KDOC-TV
 
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Anaheim - Los Angeles, California United States |
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| City | Anaheim, California |
| Branding |
KDOC-TV Los Angeles (general) ABC 7 Eyewitness News on KDOC-TV (during KABC-produced newscast) |
| Slogan |
KDOC-TV Do Fun |
| Channels |
Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 56 () |
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| Owner | Ellis Communications (Ellis Communications KDOC Licensee, LLC) |
| Operator | Titan TV Broadcast Group |
| First air date | October 1, 1982 |
| Call letters' meaning | Dynamic Orange County |
| Sister station(s) | KSCI, KNET-CD, KNLA-CD |
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| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 949 m (3,114 ft) |
| Facility ID | 24518 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′35″N 118°3′58″W / 34.22639°N 118.06611°WCoordinates: 34°13′35″N 118°3′58″W / 34.22639°N 118.06611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
KDOC-TV, channel 56, is an independent television station licensed to Anaheim, California, USA and serving the Los Angeles television market. KDOC-TV is owned by Ellis Communications, and is operated by Titan TV Broadcast Group. The station's studios and offices are located on North Grand Avenue in Santa Ana, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.
KDOC-TV first signed on the air on October 1, 1982; the station was initially owned by locally based Golden Orange Broadcasting, whose investors included entertainer Pat Boone. The station's original studio facilities were located at 1730 South Clementine Street in Anaheim, just blocks east of the Disneyland resort. At the time of its original sign-on it was the fifth independent station in the Los Angeles market, alongside KTLA (channel 5), KHJ-TV (channel 9, now KCAL-TV), KTTV (channel 11) and KCOP (channel 13). KDOC carried programs from conservative commentator Wally George and televangelist Dr. Gene Scott until their respective deaths in 2003 and 2005. During this period, the station was also popular for weekend broadcasts of Asian programming, which gained a significant non-Asian audience with the broadcast of the 1984–1985 (subtitled) Japanese Miyamoto Musashi television series.
The station also was popular for its weekend block of professional wrestling and roller derby including World Class Championship Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Wrestling's syndicated show World Wide Wrestling and Los Angeles Thunderbirds roller games. The station also offered some live sports programming, such as UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball during the height of Jerry Tarkanian era (with play-by-play for many years called by Chick Hearn), plus Loyola Marymount University men's basketball, and a syndicated package of Western Athletic Conference men's basketball games. In 2004, KDOC (along with KPXN-TV) carried selected Anaheim Angels games, as then-new owner Arte Moreno wanted to broadcast more games beyond the slate of telecasts already contractually obligated to air on Fox Sports West and then-primary over-the-air carrier KCAL-TV.
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