KSCI
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Long Beach/Los Angeles, California United States |
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| City | Long Beach, California |
| Branding | LA-18 |
| Slogan | Keeping You Connected |
| Channels |
Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 18 () |
| Translators | KUAN-LD 18 San Diego |
| Affiliations | Multicultural Independent |
| Owner | NRJ TV LLC (NRJ TV LA License Co, LLC) |
| First air date | June 30, 1977 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Science of Creative Intelligence |
| Sister station(s) | KNLA-CD, KNET-CD, KSKJ-CD |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 18 (UHF, 1977–2009) |
| Former affiliations | FNN (1981-1985) |
| Transmitter power | 700 kW |
| Height | 885.8 m |
| Facility ID | 35608 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°12′47.8″N 118°3′41″W / 34.213278°N 118.06139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.la18.tv/ |
KSCI, UHF digital channel 18, is an independent television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States. Currently referred to as "LA 18" the station is owned by NRJ TV LLC. KSCI's studios are located on South Bundy Drive in West Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Harvard. The station's signal is relayed on low-power translator station KUAN-LD (channel 48/physical channel 36) in Poway (which is part of the San Diego market).
The channel 18 allocation in Los Angeles was previously occupied by KCHU-TV, which was licensed to San Bernardino and signed on the air on August 1, 1962. The station was owned by the San Bernardino Sun-Telegram. KSCI signed on the air on June 30, 1977, operating from studios in West Los Angeles, although still licensed in San Bernardino. It became a non-profit owned by the Transcendental Meditation movement (the call letters stood for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's theoretical "Science of Creative Intelligence"). The station broadcast news stories, prerecorded lectures and variety shows with TM celebrities. KSCI's goal was to report "only good news", sister stations were planned for San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The station manager was Mark Fleischer, son of Hollywood director Richard Fleischer.
In 1980, KSCI switched to a for-profit operation and earned $1 million on revenues of $8 million in 1985. In November 1985, the station loaned $350,000 to Maharishi International University in Iowa. By June 1986, the station's content began to consist of "a hodgepodge of programming" in 14 languages. In October 1986, the station was purchased by its general manager and an investor for $40.5 million.
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