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The first helicopter was leased to KTLA by National Helicopter Service and Engineering Company in Van Nuys. [3] For several years, KTLA (channel 5) was the only TV station with a helicopter based TV camera crewed reporting platform. The Telecopter was designed and introduced by KTLA chief engineer John D. Silva (1920-2012). [4]
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW.It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the second-largest operated property after WPIX in New York City.
John D. Silva (1920-2012) was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California and is most famous for inventing the first telecopter, or a helicopter fitted with a TV camera in 1958. [1] John D. Silva was born in San Diego, California on February 20, 1920 and studied engineering at Stanford University.
KTLAis providing live coverage beginning at 3 a.m., anchored by Chris Schauble, Eric Spillman and royals expert Patt Morrison of The Times, streaming on Watch KTLA 5.
Firefighters rushed to a historic Orange County airbase when one of the hangars caught fire on Tuesday morning.. The fire reportedly broke out around 1am at the Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin ...
Warren Wilson, the former KTLA broadcast journalist who spent four decades covering some of the biggest stories in Los Angeles’ history, died Friday at his home in Oxnard, Calif. He was 90. His ...
She was with KTLA 5 in Los Angeles from April 2005 to October 2005, flying their helicopter and reporting traffic and breaking news for the KTLA Morning News. [ 6 ] While flying for KNBC 4 , Horton had to report the deaths of four of her fellow United States Forest Service firefighters (a fifth would later succumb to his injuries) in the arson ...
Mark Thompson moved from the station's 10 p.m. newscast to serve as its weather anchor; Dagny Hultgreen served as the entertainment anchor; and Suzanne Dunn was the traffic reporter, reporting from the station's news helicopter Sky 11 (now SkyFox). A weekend public affairs show with the same name aired during the 1980s.