KALB-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with NBC, CBS and The CW Plus.

Owned by Gray Media, the station maintains studios on Washington Street in downtown Alexandria, and its transmitter is located in Forest Hill.

(When cable arrived in the market in the 1970s, companies supplemented the area with stations from cities immediately surrounding the doughnut.)

KALB was fortunate enough to gain that license, and consequently was the only television station to be based in Alexandria until KLAX and KLPA (channel 25) signed on in 1983.

On September 29, 1997, KALB began calling itself "Newschannel 5" and adopted a logo modeled after that company's flagship station, WFLA.

He owned an Alexandria shoe store, was an elected member and former president of the Rapides Parish Police Jury, and in 1987 became the executive director of the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association.

Prior to that, CBS programming was provided on local cable by KLFY-TV in Lafayette, KNOE-TV in Monroe, or WAFB in Baton Rouge.

On March 14, 2008, the company reached an agreement to sell the station and sister outlet WMBB in Panama City, Florida, to Hoak Media.

KALB continued to use elements of its Media General–era presentation while owned by Hoak Media, keeping the news theme until 2011 and versions of the arc logo until 2014 (KALB made slight modifications to its logo and news theme in July 2012 upon launching its newscasts in high definition) On February 17, 2009, it turned off its analog signal on channel 5 and now only operates in digital on channel 35.

At the end of 2014, the station adopted its current logo; aside from continuing to refer to itself as Newschannel 5, KALB's on-air look no longer included elements from the era of Media General ownership.

On December 30, 2023, KALB-TV parent company Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with the New Orleans Pelicans to air 10 games on the station during the 2023–24 season.

[13] KALB operates a relatively large news department compared with other Big Three affiliates in markets of its size.

Additionally, KALB has a partnership with Radio Maria, AM 580 KJMJ in Alexandria, to simulcast its newscasts during severe weather or other emergencies.

[15] The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Beginning in October 2024, KALB's fourth subchannel has been affiliated with the Gray Television owned Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network.