KABC-TV
Overview
 
KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...

 television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

, licensed to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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. KABC-TV's studios are located in Glendale
Glendale, California
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
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 digital signal on VHF channel 7 from its transmitter on Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson (California)
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In the few areas of the western United States where viewers cannot receive ABC programs over-the-air, KABC-TV is available on satellite to subscribers of DirecTV
DirecTV
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The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

ABC7 Plus, branded on-air as ABC7+ with the plus sign, primarily airs programming from the Live Well HD Network
Live Well HD Network
Live Well Network is a home, health and lifestyle high definition digital subchannel network owned by Disney-ABC Television Group. The network launched as Live Well HD Network on April 27, 2009, and is currently available on digital subchannels of all ABC owned and operated stations and Belo...

, which premiered on channel 7.2 on April 27, 2009.
 
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