The Southern California PBS outlet will feature public affairs content on its third channel platform.
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KOCE Introduces World Channel
PBS SoCal, KOCE Los Angeles, has added the World Channel to its multiple viewing platforms. The World Channel features the best of public television’s nonfiction, documentary and public affairs programming, including Nova, Frontline, American Experience, Independent Lens, Need To Know, Nature, PBS NewsHour and Nightly Business Report.
World is KOCE’s third channel and is available on ch. 50.4. The station’s primary channel, 50.1, offers the entire PBS lineup of shows in high definition. The OC Channel television service on 50.2 is filled primarily with content about Orange County.
World is produced and distributed by WGBH Boston, WNET.org and American Public Television in association with the Public Broadcasting Service and the National Educational Telecommunications Association. It is set up to feature monthly, theme-based non-fiction program blocks focused around timely and important topics. The World Channel will complement its popular, issue-oriented series with programming from new sources including American Public Television.
“We’re excited to be a part of this innovative project,” said PBS SoCal President and CEO Mel Rogers. “The WORLD channel offers our viewers more opportunities to view their favorite programs and explore new content as well. The multiplatform concept will help us to reach an even wider Southern California audience, across age, cultural and ethnic differences.”
Comments (1)
Robert Klein says:
February 5, 2011 at 3:31 pm
PBS World has been available on KOCE 50.4 since the beginning of the year. It looks as if they’ve been fine-tuning it before announcing it publicly, and for the most part, there’s been little interruption from the switch between KCET 28.4 and KOCE 50.4.