KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated

Owned-and-operated station

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 television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company

American Broadcasting Company

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, 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

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. 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

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