KUWN-TV

KUWN-TV, virtual channel 12 (UHF channel 51), is the West Coast flagship station of the UWN network, licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States. Owned and operated by the UWN Television Stations America division of United World Media, the studios and offices are located on 1st Street at Burbank, California, while KUWN-TV's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
In the few areas of the western United States where an UWN station isn't receivable over-the-air, KUWN is available on satellite via DirecTV.
== History ==
KUWN-TV signed on as KLAB-TV (which stands for Los Angeles Broadcasting) on March 6, 1949, licensed to the Federal Communications Commission. It was operated on UHF channel 19, making the first new Los Angeles TV station to sign on in UHF frequency before 1962. KLAB-TV was the last of UWN's five original owned-and-operated stations to sign on the air. 
The station changed its callsign to KUWN (meaning the United World Network, which was its main affiliation) and its channel frequency to VHF channel 12 on September 3, 1957. 
== Programming ==
=== Syndicated programming ===
Syndicated programs broadcasts on KUWN include Artist of the Pick, Larva Island, Mrs. Brown's Boys, and The Picture and Video Review.
=== Sports programming ===
=== News programming ===
KUWN broadcasts 40 hours, 30 mins of locally produced newscasts each week (with 7 hours, 30 minutes each weekday, 3 hours on Saturdays, and 2 hours on Sundays). KUWN also operated a helicopter named as "12Air", to provide aerial coverage of highlights.
== On-air staff ==
=== News anchors ===
* Marshall Anderson - weekday mornings
* Chan Fox - weeknights at 6 and 11pm
* Katelyn Jung - weeknights at 6 and 11pm
* Zhang Nguyen - weeknights at 6 and 11pm
* William Shires
* Liu Smith - weekend mornings
* Edward Turner
* Jillian Wang
* Benny Will - weekday mornings
=== Sports team ===
* Jung Yin Ko - sports director
=== Weather ===
* Jimmy Davis - weather anchor
* Tim Lopez (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist
* Ji-hoon Xing (AMS Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist
=== Reporters ===
* Ein Clark - general assignment reporter
* Sharon Martin - general assignment reporter
* Jack Wilson - investigative reporter
* Kong Yamaguchi - weekday morning reporter
== Technical information ==
=== Subchannels ===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	Short Name	Programming
2.1 	1080p	16:9 	KUWN-12 	Main KUWN programming / UWN
2.2 	480p 	16:9 	UWN2 	UWN+
2.3 	480p 	16:9 	Eden 	Eden
2.4 	480p 	16:9 	NewNet 	NewNet
=== Analog-to-digital conversion ===
KUWN-TV launched its digital HD feed, KUWN-DT, over UHF channel 51 on July 25, 2002. KUWN shut down its analog signal over VHF channel 12 on June 12, 2009, taking over the switchover from analog to digital broadcast under federal mandate.
Category:Channel 12
Category:Los Angeles
Category:California
Category:UWN Television Stations America
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1982
Category:UWN network affiliates
Category:Unied World Media