KOCE-TV

KOCE-TV
Logo used since February 6, 2024
CityHuntington Beach, California
Channels
BrandingPBS SoCal
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerPublic Media Group of Southern California
KCET
History
First air date
November 20, 1972 (1972-11-20)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 50 (UHF, 1972–2009)
  • Digital: 48 (UHF, 2001–2018)
Call sign meaning
"Orange County Education"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID4328
ERP700 kW
HAAT899 m (2,949 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°12′47.9″N 118°3′44.3″W / 34.213306°N 118.062306°W / 34.213306; -118.062306
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitepbssocal.org

KOCE-TV (channel 50) is a PBS member television station licensed to Huntington Beach, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's secondary PBS member, KCET (channel 28). The two stations share studios at The Pointe (on West Alameda Avenue and Bob Hope Drive, between The Burbank Studios and Walt Disney Studios complexes) in Burbank; KOCE-TV maintains a secondary studio at the South Coast Corporate Center (in the South Coast Metro area) in Costa Mesa and shares transmitter facilities with KSCI (channel 18) atop Mount Wilson. Since 2011, the station has been branded as PBS SoCal.

KOCE-TV and KCET are two of four PBS member stations serving Greater Los Angeles (the others being San Bernardino–based KVCR-DT [channel 24], which mainly serves the Inland Empire, and the Los Angeles Unified School District–run KLCS [channel 58]).