KCET

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KCET
Los Angeles, California
Branding	KCET
Slogan	Infinitely More
Channels	28 (UHF) analog, 59 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Community Television of Southern California
Founded	September 28, 1964
Call letters meaning	Community Educational Television
Former affiliations	NET (1964-1970)
Transmitter Power	2450 kW/926 m (analog) 340 kW/913 m (digital)
Website	www.kcet.org

For the Japanese computer game developer, see Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo

KCET is one of four PBS member stations serving Los Angeles and Southern California, the others being KVCR-TV, KOCE-TV, and KLCS. Broadcasting on channel 28, the studio is located at 4401 West Sunset Boulevard. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson, one of the highest points in Los Angeles County.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2.1 Logos 3 External links

[edit] History

KCET signed on September 28, 1964 as an affiliate of NET. It was actually the second attempt at an educational station in the Los Angeles area. KTHE, operated by the University of Southern California, had previously broadcast on channel 28, beginning on November 29, 1953. It was the second educational television station in the United States, signing on six months and four days after KUHT in Houston, Texas, but it went dark after nine months due to its primary benefactor, the Hancock Foundation, determining that the station was too much of a financial drain on its resources.

The call letters KCET stand for Community Educational Television, not to be confused with the organization of the same name formed by Daystar Television Network in 2003, which made an unusccessful bid to purchase Orange County public television station KOCE.

In 2000 KCET-DT signed on ch.59.

[edit] Programming

KCET produced the acclaimed Carl Sagan series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage in 1978-1979. Current productions include its signature public affairs program Life & Times (underwritten by The Whittier Foundation, Jim & Anne Rothenberg, QueensCare, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Boeing, and the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department), and the travelogue Huell Howser's California's Gold (underwritten by AAA, Bp, Toyota, and Sempra Energy). They also produce the weekday talk show The Tavis Smiley Show, California Connected, and recently, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, have produced a six-part miniseries in conjunction with the BBC called Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State. PBS Hollywood is a production of KCET. KCET also produces the Peabody award-winning shows A Place of Our Own / Los Ninos en Su Casa.

As KCET's online division, kcet.org produces original multimedia web content including CA Stories.

KCET purchased the property for their studio in Los Angeles in 1971, assisted financially in part by both the Ford Foundation and the Michael Connell Foundation.

[edit] Logos

KCET logo from 1966 to 1982

KCET logo from 1982 to 1990

KCET logo from 1990 to 1997

Current KCET logo, used since 1997

[edit] External links

• KCET
• CA Stories
• KCET Podcasts
• KCET Lot History
• Show Production Chronicle
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KCET

Coordinates: 34° 13' 26" N 118° 3' 44" W

Broadcast television in the Los Angeles market  (Nielsen DMA #2)
KCBS 2 (CBS) - KNBC 4 (NBC) - KTLA 5 (The CW) (The Tube on DT5) - KSFV-LP 6 (Ind/Spanish/Religious) - KABC 7 (ABC) - KCAL 9 (Ind) - KTTV 11 (Fox) - KCOP 13 (MNTV) - KSCI 18 (Ind) - KWHY 22 (Ind/Spanish) - KVCR 24 (PBS) - KNET-LP 25 (Ind/Infomercials) - KNLA-LP 27 (Ind/Spanish) - KCET 28 (PBS) - KPXN 30 (i) - KMEX 34 (UNI) - KPAL-LP 38 (Ind) - KSKJ-CA 38 / KSKP-CA 25 (Ind) - KTBN 40 (TBN) - KXLA 44 (Ind) - KLAU-LP 45 (Ind/Infomercials) - KFTR 46 (TFU) - KOCE 50 (PBS) - KVEA 52 (TEL) - KAZA 54 (AZA) - K55KD 55 (Almavision) - KDOC 56 (Ind) - KJLA 57 / KSMV-LP 33 / KSGA-LP 64 (Ind) - KLCS 58 (PBS) - KRCA 62 (Ind) - KBEH 63 (MTV3) - KHIZ 64 (A1) - KHTV-LP 67 (HSN)
Local digital television channels
KVMD 23 (Ind/A1)
Local cable television channels FSN West - FSN Prime Ticket
Past broadcast stations KKOG 16 (IND) - KVST / KEEF 68 (non-commercial)

Broadcast television in the Santa Barbara / Santa Maria / San Luis Obispo market  (Nielsen DMA #122)
Santa Barbara: KEYT 3 (ABC) - KZDF-LP 8 (AZA) - K15DB 15 (TBN) - KSBB-LP 17 (FOX) - KWHY-LP 22 (Ind) - K26FT 26 / K28GY 28 (PBS) - KSBT-LP 32 (AZA) - KPMR 38 (UNI) - KVMM-CA 41 (MTV3) - KTSB-LP 43 (TFU) - K46GC 46 (CTVN) - K49EK 49 (Rel) - KBAB-LP 51 (Ind) - K59CD 59 (NBC)
Santa Maria: KCOY 12 (CBS) - KQMM-CA 14 (MTV3) - KKFX-CA 24 (FOX) - KLFA-LP 25 (Ind) - K27EI 27 (TEL) - KDFS-CA 30 (AZA) - K35ER 35 (TFU) - KVSM-LP 40 (S@H) - K46GF 46 (TEL) - K51GB 51 (TBN)
San Luis Obispo: KSBY 6 (NBC, The CW on DT2) - KAGP-LP 8 (S@H) - K15BD 16 (PBS) - KMMA-CA 18 (MTV3) - K17GD 17 (TFU) - K28FK 28 (TFU) - KTAS 33 / K09UF 9 (TEL) - KJCN-CA 36 / K22EE 22 (TBN) - KSBO-CA 42 (AZA) - KFUL-LP 44 (Ind) - K47GD 47 (TEL) - KCCE-LP 50 (Ind) - K57BC 57 (ABC) - KSSY-LP 66 (A1 / Bloomberg / CAS)
Lompoc: K10OG 10 (TFU) - KLDF-CA 17 (AZA) - K23CL 23 (TBN)
Local cable & satellite television channels
"KWCA" (The CW/The CW Plus)
Out-of market television stations available on cable
KCAL 9 (Ind) - KTTV 11 (FOX) - KCOP 13 (MNTV) - KBEH 63 (Ind)

PBS Member Stations in the state of California
KVIE 6 (Sacramento) -  KIXE 9 (Redding) -  KQED 9 (San Francisco) -  KEET 13 (Eureka) -  KPBS 15 (San Diego) -  KVPT 18 / KVPT-LP 34 (Fresno / Bakersfield) -  KRCB 22 (Cotati) -  KVCR 24 (San Bernardino) -  KCET 28 (Los Angeles) -  KCSM 431 (San Mateo) -  KOCE 50 (Huntington Beach) -  KTEH 54 / KCAH 25 (San Jose / Watsonville) -  KLCS 58 (Los Angeles)
1-- KCSM is a digital-only station.
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, Independent, Other Spanish Network, Religious, Home Shopping and Other stations in California