KLCS

KLCS
Channels
BrandingKLCS Public Media PBS
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerLos Angeles Unified School District
History
First air date
November 5, 1973 (50 years ago) (1973-11-05)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 58 (UHF, 1973–2009)
  • Digital: 41 (UHF, 2003–2018)
Call sign meaning
Los Angeles City Schools
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID38430
ERP150 kW
HAAT926.4 m (3,039 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°13′26″N 118°3′47″W / 34.22389°N 118.06306°W / 34.22389; -118.06306
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.klcs.org

KLCS (channel 58) is a tertiary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States. Owned by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), it is one of eight television stations in the U.S. that are operated by a local school system. KLCS' studios are located at the former Downtown Magnets High School campus on West Temple Street in downtown Los Angeles, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

KLCS is one of four PBS member stations in the Los Angeles market; the others are KVCR-DT (channel 24) in San Bernardino, which serves the Inland Empire; KOCE-TV (channel 50) in Huntington Beach; and KOCE-TV's sister station KCET (channel 28) in Los Angeles, which KOCE-TV replaced in 2011 as the city's primary PBS station. Since the spectrum auction in 2018, when KLCS sold its physical channel, it has been a guest on KCET's channel 28 signal. KLCS remains the fifth most-watched public television station in the country.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLCS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.