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Los Angeles public TV station KCET is bringing back weekly series SoCal Connected after a yearlong hiatus, this time as a mix of hard news and features.
May 6, 2014 | https://current.org/2014/05/with-return-to-kcet-socal-connected-adds-local-color-amid-hard-news/Al Jerome, the broadcasting executive who led Los Angeles public television station KCET out of PBS membership and into a partnership with satellite network Link TV, is retiring within the next six months, KCETLink announced today.
March 18, 2014 | https://current.org/2014/03/after-18-years-leading-kcet-al-jerome-announces-retirement/• Nothing spells love quite like This American Life.
February 14, 2014 | https://current.org/2014/02/friday-roundup-this-american-doodle-troubles-at-kcetlink/Tavis Smiley may be celebrating 10 years on PBS, but that tenure hasn’t been easy.
December 12, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/12/after-10-years-on-pbs-smiley-still-weathering-challenges/Rich Homberg, president of WTVS in Detroit, was the winner in the first tie ever for a spot on the PBS Board of directors.
September 10, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/09/49514/James L. Loper, a founder of Los Angeles’s KCET and founding chairman of PBS, died in his home in Pasadena, Calif., July 8 at the age of 81. The cause of death was not disclosed.
July 11, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/07/james-loper-kcet-founder-and-president-dies-at-81/KCETLink laid off 22 full-time employees April 19, signaling another change of course in the Los Angeles public media organization’s search for financial stability.
May 1, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/05/facing-financial-woes-kcetlink-to-focus-on-transmedia/Bret Marcus, the KCET exec who led production of the station’s acclaimed local news series SoCal Connected, is among the 22 employees riffed in the layoffs announced last week by KCETLink, the new public media outlet formed in a merger of the Los Angeles pubTV station with noncommercial satellite channel Link TV.
April 23, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/04/kcetlinks-marcus-exits-recalling-great-run-with-socal-connected/KCETLink, the independent pubmedia organization created through merger six months ago between pubcaster KCET in Los Angeles and national satellite programmer Link TV, today announced 22 layoffs as a result of a reorganization.
April 19, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/04/kcetlink-lays-off-22-in-reorganization-shifts-priority-to-transmedia-content/Is KCETLink’s award-winning news show SoCal Connected ending production?
March 28, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/03/co-host-brand-mourns-last-taping-of-kcets-socal-connected/Andrew Russell, PBS senior v.p. for strategy and research, is moving to PBS SoCal in Orange County, Calif., as chief operating officer, a new position. “Obviously, I see Andy as someone who can superbly lead this place when I retire in a few years,” Mel Rogers, PBS SoCal president, told Current. “That is part of why I want him here. But my replacement will be decided by our board of trustees. I can’t imagine a scenario whereby they would not choose Andy. Who could be better?”
February 12, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/02/pbss-russell-takes-koce-executive-post-dominowski-to-indiana-sullivan-exits-frontline-after-two-decades-and-more/Andrew Russell, a veteran pubcasting executive with more than 18 years’ experience at both PBS and CPB, is moving to PBS SoCal in Orange County, Calif., as chief operating officer.
February 5, 2013 | https://current.org/2013/02/russell-to-exit-pbs-for-coo-post-at-pbs-socal/Both partners gain new platforms for their programming and can learn from each other’s distribution, audience engagement and fundraising strategies.
October 24, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/10/an-unusual-pubtv-marriage/KCET, the Los Angeles public TV station that split from PBS nearly two years ago, is merging with Link TV, the noncommercial national satellite broadcaster that specializes in international news and documentary programming.
October 17, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/10/kcet-in-los-angeles-noncom-satellite-link-tv-announce-merger/Decades ago, a teenaged Raquel Bitton locked herself in her San Francisco bedroom, suffering miserably from her first broken heart.
July 9, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/07/output-public-media-briefs-from-july-9-2012/Halfway through its three-year transition from one of PBS’ leading outlets to an independent public TV station in the world capital of film and television production, the new KCET is still very much a work in progress.
June 25, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/06/independent-kcet-savors-big-ambitions-makes-slow-progress/KCET, the L.A. pubcasting titan that split from PBS on Jan.
May 17, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/05/indie-pubcaster-kcet-secures-national-distribution-deal-with-apt/KCET in Los Angeles will premiere several new programs beginning in March, including a four-part original documentary series on caregiving, Your Turn to Care, hosted by actress Holly Robinson Peete.
February 8, 2012 | https://current.org/2012/02/kcet-announces-new-spring-shows-including-first-series-from-50-million-production-deal/Despite its recent announcement of a five-show, $50 million production deal, KCET in Los Angeles continues to struggle as the nation’s largest indie pubTV station, reports the Los Angeles Times.
November 19, 2011 | https://current.org/2011/11/bad-news-piling-up-for-kcet-los-angeles-times-says/PBS SoCal, formerly KOCE-TV, is ramping up its kids offerings, reports the Los Angeles Times.
August 5, 2011 | https://current.org/2011/08/pbs-socal-boosts-kids-programming-weekdays-adds-weekends/