The station 's digital channel is multiplexed : In addition to Live Well Network programming , digital subchannel 7.2 also carries rebroadcasts of KABC 's local newscasts , public affairs programs and syndicated shows ; it also handles the responsibility of carrying programs normally seen on main channel 7.1 , due to preemptions caused by long-form breaking news coverage ( of note , are occurrences in 2007 when ABC7 aired ESPN on ABC sports programming due to continuous live news coverage of local wildfires on KABC : the Subway 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race on October 21 and the first round of the Skins Game golf tournament on November 24 ) . On September 12 , 2009 , ABC7 aired live coverage of a memorial service at Dodger Stadium for two members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department who died while fighting the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest ( KABC 's Saturday morning ABC Kids children 's programming aired as scheduled without preemption )
Station Fire
2009 California wildfires
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