| Alexandria, Louisiana | |
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| Branding | ABC 31 KLAX ABC 31 News |
| Slogan | Covering Central Louisiana |
| Channels | Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 31 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 31.1 ABC |
| Owner | Pollack/Belz Communication Co., Inc. licensee = |
| First air date | March 3, 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | Louisiana and AleXandria |
| Sister station(s) | KWCE-LP, KIEM-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | 31 (UHF analog, 1983-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1983-1985) UPN (secondary, 1995-1997) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW |
| Height | 333 m |
| Facility ID | 52907 |
| Website | KLAX-TV.com |
KLAX-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Central Louisiana licensed to Alexandria. It broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 from a transmitter in the Kisatchie National Forest southwest of Dry Prong. The station can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 3. Owned by the Pollack/Belz Broadcasting Company, KLAX is sister to low-powered Retro Television Network (RTV) affiliate KWCE-LP and the two outlets share studios on England Drive/LA 498 in Alexandria. Syndicated programming on KLAX includes Entertainment Tonight, The Dr. Oz Show, The Insider, and Judge Jeanine Pirro among others.
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KLAX was launched on March 3, 1983 originally as an independent, non-network affiliate. Two years later, it became the area's ABC affiliate with Monday Night Football serving as the first network program. Prior to this, area cable companies had piped in either WBRZ-TV from Baton Rouge, Louisiana or KATC-TV Lafayette, LA. KLAX became one of two default ABC affiliates for the Monroe area (along with KTBS) in 1994 after that city's former ABC affiliate, KARD, became a Fox station. This situation continued until 1998 when KAQY signed-on and took the ABC affiliation. During this time due to the SyndEx rules, programming airing on other stations in Monroe was replaced by CNN Headline News.
KLAX also had a secondary affiliation with UPN from 1995 until 1998 when sister station KWCE signed-on. It is now an RTN affiliate.
KLAX established a fully staffed and produced local news department in the 1980s. The operation was shut down in 2001 but later revived in 2008 in partnership with the Independent News Network (INN). The news anchor, meteorologist, and sports anchor are provided by the centralized news operation and other personnel from INN can fill-in as necessary. KLAX-TV maintains local reporters who contribute content to newscasts seen nightly at 6 and 10. The shows are produced from the INN facility in Davenport, Iowa. KLAX-TV's commercial production division also won various industry awards for outstanding creative services.
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