(known on air as '''LA-18''') is an independent
Television Station operating in
Los Angeles and on channel 48 ('''K48AL''') in
San Diego ,
California . It targets
Asian Americans , and most of its programming is in Asian languages.
The station has daily weekday programs and
News in
Mandarin Chinese ,
Tagalog (
Philippines ),
Japanese ,
Korean , and
Vietnamese . On weekend mornings, it has programs in
Khmer (Cambodian),
Indonesian ,
Armenian ,
Arabic , and
Persian .
English Subtitle s appear on certain programs, including some of those in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. These programs are a mix of rebroadcasts from their original countries, independent productions, and KSCI-produced programs.
KSCI also has a number of programs in English and
Hindi that feature
Music Video s and entertainment news from
Bollywood , as well as regular news from the
Indian Subcontinent . There are also a number of religious programs, in English, Korean, and Japanese, shown mostly in the very early morning hours. The station broadcasts
Infomercials in the remaining time slots.
KSCI's local programming include "LA Living", a Mandarin-language show hosted by Juliette Zhou that deals with life in LA for
Chinese American s, and features interviews with guests. The station also produces "LA Seoul", a bilingual program with Korean subtitles for English-speaking guests. "Stir TV" is a half-hour weekend show in English with four Asian-American hosts.
There are locally produced news programs in Mandarin ("World Report" and "Channel 18 Evening News"), Tagalog ("Saksi"), Vietnamese ("Global Report") and Korean {"Local News/Town Guide"). In addition, KSCI also sponsors Los Angeles-area
Asian American events.
In
1998 KSCI moved its
City Of License from
San Bernardino to
Long Beach . In early
2005 , KSCI changed its on-air name to LA-18, though the call letters remained the same. The station adopted a new slogan: "Keeping You Connected."
The letters "SCI" stand for Science of Creative Intelligence. The leader of this philosophy, the
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , owned the station for many years and was often seen on air for several hours at a time. The Maharishi, one-time spiritual advisor to
The Beatles , was based in
Fairfield, Iowa .
KSCI aired
New Wave Theatre with
Peter Ivers in the early
1980s . The program featured local
Rock and
Punk LA bands such as
Fear ,
X ,
The Blasters ,
Circle Jerks and
The Dead Kennedys . The show was later picked up by
USA Network 's
Night Flight .
Long before KSCI went on the air, the Sun-Telegram newspaper in San Bernardino operated KCHU-TV on channel 18. During its time on the air, in the mid 1960s, the station showed those living in the Riverside and San Bernardino area a steady diet of vintage Hollywood movies. KCHU's studios were located in the old Fox Theater in Downtown San Bernardino.
