KDOC-TV

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KDOC-TV
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Anaheim - Los Angeles, California
United States
City of license Anaheim, California
Branding KDOC-TV Los Angeles (general)
ABC 7 Eyewitness News on KDOC-TV (during KABC-produced newscast)
Slogan KDOC-TV
Do Fun
Channels Digital: 32 (UHF)
Virtual: 56 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Affiliations Independent
Owner Ellis Communications
(operated under LMA by Titan TV Broadcast Group)
(Ellis Communications KDOC Licensee, LLC)
First air date October 1, 1982; 41 years ago (1982-10-01)
Call letters' meaning Dynamic Orange County
Sister station(s) KSCI
Former channel number(s) Analog:
56 (UHF, 1982–2009)
Former affiliations DT4: Pegasus TV (2011)
Stellar TV (2012)
Plum TV (2012–2013)
Transmitter power 1000 kW
Height 949 m (3,114 ft)
Facility ID 24518
Transmitter coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kdoc.tv

KDOC-TV, channel 56, is an independent television station licensed to Anaheim, California, USA and serving the Los Angeles television market. KDOC-TV is owned by Ellis Communications, and is operated by Titan TV Broadcast Group. The station's studios and offices are located on North Grand Avenue in Santa Ana, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

History

KDOC-TV first signed on the air on October 1, 1982; the station was initially owned by locally based Golden Orange Broadcasting, whose investors included entertainer Pat Boone. The station's original studio facilities were located on South Clementine Street in Anaheim. At the time of its original sign-on it was the fifth independent station in the Los Angeles market, alongside KTLA (channel 5), KHJ-TV (channel 9, now KCAL-TV), KTTV (channel 11) and KCOP (channel 13). KDOC carried programs from conservative commentator Wally George and televangelist Dr. Gene Scott until their respective deaths in 2003 and 2005. During this period, the station was also popular for weekend broadcasts of Asian programming, which gained a significant non-Asian audience with the broadcast of the 1984–1985 (subtitled) Japanese Miyamoto Musashi television series.

The station also was popular for its weekend block of professional wrestling and roller derby including World Class Championship Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Wrestling's syndicated show World Wide Wrestling and Los Angeles Thunderbirds roller games. The station also offered some live sports programming, such as UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball during the height of Jerry Tarkanian era (with play-by-play for many years called by Chick Hearn), plus Loyola Marymount University men's basketball, and a syndicated package of Western Athletic Conference men's basketball games. In 2004, KDOC (along with KPXN-TV) carried selected Anaheim Angels games, as then-new owner Arte Moreno wanted to broadcast more games beyond the slate of telecasts already contractually obligated to air on Fox Sports West and then-primary over-the-air carrier KCAL-TV.

In the fall of 1988, KDOC embarked on the station's first brief foray in television news. KDOC began producing NewsWatch 56, a primetime newscast at 8 p.m. anchored by Michelle Merker (also the station's public affairs director) and Pat Matthews (then a radio newscaster from New Orleans). The program was moved frequently: first to 7 p.m., then to 9 p.m., and finally to 11 p.m. During that time, the station rebranded the program as Orange County NewsWatch, and then KDOC NewsWatch. In 1992, KDOC stopped producing full-fledged newscasts; the station instead produced local news updates. The station also stopped producing all other original in-house programming, except for the minimum amount required by the FCC.

Much of the station's programming through the years has been situation comedy and dramatic reruns that were seen on other Los Angeles area stations in years past, after those stations either relinquished or shared the rights with KDOC. Among those shows, they include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Cosby Show, Saved by the Bell, The Doris Day Show and My Three Sons. Reruns of the iconic courtroom drama Perry Mason had been on the station since 1988, where it aired weekdays at noon for about 20 years, and aired early mornings on KDOC's main channel until September 2011 (several of the aforementioned shows currently air on the station's Me-TV subchannel on digital channel 56.3).

On April 4, 2006, Bert Ellis, along with Anaheim Ducks owners Henry Samueli and his wife Susan, bought KDOC for $149.5 million from Golden Orange Broadcasting. The sale closed in May 2006, placing KDOC under the ownership of Ellis Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta, Georgia-based Titan Broadcast Management.

In September 2006, KDOC made changes to its programming schedule and debuted a new slogan (Endless Classics, a reference to the Beach Boys album and the 1966 film The Endless Summer) and logo. The lineup included more current syndicated repeats, Anaheim Ducks hockey, some movies, as well as hours of paid programming. In 2008, the station's programming began moving away from the "Endless Classics" format adding more recent comedies, and talk and judicial shows that have ended production.[1]

In September 2008, KDOC launched a new website. The new website brought a new look, promoting the station's new programming format, and removing the forum section for viewers to post questions and comments on KDOC-TV programming that many stations provide.[2] The Endless Classics logo was replaced in late 2009.[3] In the fall of 2009, the station added ESPN Plus' syndication package of Southeastern Conference football and men's basketball (now branded as SEC TV), and added its coverage of Big 12 Conference men's basketball during the 2010-11 season. The SEC TV syndication package ended in 2014 because of the launch of the new SEC Network as part of a 20-year deal between the Southeastern Conference and ESPN.

On July 4, 2011, KDOC launched a new, revised website, as well as a new station logo (minus the "-TV" after the KDOC call letters), a new color scheme, programming promotions for KDOC's main channel (56.1) and Me-TV subchannel (56.3), videos, and news headlines for both Los Angeles and Orange counties. On December 3, 2012, the station unveiled a new branding campaign, this time rebranding itself as "LA 56".

On May 11, 2015, KDOC dropped the "LA 56" branding after more than two-and-a-half years of use and reverted to identifying by its call letters. This also includes the branding on the KABC-produced newscasts, which have since been rebranded as ABC 7 Eyewitness News on KDOC-TV.

Digital television

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[4]
56.1 720p 16:9 KDOC Main KDOC-TV programming
56.2 480i 4:3 ESNE ESNE
56.3 Me-TV Me-TV
56.4 Comet Comet
56.5 KDOC-5 Justice Network
56.6 KDOC-6 Heroes & Icons
56.7 KDOC-7 GetTV
56.8 Works The Works

Analog-to-digital conversion

KDOC began digital broadcast operations on February 18, 2004 at 12:19 p.m. The station shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 56, at noon on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[5] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 32, using PSIP to display KDOC-TV's virtual channel as 56 on digital television receivers, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition.

As part of the SAFER Act,[6] KDOC kept its analog signal on the air until later in the afternoon on February 18 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters.

Me-TV affiliation

On April 4, 2011,[7][8] Ellis Communications parent company Titan Broadcast Management was announced, along with other television station groups (such as Hearst, Capitol Broadcasting, Raycom, Cox and Media General among others) to be among the station owners that signed affiliation agreements with Me-TV, a network focusing on classic television programming that is owned by Weigel Broadcasting.[9] The network was launched on KDOC 56.3 on June 13, 2011 as Me-TV Los Angeles. On September 19, 2011, KDOC's main channel adopted a new contemporary programming format, thus positioning Me-TV Los Angeles to be the network for classic television programs that once aired on KDOC.[10]

Although KDOC continues to carry Me-TV on subchannel 56.3, KVME-TV in Bishop (with a low-power translator station in Banning) became affiliated with Me-TV on April 30, 2012. That station carries Me-TV on their primary digital channel 20 (virtual channel 20.1), which is also available on the DirecTV and Dish Network local packages tier for the Los Angeles market. Both stations market the subchannel as "Me-TV Hollywood", changing from KDOC's previous brand of "Me-TV Los Angeles". Local advertising for Me-TV Hollywood will be completed by a jointly managed ad sales team for both stations.[11] However, KVME's Me-TV feed does not carry the full schedule of programming, electing to carry Spanish-language religious and paid programming during the early morning weekday hours of 5:30 to 8am, blocking-out sitcoms such as The Beverly Hillbillies, My Three Sons, Petticoat Junction, and The Donna Reed Show. The KDOC version airs all programming intact.

On February 1, 2012, Verizon FiOS began carrying Me-TV Hollywood in the Los Angeles area on channel 462. In October 2012, Time Warner Cable added Me-TV Hollywood on its Southern California systems on channel 1232.[12] As of 2015, other cable providers within the Los Angeles/Orange County area such as Charter Communications or Cox Communications do not carry Me-TV Hollywood on their lineup.

Programming

Syndicated programs that are broadcast on KDOC's main channel, 56.1 include[10] Paternity Court, Community, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, American Dad!, among others. The latter three are produced by Seth MacFarlane making this one of the fewest stations in the country to air all three of Seth MacFarlane's shows in syndication. The station also produces local programs like, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.

KDOC also maintains broadcast rights to games from local sports teams Anaheim Ducks of the NHL and Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, along with SEC college football and basketball and Big 12 college basketball games supplied by ESPN Plus. It also broadcasts the locally produced wrestling program Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. In September 2014, it was announced that KDOC would air the final six games of the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2014 season. The team's new broadcaster, SportsNet LA, had been afflicted by poor carriage throughout the season.[13]

On December 31, 2012, KDOC broadcast a live New Year's special hosted by comedian and actor Jamie Kennedy. Following its broadcast, the special gained infamy for featuring a large number of technical issues, dead air, unedited fleeting profanity, and a fight breaking out on-stage. A montage of clips from the special went viral after it was discovered by fellow comedian Patton Oswalt.[14]

In January 2014, KDOC-TV started airing an hour-long 8 p.m. newscast produced by KABC-TV, titled ABC 7 Eyewitness News on LA56 (currently rebranded as "ABC 7 Eyewitness News on KDOC-TV"); the newscast airs seven nights a week. Concurrently, the station has also added a midnight rebroadcast of KABC's 11 p.m. newscast.[15] As of November 17, 2014, the 8 p.m. newscast has moved to the 7 p.m. timeslot, while the midnight rebroadcast of the 11 p.m. newscast has not been affected.

Daybreak OC

On September 10, 2007, KDOC-TV in partnership with the Orange County Register, launched a morning newscast named Daybreak OC. The show initially covered Orange County-specific weather, traffic and news headlines; the program was broadcast in high-definition from its launch, after the station's studios moved to the Register's headquarters in Santa Ana, California.[16] On September 8, 2008, the program was cut to one hour, moved to late morning and focused less on news.[17] On October 14, 2008, the program was cancelled by KDOC following that day's show.[18]

Coverage

KDOC-TV (56.1) is carried on the following television providers. KDOC's subchannels are not carried by some providers such as Charter Communications and Cox Communications:

AT&T U-Verse Charter Communications Cox Communications DirecTV Dish Network Verizon FiOS Time Warner Cable
6/1006 10/710 6/1006* and 12/1012** 56 56 6/506 6/19/29/1232
  • * KDOC-TV is carried on Cox Communications in Palos Verdes Area and San Pedro on channel 6 (and is also carried in HD on channel 1006)
  • ** KDOC-TV is also carried on Cox Communications in South Orange County Area on channel 12 (and is also carried in HD on Channel 1012)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Multiple television listings sources
  2. ↑ Kdoc website Retrieved September 4, 2008
  3. ↑ Kdoc website Retrieved December 8, 2009
  4. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KDOC
  5. ↑ List of Digital Full-Power Stations
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ http://metvnetwork.com/metv_national_release.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.metvnetwork.com/wherewatch.php?zipcode=92801&x=21&y=20
  9. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=MeTV
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 KDOC Program Listings
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Where to Watch Me-TV: Me-TV Hollywood
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Orange County Register: "KDOC seeks to bring local news coverage to O.C." Retrieved March 3, 2013
  17. ↑ Show will move to 10 a.m. Retrieved May 22, 2011
  18. ↑ KDOC pulls plug on 'Daybreak OC' newscast Retrieved May 22, 2011

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