KHSL-TV
CBS/CW television affiliate in Chico, California, United States
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 NBC/Telemundo affiliate KNVN (channel 24), a combination known as Action News Now. The two stations share studios on the corner of Eaton and Silverbell roads on the northwest side of Chico; KHSL is broadcast to the Chico area from Cohasset Ridge in Butte County and to Redding from 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 KHSL AM and other 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.
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