, 1955. After a year station also added an affiliation with NTA Film Network.
KSLA having a 364-meter tower start increasing the density of station viewers from 177,100 to more than a million in November 1955 after activating its transmission facility on a permanent basis. This high-power tower was covering the area of Northwestern Louisiana and Northeast Texas along with Arkansas.
News App:
KSLA News 12 is delivering news to the local community and streaming directly from the news studios. You can find and installed this mobile app from the android and iTunes store which can be downloaded in few minutes. The news app of channel 12 has many interesting features full of news, entertainment, and video sharing option. News bulletin during day and midnight is also available through saved videos and live transmission. Local community news and political gathering videos are also available in this mobile app.
News Team:
KSLA after the affiliation with CBS changed its certain programs themes such as CBS News Sunday Morning from 8:00 am to 9:00 am due to morning newscast from the. Channel 12 started focusing its newscast from the CBS programming during weekdays in 2014. The news team of CBS 12 is covering Weather, Covid19 situations, Crime, Education, Traffic, and political aspects from the area. Some crime and other investigation stories are covered by Kori Johnson and Racheal Thomas. Andrew Brightman is a Meteorologist and covering weather condition stories and forecasting news from the KSLA studio.
Weather App:
KSLA station launched its weather application with sister stations to uniform and delivered actual and accurate weather situations to the viewers. This purpose is to consider different weather situations during bad weather. You can watch 10 days forecast, Storm Tracking with satellite imaging in high definition, Weather videos In-depth, and a GPS locator which is fully integrated with the station system and your current locations.
First Weather Alert:
Weather alerts are generated from the KSLA CBS 12 after being conformed from the National authorities and notified during weather forecasting. First weather alerts are forwarded to the KSLA viewers on its installed app and on electronic devices. The meteorologist team from the CBS channel is providing information and type of weather alerts and move forward via push notifications. KSLA CBS 12 weather forecasting team is highly professional and determines during severe weather conditions and on normal days of weather broadcasting.
Live Streaming:
KSLA channel 12 is virtually based and digitalizes station signals from analog to digital for overcoming the live streaming services. A high-power transmission tower is providing such services in most areas of Shreveport. You can access and subscribe to this channel and watch live streaming services without any signal disturbance or malfunctioning transmission. The technical media team of the CBS channel is available and ready to serve during direct streaming. National and local events are covered through high-definition cameras and transmission is live from the studio.
KSLA is a CBS-affiliated TV channel that is virtual channel 12 and functioned through the digital channel of UHF 23. The license of this CBS 12 is issued to Shreveport, Louisiana. Gray Television is the owner of the KSLA and its studio location is on Fairfield Avenue and Dashiel Street in Central Shreveport. The transmitter location of this KSLA CBS 12 is based in the Southeast of Mooringsport and Caddo Lake which is located in the rural northern area of Caddo Parish. Channel 13 is providing transmission services through a cable system in high definition and standard definition quality in the area of Shreveport. NewWave Communications channel 5 is providing transmission services in SD and 201 for high-definition resolution.
