OC Channel was an over-the-air, digital broadcast, television news network. The channel is broadcast on a digital sub channel of

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member station

KOCE KOCE-TV (channel 50) is a PBS member television station licensed to Huntington Beach, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area. It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's secondary PBS membe ...

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. This service is no longer in operation as a secondary lineup of PBS programming is currently carried on channel 50.2, as of May 2017.

History and programming

OC Channel began broadcasting on KOCE's digital sub-channel in 2007. The channel was produced in a partnership between KOCE and

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and secondary partners Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon FIOS, with programming consisting of Orange County news, local events information, weather and traffic. The channel's format consisted of an L-frame shaped area on the screen, which featured live traffic cameras from

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, current temperature/time and a news headlines crawl on the bottom of the screen. The remaining and larger portion of the screen provided viewers with local public affairs/news programs and documentaries. The channel could be viewed in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Ventura County and portions of San Bernardino County & Riverside County to viewers able to receive digital broadcasts. The channel was also available on

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in Orange County.

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* 24-hour television news channels in the United States Chapman University Defunct television networks in the United States Mass media in Orange County, California Television channels and stations established in 2007 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017 Television stations in California Television stations in Los Angeles 2007 establishments in California {{US-tv-station-stub

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