KOCE-TV
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KOCE-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service with programming focused on the communities of Orange County, California. It airs Orange County's only nightly newscast, Real Orange, with a concentration on human interest and public service stories. It also broadcasts several college courses (telecourses) by the Coast Community College District, which was its original owner. The station's studios were located at the District's Golden West College in Huntington Beach.
History
KOCE began broadcasting on November 20 1972 as the first television station located in Orange County, with 4 hours of airtime per day. It broadcast its first telecourse in 1973.KOCE vs. Daystar
In 2002, the District offered KOCE for sale in order to raise revenue for other programs. A bidding war ensued between Christian televangelist network Daystar and members of the community who wanted to continue membership with PBS.
In 2004, the sale was finalized to the KOCE-TV Foundation, an organization made up of civic and business leaders who wanted to keep KOCE an educational station, for a bid price of $25.5 million, reduced from an initial bid of $32 million ($8 million up front and the rest in 25 equal installments without interest beginning in 2009). Daystar's unsuccessful bid was $25 million, all cash.
Daystar sued in state court, stating that under the terms of the auction, its all-cash bid should have been accepted. A lower court ruled in favor of the college district and the foundation, but on June 23, 2005, the California Court of Appeals ruled that the sale of KOCE was illegal, since the offer was modified after the end of bidding and because the value of the bid was not expressed in net present value terms. Both sides appealed this decision. On 22 November 2005, a state appeals panel reheard arguments in the case following a petition from KOCE, the foundation, the district and Daystar. On 25 May 2006, the appeals court reaffirmed its decision, again ruling the sale illegal.
At the same time, Daystar also filed a federal lawsuit, alleging religious discrimination, civil rights violations and racketeering. On 1 May 2006, the District Court dismissed the racketeering, but not the civil rights, portion of the lawsuit.
References
Trivia
- The voice heard in KOCE's station identification spots is that of popular voice-over artist [Camille Dixon].
External links
| Broadcast television in the Los Angeles market [(Nielsen DMA #2)] | ||
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| KCBS 2 (CBS) - KNBC 4 (NBC) - KTLA 5 (The WB/The CW) (The Tube on DT5) - KSFV 6 (Almavision) - KABC 7 (ABC) - KCAL 9 (Ind) - KTTV 11 (Fox) - KCOP 13 (UPN/MNTV) - KSCI 18 (Ind) - KWHY 22 (Ind) - KVCR 24 (PBS) - KNET 25 (Almavision) - KNLA 27 (Ind) - KCET 28 (PBS) - KPXN 30 (i) - KMEX 34 (UNI) - KTBN 40 (TBN) - KXLA 44 (Ind) - KLAU 45 (Almavision) - KFTR 46 (TFU) - KOCE 50 (PBS) - KVEA 52 (TEL) - KAZA 54 (AZA) - KDOC 56 (Ind) - KJLA 57 / KSMV-LP 33 / KSGA-LP 64 (Ind) - KLCS 58 (PBS) - KRCA 62 (Ind) - KBEH 63 (Ind) - KHIZ 64 (Ind) - KHTV 67 (HSN) - KTAV 69 (Almavision) | ||
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Local cable television channels
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Past broadcast stations
KVST / KEEF 68 (non-commercial) | ||
| PBS Member Stations in the state of California | |
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| KVIE 6 () - KIXE 9 () - KQED 9 () - KEET 13 () - KPBS 15 () - KVPT 18 / KVPT-LP 34 ( / ) - KRCB 22 () - KVCR 24 () - KCET 28 () - KCSM 431 () - KOCE 50 () - KTEH 54 / KCAH 25 ( / ) - KLCS 58 () | |
| 1-- KCSM is a digital-only station. | |
| See also: , , , , , , , , , , , , and stations in California | |
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