KOCE-TV
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Huntington Beach/Los Angeles, California United States |
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| Branding | PBS SOCAL KOCE |
| Channels |
Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 50 () |
| Subchannels | See Below |
| Translators | KBAB-LD 50 Santa Barbara KODG-LP 17 Palm Springs K41CB Lucerne Valley |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | KOCE-TV Foundation |
| First air date | November 20, 1972 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Orange County Education |
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| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 949 m |
| Facility ID | 4328 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°13′35″N 118°3′57″W / 34.22639°N 118.06583°WCoordinates: 34°13′35″N 118°3′57″W / 34.22639°N 118.06583°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | pbssocal |
KOCE-TV, virtual channel 50 (UHF digital channel 48), is the primary PBS member television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States. Licensed to Huntington Beach, the station is owned by the KOCE-TV Foundation. KOCE-TV's studios are located at the South Coast Corporate Center (south of the San Diego Freeway) in Costa Mesa, and its transmitter is located at the Southern California tower farm atop Mount Wilson.
KOCE-TV is one of three PBS member stations serving Greater Los Angeles, the others being KVCR-DT (virtual channel 24, digital channel 26), which mainly serves the Inland Empire and the LA Unified School District-run KLCS (virtual channel 58, digital channel 41). A fourth public television station serving the area, KCET (channel 28), ended its 40-year membership with PBS in 2010. KCET's departure from PBS makes KOCE-TV the successor flagship PBS station in Los Angeles.
The station first signed on the air on November 20, 1972 as the first television station licensed to Orange County, initially airing four hours of programming per day. It broadcast its first telecourse in 1973. It was originally owned by the Coast Community College District. The station was originally based from studios located at Golden West College in Huntington Beach. For most of its history, KOCE-TV was a "beta" or secondary PBS station, airing only 25 percent of the national PBS schedule.
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