KHSL-TV

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KHSL-TV

Chico–Redding, California United States
City	Chico, California
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 12
Branding	CBS 12; Action News Now Chico-Redding CW (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	12.1: CBS 12.2: CW+ for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Allen Media Group (California TV License Company, LLC)
Sister stations	KNVN
History
First air date	August 29, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-08-29)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 12 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 43 (UHF, 1999–2018)
Former affiliations	All secondary: ABC (1953–1978) NBC (1953–1956, 1978–1985) DuMont (1953–1955)
Call sign meaning	Harry Smithson and Sidney Lewis (founders of KHSL radio)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24508
ERP	170 kW
HAAT	461.9 m (1,515 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°57′28.6″N 121°42′52.9″W / 39.957944°N 121.714694°W / 39.957944; -121.714694
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.actionnewsnow.com

KHSL-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Chico, California, United States, serving the Chico–Redding area as an affiliate of CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Allen Media Group in common operation with KNVN (channel 24), the market's NBC/Telemundo affiliate owned by Maxair Media, a combination known as Action News Now. The two stations share studios at the McClung Broadcast Center on the corner of Eaton and Silverbell roads on the northwest side of Chico; KHSL is broadcast from Cohasset Ridge in Butte County to the Chico area and South Fork Mountain northwest of Redding.

KHSL-TV was the first television station in the region, signing on in 1953 as the TV extension of Chico radio station KHSL (1290 AM). Its original transmitter site in Paradise, California, failed to adequately cover Redding, prompting it to relocate to Cohasset the next year. Under the ownership of the McClung family's Golden Empire Broadcasting Company, KHSL-TV became the leading station for news in the market. The McClungs owned the KHSL stations until 1994, when the radio stations were split off and United Communications Corporation acquired the TV station.

Catamount Broadcasting acquired KHSL-TV in 1998 and began handling operations of KNVN in 2000. The newscasts of both stations initially retained separate presentation but were soon amalgamated into a single news service. KHSL-TV went through several owners in the 2010s and early 2020s and has been owned by Allen Media Group since 2020.