KHSL-TV  KHSL-TV, virtual channel 12 (UHF digital channel 36), is a dual CBS/CW+-affiliated television station licensed to Chico, California, United States and also serving Redding. The station is owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Studios, which also operates NBC affiliate KNVN (channel 24, also licensed to Chico) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with owner Maxair Media. The two stations share studios at the corner of Eaton and Silverbell Road on the northwest side of Chico; KHSL's transmitter is located along Cohasset Road in rural Butte County northwest of Paradise. KHSL-TV came on air in 1953 and was established by the McClung family's Golden Empire Broadcasting Company along with KHSL-AM 1290. The call letters are in honor of Harry Smithson and Sidney Lewis, who founded KHSL-AM in 1935. They sold the station to Hugh and Ruth "Mickey" McClung a year later. In October 1994, it was sold to United Communications Corporation. On September 14, 1998, KHSL-TV was purchased by Catamount Broadcasting. From its start, KHSL-TV was an affiliate of CBS. When KRCR-TV entered the Chico–Redding market as an NBC affiliate, the two stations occasionally cherry-picked ABC programming since no third commercial station had yet existed. In 1978, KRCR-TV switched to ABC. KHSL-TV then picked up some NBC programming such as "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". However, the station and signal were forced to switch to KRON-TV in San Francisco whenever NBC programming aired. This required the awkward masking of KRON's IDs and commercials. Eventually, when KCPM (now KNVN) launched and took the NBC affiliation, the sharing of a third network was no longer necessary in the Chico-Redding market. However, there may have been at least one attempt in the mid-1960s to bring a potential ABC affiliate third commercial station to the area. The third station never materialized. From 1956 to 1960, KHSL-TV aired a half-hour program on Sunday evenings called "There is a Telling". The program explored the folklore and history of northern California. Chico State College produced the program with the aid of students. It is perhaps best remembered for its ballad theme song performed by Tom Lee. From 1956 to 1995, KHSL aired the half-hour music program, "The Moriss Taylor Show."