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Station KLCS-TV/DT -- The Education Station -- is a noncommercial educational television station licensed to the Los Angeles Unified School District and is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service. A multiple Emmy® Award winner, KLCS broadcasts on analog channel 58 and digital channel 41 to over sixteen million viewers throughout Southern California. KLCS is also carried on DirecTV, Dish Network, and most cable systems. Our Mission KLCS-TV is a multimedia education channel that inspires learners of all ages to higher levels of achievement and personal and professional growth through the use of programs and services that educate, inform, and enlighten. Our Identity KLCS-TV/DT: The Education Station for all Generations Our Coverage Area Broadcasting from Mt. Wilson, the KLCS coverage area extends from Santa Barbara to San Diego, reaching a potential viewing audience of over five million households in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, and San Diego Counties. The Los Angeles DMA is the second largest in the United States and is comprised of over 16,000,000 people; 6% of the U.S. population. The daily school audience potentially includes 900,000 LAUSD students in schools and centers, and a staff of over 100,000 dedicated full and part-time employees. KLCS classroom instructional television (CITV) programming reaches over 150 school districts throughout Southern California. Our History The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) began to produce instructional television programming for in-school viewing in October 1957. In 1963, LAUSD received the channel designation of UHF-58 and began the process of acquiring its own broadcast license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). By the 1966-67 school year, the LAUSD was producing over 700 television programs per year for various broadcast outlets, and leasing airtime to televise 40 hours of instructional programming week, Monday through Friday. The objective to achieve quality tailored programming and to provide in-school programs continued to grow. Teachers and administrators who were impressed with the television medium’s effectiveness in enhancing the classroom experience particularly expressed their support. On July 1, 1967, the District submitted an application to the State Department of Education and the U.S. Office of Education under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to build and equip a broadcast facility for the . This Act provided grants for the demonstration of innovative programs in schools. In the summer of 1967, advocates testified before the FCC in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the District’s application for the Channel 58 franchise. Speakers attested to the benefits that would accrue to the students as well as to staff, parents, and the community at large. The District was granted its broadcast license for Channel 58 on March 3, 1972, and began broadcasting on November 5, 1973. The District’s success in obtaining the license for Channel 58 opened up a myriad of opportunities to improve instruction, in-service training, and cultural programming in particular, and to provide the community at large with an opportunity to acquire meaningful information about the Board of Education via the broadcast of its meetings. Our Programming A multiple winner of Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards, KLCS broadcasts 12 hours of instructional programming each school day. Evening and weekend programming is targeted to the lifelong learner, featuring a wide variety of documentaries, performing arts, history, news, sports, travel, community meetings, how-to’s, and professional development series. Our Local Productions KLCS continues to produce over 700 original television programs each year; more local programming than any other station in Los Angeles. Among the standouts in our local line-up is the perennial favorite, Homework Hotline, the Emmy® Award-winning, interactive tutorial program for students. Other local productions include Between the Lines, a weekly interview series featuring noted authors, and Transforming Education with Superintendent Brewer, an opportunity to speak with the Superintendent LIVE about issues relevant to the direction of LAUSD. KLCS also produces News Briefs, which highlights newsworthy events occurring throughout LAUSD. Additionally, special events such as the Academic Decathlon SuperQuiz and Banquet, Superstars Conference, Interscholastic Championships, Superintendent’s Address to Administrators, and College Prepared – Career Ready are produced by KLCS. LAUSD Staff Development Series produced by KLCS include Teachers & Their Coaches, a series of six 30-minute programs designed to provide practical information and inspiration for teachers; and Hollywood Homeroom, a series of four 15-minute programs that instruct teachers on how to create and use video technology as an effective teaching tool. Our Statistics
Our Future KLCS will continue to: upgrade, reconfigure, and augment its technology to improve the design and production of its original series; increase the production of original, tailored programming to blend State standards and the instructional and professional development needs of the District; produce promotional videos and interstitial material highlighting KLCS programs and services; and certainly not least, prepare for the multi-channel digital environment. KLCS will implement a comprehensive digital content distribution model to LAUSD campuses, which will enable teachers and students to access rich instructional media content directly from their classroom or library computers via video/data streaming so that individualized, tailored learning can occur. Specific plans are also underway to subdivide KLCS’ digital bandwidth into concurrent sub-channels that appeal to specific audiences. Realization of KLCS’ multicasting and datacasting plans will enable us to simultaneously enhance the educational experiences of our students; increase the resources available to our teachers; and provide even greater programming choices and interactive capabilities for general audiences in the greater Los Angeles community. KLCS welcomes opportunities to partner with other television production and distribution facilities, multimedia designers, telecommunications providers, and other public and private agencies to meet expanding broadcast demands. These partnerships will assist KLCS in the areas of program augmentation; revenue generating strategies including corporate sponsorships, donations, and grants; increased local and national viewership; and shared technological resources. |
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