- Orange County Newschannel
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Orange County Newschannel Launched September 1, 1990 Closed September 7, 2001 Owned by Freedom Communications (1990-1996)
Century Communications (1996-1999)
Adelphia (1999-2001)Picture format 4:3 standard definition Country United States Language American English Broadcast area Orange County, California Website OC News Channel.com The Orange County Newschannel (often branded as OC Newschannel and OCN) was a regional cable news network featuring a rolling news format, serving Orange County, California south of the Metropolitan Los Angeles area. Technically a network because it was carried by multiple cable operators then in business in Orange County, OCN, launched in 1990 by Freedom Communications, was among the earliest regional 24-hour cable news cable television channels (the first being the Cablevision-owned News 12 Networks, which all launched in December 1986)[1]. As early as 1992, OCN began producing news for KTLA[2] (which would eventually attempt to rival the cable channel in its home county). Freedom sold OCN to New Canaan, Connecticut-based Century Communications, which at the time operated other cable entities in California, most notably in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, in 1996.
The network was purchased by Adelphia Cable in 1999 (eventually the name was changed slightly to Orange County News Channel) and struggled with decreasing profits and ad revenue until finally closing in 2002. Throughout its life, OCN had a largely captive audience, as the only other sources for news in Orange County were KTLA and KOCE-TV. While Adelphia may not have initially planned to purchase the network, it helped with technical issues and attempted to retain as many jobs as possible.
OCN's website continued to operate as an internet-only news portal for Orange County, offering daily news to subscribers. Several members of the news staff that had worked at OCN eventually found a new home at KOCE-TV's news desk.[3]
The network was a founding member of the Association of Regional News Channels. The station is not related to the currently-operating (and similarly named and formatted) OC channel (a digital subchannel of KOCE-TV).
References
External links
- OC Newschannel's official website
- Historic station makes history, for the last time
- So Long, OCN
- News 24 Houston signs off - Houston Business Journal
Television Stations in the greater Los Angeles area English stations KCBS (2.1 CBS) · KNBC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Nonstop, 4.4 UniSp) · KTLA (5.1 CW, 5.2 Antenna, 5.3 This TV) · KABC (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN HD, 7.3 LWN SD) · KFLA (8.1 RTV, 8.2 CSTV, 8.3 Tuff TV, 8.4 Vmas) · KCAL (9.1 Ind) · KTTV (11.1 Fox) · KCOP (13.1 MNTV) · KPXN (30.1 ION, 30.2 Qubo, 30.3 ION Life) · KTBN (40.1 TBN, 40.2 Church, 40.3 JCTV, 40.4 Enlace, 40.5 Smile) · KDOC (56.1 Ind, 56.3 Me-TV, 56.4 Pegasus)
Public television Ethnic stations Spanish KSFV-CA 6 · KSCI 18.6 · KBBC 20.1 / KNLA-LP 20.1 / 27 / KNET-CA 20.3 / 25 · KWHY 22.1 · KBLM-LP 25 · 26.1 (Rel.) / KVHD-LP 26.2 (Rel.) · KZSW-LP 27 · KCET 28.3 (V-me) · KVMD 31.2 (UdG) / 31.6 (Rel.) · KMEX 34.1 (Uni) · K36JH 36 (Vida) · KTBN 40.4 (Enlace) · KXLA 44.2 / 44.9 · KTAV 35.1 / 46 (ALMA) · KFTR 46.1 (TFU) · KEDD-LP 50 · KVEA 52.1 (TMD) · KAZA 54.1 / 54.2 (AZA) · KDOC 56.2 · KJLA 57.1 (LATV) · KRCA 62.1 / 62.4 (estrellaTV) · KBEH 63.1 / 63.5 (Tr3́s) / 63.3 (Mexicanal) / 63.4 (Rel.)Armenian KSCI 18.5 (USArmenia) · KSCI 18.7 / KVMD 31.1 / KXLA 44.10 (ARTN)
Japanese KSCI 18.2 (UTB)
Korean Mandarin Portuguese KJLA 57.7 (iTV)
Vietnamese Multilingual stations Outlying areas Local cable channels Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket · LA Cityview 35 · New Lakers Networks (coming in fall 2012)
Defunct stations KKOG-TV 16 (Ind) · KEEF-TV 68 (Ind) · KVST-TV 68 (Ind, public-access) · OCN
Adjacent areas Phoenix · Las Vegas
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are italicizedCalifornia television: Bakersfield • Chico-Redding • Eureka • Fresno • Los Angeles • Medford OR • Monterey • Palm Springs • Reno NV • Sacramento • San Diego • San Francisco • Santa Barbara • El Centro CA / Yuma AZ
Freedom Communications Newspapers The Alton Telegraph · Appeal-Democrat · The Brownsville Herald · Clovis News Journal · The Colorado Springs Gazette · Daily Press · Desert Dispatch · The Destin Log · The Star · The Gaston Gazette · The Havelock News · Hesperia Star · The Jacksonville Daily News · Jacksonville Journal-Courier · Jones Post · The Kinston Free Press · The Lima News · Lucerne Valley Leader · Mid Valley Town Crier · The News Herald · Northwest Florida Daily News · Odessa American · The Orange County Register · Portales News-Tribune · Porterville Recorder · The Quay County · Sedalia Democrat · The Seymour Tribune · The Shelby Star · Sun Journal · The Texas Monitor · The Times-News · The Topsail Advertiser · Valley Morning Star · The Walton Sun · Yuma SunTelevision stations2 1Also a subaffiliate of The CW Television Network.
2Freedom's entire television division is being acquired by Sinclair Broadcast Group pending Federal Communications Commission approval.United States NECN · YNN Central New York · News 12 Networks · News Channel 5 · NY1 · NY1 Noticias · PCNC · NewsChannel 8 · YNN · YNN Buffalo · YNN Rochester · YNN Capital Region · CN8SoutheastNews 14 Carolina · SNN Local News 6 · Bay News 9/Bay News 9 en Espanol · Central Florida News 13 · NewsWatch 15Other areasYNN Austin · CLTV · Arizona NewsChannel/Arizona Mas · Northwest Cable News · ONN · OC Channel · News Now 53 · TXCN · 24/7 · Kansas 22 · 6 News Lawrence · Noticias 24/7Defunct Florida's News Channel · KAUT-TV1 · KMYT-TV1 · KNWS-TV1 · Las Vegas One · LNC5 · News 24 Houston · News 9 San Antonio · Niagara News TV · Orange County Newschannel · SANN · WMTW All News Channel · WRNN-TV1
1 - Still on the air, but no longer carrying a dedicated news format.Note: This is an incomplete listCategories:- Television stations in Los Angeles, California
- 24-hour television news channels in the United States
- Defunct local cable stations in the United States
- Freedom Communications
- Television channels and stations established in 1990
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2004
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