LOUISIANA
- newschannel15
- Jun 28
- 6 min read
Updated: Oct 10
-NEW ORLEANS-
WWL LOUISIANA NEWS
WWL-TV/Channel 4.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Tegna; pending to Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WUPL)
WDSU NEWS
WDSU-TV/Channel 6.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Hearst Television
FOX 8 NEWS
WVUE-DT/Channel 8.1 (Fox)
Ownership: Gray Media
WGNO NEWS
WGNO/Channel 26.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WNOL-TV)
WGNO NEWS
WNOL-TV/Channel 38.1 (The CW)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WGNO; newscast produced by WGNO)
TELENOTICIAS NEW ORLEANS
KGLA-DT/Channel 42.1 (Telemundo)
Ownership: Mayavision, Inc.
WWL LOUISIANA NEWS
WUPL/Channel 54.1 (My Network TV)
Ownership: Tegna; pending to Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WWL-TV; newscasts produced by WWL-TV)
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-BATON ROUGE (plus MORGAN CITY)-
WBRZ NEWS 2
WBRZ-TV/Channel 2.1 (ABC)
THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS
WBRZ NEWS 2
WBRZ-TV/Channel 2.2 (News)
Ownership: Louisiana Television Broadcasting, LLC
BAYOU TIME NEWS
KJUN-CD/Channel 7.1 (Independent)
Ownership: Folse Communications
(Satellite of KFOL-CD)
9 NEWS
WAFB/Channel 9.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Gray Media
LOUISIANA FIRST NEWS
WBRL-CD/Channel 21.1 (The CW)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(Sister station of WGMB; rebroadcast of WGMB 9pm news)
THE VOICE OF THE COAST
KWBJ-CD/Channel 22.22 (YTA)
Ownership: ATVC Inc.
BAYOU TIME NEWS
KFOL-CD/Channel 30.1 (Independent)
Ownership: Folse Communications
LOUISIANA FIRST NEWS
WVLA-TV/Channel 33.1 (NBC)
Ownership: White Knight Broadcasting
(SSA with WGMB)
9 NEWS
WBXH-CD/Channel 39.1 (My Network TV)
Ownership: Gray Media
(Sister station of WAFB, simulcast and rebroadcast of WAFB news)
LOUISIANA FIRST NEWS
WGMB-TV/Channel 44.1 (Fox)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(SSA with WVLA)
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-SHREVEPORT/TEXARKANA, TX-
KTBS 3 NEWS
KTBS-TV/Channel 3.1 (ABC)
KTBS 3 NEWS
KTBS-TV/Channel 3.3 (News)
Ownership: KTBS Inc.
(Sister station of KPXJ)
NBC 6 NEWS
KTAL-TV/Channel 6.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
KSLA NEWS 12
KSLA/Channel 12.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Gray Media
KTBS 3 NEWS
KPXJ/Channel 21.1 (CW)
Ownership: KTBS Inc.
(Sister station of KTBS; newscasts produced by KTBS)
FOX 33 NEWS
KMSS-TV/Channel 33.1 (Fox)
KMSS-TV/Channel 33.2 (Rewind TV)
Ownership: Mission Broadcasting
(JSA with KTAL, newscasts produced by KTAL)
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-LAFAYETTE-
ACADIANA'S NEWSCHANNEL
KATC/Channel 3.1 (ABC)
Ownership: Scripps, pending to Gray Media
KLFY NEWS 10
KLFY-TV/Channel 10.1 (CBS)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
NEWS 15
KLAF-LD/Channel 14.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Allen Media Group, pending to Gray Media
(Sister station of KADN)
NEWS 15
KADN-TV/Channel 15.1 (Fox)
NEWS 15
KADN-TV/Channel 15.2 (KLAF-LD/NBC simulcast)
Ownership: Allen Media, pending to Gray Media
(Sister station of KLAF-LD)
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-MONROE/WEST MONROE/EL DORADO, AR-
KNOE 8 NEWS
KNOE-TV/Channel 8.1 (CBS)
KAQY NEWS NOW
KNOE 8 NEWS
KNOE-TV/Channel 8.2 (ABC)
Monroe
Ownership: Gray Media
NBC 10 NEWS
KTVE/Channel 10.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Mission Broadcasting
(SSA with KARD)
FOX 14 NEWS
KARD/Channel 14.1 (Fox)
Ownership: Nexstar Media Group
(SSA with KTVE; newscasts produced by KTVE)
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-ALEXANDRIA-
NEWSCHANNEL 5
KALB-TV/Channel 5.1 (NBC)
LOUISIANA LATEST
KALB-TV/Channel 5.2 (CBS)
Ownership: Gray Media
ABC 31 NEWS
KLAX-DT/Channel 31.1 (ABC)
Alexandria
Ownership: Deltavision Media
(Newscasts produced by WABG/Greenwood, MS)
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-LAKE CHARLES-
7 NEWS
KPLC/Channel 7.1 (NBC)
Ownership: Gray Media
(SSA with KVHP)
FOX 29 NOW AT NINE
KVHP/Channel 29.1 (Fox)
7 NEWS
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA NEWS NOW
KVHP/Channel 29.2 (ABC)
Ownership: American Spirit Media
(SSA with KPLC; simulcast of and newscasts produced by KPLC)
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Past Newscast Branding:
WBRZ/Channel 2
Baton Rouge
"Your Esso Reporter"
"The Bob Richards Report"
"Night Desk"
"WBRZ-TV News Service" (-1971)
"TV-2 News" (1974-1979)
"Eyewitness News" (1979-94)
"WBRZ Channel 2 News" (1994-2001)
"News 2 Louisiana" (2001-2017)
Past Affiliation: NBC/ABC (-1971), NBC (-1977)
KATC/Channel 3
Lafayette
"TV-3 News" (1960s)
"News 3" (1970s-80s)
"The News" (1980s)
"Action 3 News" (1980s)
"Newswatch 3" (1980s)
"Action 3 News" (1990s)
"NewsChannel 3" (1990s)
Past Ownership: Acadia Television, RP Companies, Cordillera, Scripps (-2025)
KTBS/Channel 3
Shreveport
"Action Three News" (1970s-80s)
"Channel 3 News" (1980s)
"3 Ark-La-Tex News" (1990s)
WWL/Channel 4
New Orleans
"Shell News" (1957-59)
"Newsroom" (1959-63)
"TV-4 News" (1963-66)
"News 4" (1966-)
"Eyewitness News" (-2023)
Past Ownership: Loyola University, Belo (-2013), Tegna (2013-)
KALB/Channel 5
Alexandria
"News Central 5"
Past Ownership: Media General
KTAL/Channel 6
Texarkana/Shreveport
"The News of the Night" (1952-58)
"The Tri-State Report" (1958-60)
"The Television 6 Report" (1960-64)
"The TV-6 News" (1964-)
"Newscope" (-1974)
"NewsCenter 6" (1974-2001)
"NewsChannel 6" (2001-2006)
"KTAL News" (2006-2009)
Past Call Letters: KCMC
Past Ownership: Texarkana Gazette, WECHO Media (-2001)
WDSU/Channel 6
New Orleans
"WDSU-TV News"
"Your Esso Reporter"
"Channel Six News" (1966-74)
"Newswatch 6" (1974-82)
"NewsCenter 6" (1982-87)
"6 News" (1987-1994)
"Channel 6 News" (1994-99)
"WDSU 6 News" (1999-2000)
"WDSU NewsChannel 6" (2000-2009)
Past Ownership: Royal Street (1948-72), Cosmos (1972-89), Pulitzer Broadcasting (1989-99)
KJUN-CA/Channel 7
Morgan City
"HTV NewsTalk"
(Satellite of KFOL-CA)
KNOE/Channel 8
Monroe
"Channel 8 Report"
"TV-8 Report"
"TV-8 News"
Past Ownership: Noe Family Partnership
WVUE/Channel 8
New Orleans
"WJMR-TV News"
"The New Orleans Report"
"Alex Gifford with the News"
"The Evening News"/"24 Hours"
"News Scene 8"
"Channel 8 News"
"News 8 New Orleans"
"News 8"
"Fox News Eight"
Past Call Letters: WJMR (1953-65)
Past Channel Number: 61 (1953-58), 20 (1958-59), 13 (1959-64), 12 (1964-70)
Past Affiliation: CBS/ABC (1953-57), ABC (1957-1995)
Past Ownership: Burnham Broadcasting (-1995), SF Broadcasting (1995-3/98), Emmis Communications (3/98-2008)
WAFB/Channel 9
Baton Rouge
"Channel 9 News"
"Newscene"
"NewsLine 9"
"WAFB News"
Past Ownership: AFLAC
KLFY/Channel 10
Lafayette
"Eyewitness News" (-2013)
"News 10"/"Acadiana's Multimedia News" (2013-2014)
Past Affiliation: ABC (Secondary, 1955-62)
Past Ownership: Young Broadcasting, Media General (-2016)
KTVE/Channel 10
Monroe
"Your Esso Reporter"
"Newsroom"
"The Sixth Hour Report"/"The Eleventh Hour Report"
"TV-10 News"
"Newsten"
"NewsScene 10" (-1983)
"Channel 10 News" (1983-1994)
"Region 10 News" (1994-2006)
"NBC 10 News" (2006-2013)
"KTVE 10 News" (2013-)
Past Call Letters: KRBB (1955-58)
Past Affiliation: NBC (1955-72), ABC (1972-81)
Past Ownership: South Arkansas TV Co. (1955-), Veterans Broadcasting Co, John Fuqua (-1967), Gray (1967-96) Piedmont (1996-2008)
KSLA/Channel 12
Shreveport
"Channel 12 News"
"Eyewitness News"
"Ark-La-Tex News 12"
KARD/Channel 14
UNKNOWN
DEFUNCT
Past Call Letters: KUZN (1967-68), DARK (1968-70), KYAY (1970-71), DARK (1971-74), KLAA (1974-82)
Past Channel Number: 39 (1967-74)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1967-68, 1970-71), NBC (1974-81), ABC (1981-94)
Past Ownership: Howard E. Griffith (1967-68), Northeast Louisiana Broadcasting Corp. (1968-71), Monroe Television Inc. (1974-), Meyer Communications (-1984), Woods Communications (1984-93), Banam Broadcasting (1993-95), Petracom (1995-98), Quorum Broadcasting (1998-2003)
KLAF-LD/Channel 14.1
Lafayette
"NBC 33 News" (2015)
"Local 33 News" (2015-4/2016)
DEFUNCT; simulcast of WVLA/Baton Rouge newscasts
"Acadiana's KLAF News" (4/2016-4/2017)
Past Call Letters: K62DW, K46DG
Past Channel Number: 62 (1991-95), 46 (1995-)
Past Affiliation: Channel America (1991-95), UPN (1995-2006), WB (Secondary, 1995-98), My Network TV (2006-2015)
Past Ownership: Communications Corp., Nexstar (-2016)
KLNI/Channel 15
Lafayette
"Acadiana Action"
DEFUNCT
Past Affiliation: NBC (1968-75), DARK
Past Ownership: Southwestern Louisiana Communications, Inc. (1968-75)
KADN/Channel 15
Lafayette
"Acadiana in Review" (1980s)
DEFUNCT
"Fox 15 News" (-2008)
DEFUNCT
"Fox 15 News" (2008-2016)
DEFUNCT; simulcast of WGMB/Baton Rouge 9pm news
"Fox 15 News" (2016-2017)
Past Call Letters: KLNI (1970s; DARK)
Past Affiliation: NBC (1970s), Independent (1980-86)
Past Ownership: Communications Corp., Nexstar (-2016), Allen Media Group (2016-2025)
KPXJ/Channel 21
Shreveport
"UPN 21 News" (-2006)
"KPXJ 21 News (2006-2009)
Past Affiliation: Pax, UPN (-9/17/06)
KWBJ-CD/Channel 22.22
"KWBJ News"
"NewsDay 22"
Past Call Letters: K39BJ (1990-96)
Past Channel Number: 39 (1990-2009)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1990-96), The WB (1995-2006)
WGNO/Channel 26
New Orleans
"WGNO News" (1971-78)
"TV-26 News"
DEFUNCT
"ABC 26 News" (1996-2011)
Past Call Letters: WWOM (1967-71)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1967-95), The WB (1995-96)
Past Ownership: David Wagenvoord, Communications Corp. of the South, Seymour Smith (-1978), Glendive Media (1978-83), Tribune (-2019)
KVHP/Channel 29
Lake Charles
"Fox 29 News" (1990s)
DEFUNCT
"Fox 29 News" (1999-2004)
DEFUNCT
"Fox 29 News from the Capital" (2009-)
DEFUNCT; rebroadcast of WBRZ 6pm news
"FOX 29 News at Nine" (2015-2016)
DEFUNCT; unrelated to current newscast produced by KPLC
Past Affiliation: Independent (1982-86)
Past Ownership: Nationwide Communications
KFOL-CA/Channel 30
Houma
"HTV NewsTalk"
KLAX/Channel 31
Alexandria
"Prime News 31" (1983-)
"31 News"
"KLAX-TV 31 News" (-1996)
"31 Action News" (1996-2001)
DEFUNCT, unrelated to current newscast
Past Affiliation: Independent (1983-85)
KMSS/Channel 33
Shreveport
"Fox 33 News"
"Fox News Shreveport" (-2008)
"Fox News Ark-La-Tex" (2008-2010)
"Fox 33 News Ark-La-Tex" (2010-2015)
(DEFUNCT; produced by KETK/Tyler, TX)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1985-86)
Past Ownership: Communications Corp. of America
WVLA/Channel 33
Baton Rouge
"Metro News"
"33 News"
"Baton Rouge Tonight"
DEFUNCT
"33 Today"/"NBC 33 News Today" (-2002)
"Morning Baton Rouge" (2002-1/2005)
DEFUNCT, unrelated to current newscast
"NBC 33 News" (-2015)
"Local 33 News" (2015-)
"NBC Local 33 News" (-2025)
Past Call Letters: WRBT (1971-87)
Past Affiliation: ABC (1971-77)
Past Ownership: Romac/Rush Broadcasting, Vetter Louisiana
WNOL/Channel 38
New Orleans
"ABC 26 News at Nine"
"Nola 38 News at Nine" (-6/10)
DEFUNCT; produced by WGNO
Past Affiliation: Independent (1984-86), Fox (1986-96), The WB (1996-2006)
Past Ownership: TVX Broadcasting (1985-89), Qwest Broadcasting (1989-2000), Tribune (-2019)
KBTR-CA/Channel 41
Baton Rouge
"Baton Rouge Today"
Past Call Letters; W49KG,W19KG
Past Channel Number: 49 (1987-88), 19 (1988-2002)
Past Affiliation: All News Channel, Independent, UPN (1995-99)
Past Ownership: Great Oaks Broadcasting (1987-)
WGMB/Channel 44
Baton Rouge
"Fox 44 News" (-2008)
"Fox 44 News Baton Rouge" (2008-2015)
"Fox 44 News" (2015-2025)
Past Ownership: Communications Corp. of America (-2015)
KSHV/Channel 45.1
Shreveport
"Texarkana First News" (2016-2022)
DEFUNCT; production moved to KMSS
Past Call Letters: KWLB (1994-95)
Past Affiliation: Independent (1994-95), UPN (1995-2003), The WB (1997-2006)
Past Ownership: Word of Life Broadcasting (1994-95), White Knight Broadcasting (1995-2015), Marshall Broadcasting (2015-2021)
WNTZ/Channel 48
Alexandria/Natchez, MS
"UNKNOWN" (1985)
DEFUNCT
"Fox News Louisiana A.M." (2007-2008)
DEFUNCT; simulcast of WGMB morning news
Past Affiliation: Independent (1985) DARK (1985-91)
Past Ownership: Perkins (1985), Delta Media (1991-), Communications Corp. of America (-2013)
WUPL/Channel 54
Slidell/New Orleans
"Eyewitness News at Nine" (2007-2013)
DEFUNCT; produced by WWL
"Eyewitness News" (-2023)
Past Affiliation: UPN (1995-2006)
Past Ownership: Cox (1997), Paramount Stations Group, (1997-), Tegna

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