Los Angeles Loses PBS
Now what are the kiddies going to watch in the morning? (from KTLA ) Local public TV station KCET (Channel 28) is severing its relationship with PBS amid financial and structural problems. KCET will be issuing a statement at 1 p.m. explaining its decision. The move would appear to indicate that KCET is going to stop airing PBS’s programs “Sesame Street,” “Nova,” the “News Hour,” “Antique Road Show.” Instead the station will air news and documentaries from Japan, Canada and elsewhere, along with old feature films. KCET’s chief executive, Al Jerome, and its board chairman, Gordon Bava, first floated the idea this summer. The drastic move comes after a months-long battle over the dues KCET must pay the national organization. There’s another PBS station in Orange County (KOCE) but I don’t know if that channel is carried by L.A. cable providers.
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on October 8, 2010. Filed under