KTLA

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Background
KTLA, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 35), is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States. The station is the largest directly-owned property of Nexstar Media Group. KTLA's studios are located at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson. It is the second-largest CW affiliate by market size that is not owned and operated by either of the network's co-owners, ViacomCBS or AT&T's WarnerMedia.

1st Logo (1947–1957)
Nickname: "The Mountain"

Logo: In a black and white version on a lake background, we see a mountain below with many stars on top, next, the stars zoom in, moves, and become inverted with a circle zooms out around the stars, forming the Paramount Pictures logo on a white background, then, we see the broadcast or radio tower fades on top of the mountain, with the tower transmitting, then, we see the letters "KTLA" appears one-by-one in the middle of the tower, it stops transmitting, then, we see the word "serif" writes below the mountain.

FX/SFX: The stars zoom in, the circle zooms out, and transmitting.

Music/Sounds: An announcer saying "This is KTLA Television Los Angeles, owned and operated by Television Productions, Inc. A service of Paramount Pictures. With studios joining the Paramount often Hollywood, transmitting from Mount Wilson, California on television channel number 5 with frequency of 76 to 82 megacycles. Again tonight, we're ready to bring you a full evening of television entertainment, from now until 7 o'clock, watch the news go by, and listen to recorded music as you align your receivers for best reception of KTLA."

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1957-195?)
Logo: On a superimposed credit of The Polka Parade, we see the words "Produced in cooperation with" on the top, below it there's a rectangle with "KTLA" on the left, next to it, there's a play button triangle with the word "CHANNEL" on it, next to it, there’s a outline circle with the large number "5" on it.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of The Polka Parade.

Availability: Seen on The Polka Parade.

Editor's Note: None.

=== 3rd logo (1958-1961)

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Logo: On a black background, with the white oval in the center, we see a helicopter is flying, and the black text "KTLA TV 5" is on its right side.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: TBA.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (1961-1964)
Nickname: The In-credit Mountain.

Logo: On a black and white version of the sky, we see a mountain with the white text "TV 5 KTLA" in the circle from the top to the bottom. On the mountain, we see the stars is on the circle, and below the mountain, we see the text: "A production of Paramount Pictures Corp".

Variant: Same as the first logo, but the circle is white, the text is arranging to "KTLA TV 5", and there's more clouds in the sky.

FX/SFX: None

Music/Sounds: None

Availability: None

Editor's Note: None