Television
Cable TV’s uneven community channels offer everything from profound talk to porn starlets. The best are run by nonprofit groups, experts say, but the Southland scene is considered lackluster.
July 16, 1999
Some viewers might be tempted to call it “Mark’s World,” except the host of this cable-access television show doesn’t have a guitar.
Aug. 26, 1992
California
San Diego’s first low-power TV station, the first new station to hit local airwaves since KTTY-TV (Channel 69) went on the air five years ago, could begin transmitting a variety of community-oriented programs by the end of the year.
Oct. 10, 1989
In the competitive, high-pressure world of TV, Channel 53 is an oasis.
May 22, 1988
Imagine a Don Juan frantically pulling on his pants and escaping through the bedroom window when his lover’s husband unexpectedly reappears.
May 6, 1992
Business
Maxwell C.
Feb. 17, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
Streaming services give a lift to programs that wouldn’t have made it into reruns.
Dec. 31, 2011
Home Shopping Network, which sells marked-down goods around the clock on fast-paced cable-TV shows, said Tuesday that it has agreed to pay $35 million for KIHS-Channel 46, an Ontario UHF station.
Sept. 24, 1986
Should KOCE-TV, Orange County’s public television station -- the only local television media voice for its 3 million residents -- be sold?
Oct. 12, 2003