KKOG-TV
| Greater Los Angeles | |
|---|---|
| City | Ventura, California |
| Channels | Analog: 16 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | defunct |
| Owner | Julian F. Myers (New Horizons Broadcasting Corp) |
| First air date | December 14, 1968 |
| Last air date | September 13, 1969 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Kalifornia's Koast Of Gold |
| Former affiliations | Independent station |
| Transmitter power | 349.5 kW |
KKOG-TV, channel 16, was the first full power broadcast station in Ventura County, California. The station, located in Ventura, had a brief history, lasting only nine months. Starting up on December 14, 1968, KKOG, an independent station, offered live, local programming instead of the normal syndicated programming most independents offered. KKOG's primary owner was Julian F. Myers, a noted Hollywood talent agent and publicist. Mr. Myers hosted several of the station's TV programs.
KKOG's all-live, all-local program schedule meant that many shows came and went fairly quickly during its history. Using published schedules in the Ventura County Star-Free Press and the station's promotional literature, programs which aired at some point in the station's history included:
Descriptions came from the source material. In addition to the Ventura County Star Free Press, KKOG's programing schedule was also listed in TV Guide and the TV Times supplement to the Los Angeles Times. The extensive listings of the station's programming was unable to save the station.
Channel 16 broadcast its final programming on September 13, 1969. The station failed for the following reasons:
1) The station, like most UHF stations at the time, had a low ERP (effective radiated power). While many UHF stations now broadcast with 2 to 5 million watts, KKOG had only around 349,500 watts of power, limiting its coverage area.
2) The transmitter for KKOG was on Red Mountain, between Ventura and Ojai. This meant TV antennas pointed toward Mount Wilson near Los Angeles could either not receive KKOG, or received it poorly, since Red Mountain was behind the antenna's aimed direction.
3) Cable television was primarily used to provide over the air signals at the time, basically to communities blocked off from TV signals. While KKOG was carried on all the cable TV systems in Ventura County and in Santa Barbara, most people who could receive signals from the Los Angeles stations' Mount Wilson transmitters were not cable subscribers.
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