KRCA

This article is about the West Coast flagship station of Estrella TV in Los Angeles, California. For the station that formerly used this call sign, see KNBC. For the air force base near Rapid City, South Dakota, assigned the ICAO code KRCA, see Ellsworth Air Force Base.
KRCA
CityRiverside, California
Channels
BrandingEstrella TV KRCA 62
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 20, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-03-20)
Former call signs
KSLD (1989–1990)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 62 (UHF, 1989–2009)
  • Digital: 68 (UHF, until 2009), 35 (UHF, 2009–2018)
  • Asian Independent (1989–1990)
  • HSN (1990–1998)
  • Spanish Independent (1998–2009)
Call sign meaning
Riverside, California (no relation to the Radio Corporation of America)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID22161
ERP
HAAT978 m (3,209 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°13′37″N 118°4′1″W / 34.22694°N 118.06694°W / 34.22694; -118.06694
Translator(s)K30QC-D Ridgecrest
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.estrellatv.com

KRCA (channel 62) is a television station licensed to Riverside, California, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Estrella TV network to the Los Angeles area. It is the flagship television property of Burbank-based Estrella Media. The station's studios are located on North Victory Drive (near Interstate 5) in Burbank. Through a channel sharing agreement with KABC-TV (channel 7), KRCA transmits using KABC-TV's spectrum from an antenna atop Mount Wilson. Despite Riverside being KRCA's city of license, the station maintains no physical presence there.

  1. ^ "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". FCC Licensing and Management System. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Coming, a new force in Hispanic TV". Media Life Magazine. March 20, 2009. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRCA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.