KBEV (TV)

Infobox Network
network_name = KBEV
network_
slogan = We Put the "K" in "Quality"
country = USA
available = Beverly Hills
network_type = Educational Television
launch_date = 1974
key_people =
website = [http://www.kbev6.com/ http://www.kbev6.com]

KBEV is a student run television channel in Beverly Hills, California. The KBEV studios are located inside of Beverly Hills High School. KBEV is shown on channel 6 to all residents of Beverly Hills who have Time Warner Cable.

History

KBEV, originally called "Information Retrieval", was started in 1968 in a bungalow on the front lawn. An early form of programming-on-demand, audio and video content was transmitted over cables wired to the high school library and to select classrooms at the high school. Audio programs played on reel to reel tape were sent the the elementary schools over telephone lines, rented from the phone company, to study carrels in the libraries at each of the schools.KBEV began active cable operations in 1974 with Theta Cable, which became Group W, then Century Cable, then Adelphia Cable, and now Time Warner Cable. KBEV's channel designation began as Channel L. It later became Channel N, then Channel E, then Channel 26, and now it is Channel 6 KBEV and Channel 36 KBHS. Channel 36 has been used to carry the ARTS Channel which originates from Burbank. The Media Center has provided continuous cable programming to the Beverly Hills community for 32 years. As of the " [http://www.youtube.com/mortorqtv MorTorq TV] " episode for May 29, 2008, KBEV is up to program number 8,2447.

Programing

Some of the shows and programmin produced by KBEV are:
* "Art Gallery"
* Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education Meetings
* "KBEV After Dark"
* "KBEV Klassics"
* Football Games and Other Sports
* "Meet & Greet"
* " [http://www.youtube.com/mortorqtv MorTorq TV] "
* " [http://normannewstv.com The Norman News] "
* "Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood"
* Special Event Programing
* "Teenz in da 'Hood"
* "Teen Talk"
* "The MindField"
* "The Movie Gist"
* " [http://whattheblanktv.com WHAT the BLANK?!] "

chedule

KBEV's current schedule is as follows:
* 5:00 AM - The Norman News
* 5:30 AM - Bulletin
* 6:30 AM - BHUSD: Setting the Standard
* 6:45 AM - Spark or Not?
* 7:00 AM - The Norman News
* 7:30 AM - WHAT the BLANK?!
* 8:00 AM - Meet & Greet
* 8:30 AM - The Movie Gist
* 9:00 AM - The MindField
* 9:30 AM - MorTorq TV
* 10:00 AM - Behind the Ball
* 10:15 AM - Spark or Not?
* 10:30 AM - Art Gallery
* 11:00 AM - KBEV Class Projects
* 11:30 AM - Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
* 12:00 PM - BHUSD: Setting the Standard
* 12:30 PM - The Movie Gist
* 1:00 PM - The Norman News
* 1:30 PM - WHAT the BLANK?!
* 2:00 PM - The MindField
* 2:30 PM - MorTorq TV
* 3:00 PM - BHUSD Board of Education Meeting
* 6:30 PM - The Movie Gist
* 7:00 PM - MorTorq TV
* 7:30 PM - The Norman News
* 8:00 PM - 2008 Spring Vocal Concert
* 11:00 PM - The Norman News
* 11:30 PM - Behind the Ball
* 11:45 PM - Spark or Not?
* 12:00 AM - KBEV After Dark: The Midnight Madness MorTorq Marathon
* 4:30 AM - KBEV After Dark: KBEV Klassics

External links

* [http://www.kbev6.com The Official KBEV Web Site]
* [http://bhhs.bhusd.org/apps/staff/show_staff.jsp?REC_ID=22830&upREC_ID=3931&rn=3860 History of The Media Center: The Media Center began in a Bungalow]
* [http://bhhs.bhusd.org/apps/staff/show_staff.jsp?REC_ID=22830&upREC_ID=3932&rn=7934 History of The Media Center: The 1970s......]