KVEA
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KVEA, "Telemundo 52" is an NBC owned and operated television station in the Los Angeles area, and is the West Coast flagship station of the Telemundo network.
History
Channel 52 started up as KBSC-TV on June 29, 1966, as part of the Kaiser Broadcasting's family of UHF stations in San Francisco (KBHK), Chicago (WFLD), Cleveland (WKBF, who lated merged with WUAB and WKBF would go dark in 1975 and become WCLQ and sign on in 1980, WQHS in 1986), Boston (WKBG, now WLVI), Detroit (WKBD), and Philadelphia (WKBS, which would go dark in 1983, whose signal later became WGTW). Never to fully compete with its much-watched VHF independent counterparts, Channels 5, 9, 11, and 13, KBSC operated on somewhat of half-day schedule, usually signing-on in the early afternoons and leaving the air in late evenings. KBSC offered a general entertainment format with cartoons, film shorts, sitcoms, and old movies. These were shows that other stations passed on. These shows included Speed Racer, Mighty Hercules, Felix The Cat, Three Stooges, Little Rascals, Munsters, Leave It To Beaver, Groucho, Life Of Riley, Flash Gordon, and others.
In 1976 Kaiser would sell its interest on its stations to Field Communications their partner (who actually already owned 100 % of WFLD). The deal would include WFLD Chicago, WKBS Philadelphia, KBHK San Francisco, WKBG becoming WLVI Boston, and WKBD Detroit. WUAB Cleveland would not be included and was sold to Gaylord in 1977. KBSC also would not be included because it was detremined that they could not compete with the VHF stations. So 52 KBSC was sold in 1976 to Oak Communications. The general entertainment format stayed on from Noon to 7 PM. After 7 PM Weekdeays and 2 PM Weekends, in the wave of the subcription TV boom, Channel 52 became the Los Angeles-area outlet for the ON-TV service, which carried theratrical movies and live sports.
In 1978 the station began 24 hour a day operations running ON TV from 6 PM on daily. The station also ran public affairs and religious shows shows from 6 AM-Noon. In 1979 KBSC dropped the entertainment shows which would move to KTLA-TV 5. The station retained religious shows from 6-9 AM and ON TV after 6 PM but would run Spanish programs from 9 AM-6 PM weekdays and till 1 PM Saturdays. They ran religion 6 AM- 1 PM Sundays as well.
In 1980 the station went Spanish from 6 AM-6 PM Weekdays and 6 AM-Noon Weekends and kept ON TV the restand kept ON TV the rest of the day. In 1982 the station went ON TV and scrambled 24/7.
In September 1985 KBSC was sold to the Miami-based Net Span which became the Telemundo network. The ON TV Subscription scrambled format was dropped. Channel 52 became the present KVEA. The KBSC call letters are currently on those of a WB affiliate in Brookings, Oregon. NBC would buy Telemundo in 2001 and include Channel 52 with owned and operated KNBC and KWHYand would move the stations to its burbank facility.
