states branding abc 31 klax general abc 31 news newscasts slogan covering central louisiana channels digital 31 uhf virtual 31 psip subchannels 31.1 abc 31.2 metv owner pollack belz communications co. inc. 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 transmitter coordinates 31 33 54 n 92 33 0 w 31.56500 n 92.55000 w 31.56500 ; 92.55000 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 and the insider among others . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 newscasts 4 references 5 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 31.1 720p 16 9 klax dt main klax tv programming abc 31.2 480i 4 3 metv metv 2 history edit klax was launched on march 3 1983 originally operating as an independent station owned by don lyons and his wife the former rebecca payton 1937 2012 a native of saline in bienville parish via their company cypress communications . the lyonses came to alexandria from many where they had formerly owned and operated radio station kwla . 3 on september 23 1985 it became the area s abc affiliate with monday night football serving as the first program that the station aired as a network affiliate . prior to this area cable companies had piped in either wbrz from baton rouge or katc out of lafayette and local station kalb had a secondary affiliation with abc ; cypress communications originally intended to sign on klax as an abc affiliate but the network initially rejected their request . cypress communications sold the station to current owner pollack belz broadcasting on june 3 1988 . 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 a retro television network affiliate . until upgrading its master control to allow the broadcast of high definition programming in 2012 klax was one of the few abc affiliates and one of the last remaining major network stations in the united states that continued to broadcast exclusively in standard definition . it was also in 2012 that klax took on a me tv affiliation on its second digital subchannel . newscasts edit klax established a fully staffed and produced local news department in the 1980s . the operation was shut down in 2001 being unable to compete with longtime dominant kalb . a news operation was 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 maintains local reporters who contribute content to newscasts seen weeknights at 6 and 10 . the shows are taped in advance and originate from inn s facility on tremont avenue in davenport iowa . citation needed references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign klax station http metvnetwork.com wherewatch.php marketid 195 rebecca payton lyons obituary . alexandria daily town talk . retrieved november 23 2012 . external links edit klax tv.com official website query the fcc s tv station database for klax tv v t e broadcast television in central louisiana including alexandria stations k02qb ind kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 cw knts lp 17 ind klpa 25 pbs lpb klax 31.1 abc 31.2 kwce lp metv k38nr 38.1 punch tv 38.2 queue network 38.3 blank 38.4 blank kbca 41.1 h & i. 41.2 antenna tv 41.3 h & i wntz 48.1 fox mntv 48.2 bounce tv 48.3 escape 48.4 laff distant stations knoe 8.1 cbs 8.2 abc 8.3 the cw klfy 10.1 cbs kard 14.1 fox 14.2 bounce defunct kcdh lp 4 fn k38eg insp see also baton rouge tv lafayette tv shreveport tv lake charles tv east texas tv beaumont tv monroe tv jackson tv southeast ark la tex tv v t e abc network affiliates in the state of louisiana wbrz 2 baton rouge katc 3 lafayette lake charles ktbs 3 shreveport knoe 8.2 columbia wgno 26 new orleans klax 31 alexandria see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in louisiana retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title klax tv & oldid 743740687 categories abc network affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1983television stations in louisianame tv affiliatesmedia in alexandria louisianahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 00 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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