united states city anaheim california branding kdoc tv los angeles general abc 7 eyewitness news on kdoc tv during kabc produced newscast slogan kdoc tv do fun channels digital 32 uhf virtual 56 psip affiliations .1 independent .2 esne tv .3 metv .4 comet .5 kvla .6 schannel .7 vietv .8 the works owner ellis communications ellis communications kdoc licensee llc operator titan tv broadcast group first air date october 1 1982 ; 34 years ago 1982 10 01 call letters meaning dynamic orange county sister station s ksci former channel number s analog 56 uhf 1982 2009 former affiliations dt4 pegasus tv 2011 stellar tv 2012 plum tv 2012 2013 transmitter power 1000 kw height 949 m 3 114 ft facility id 24518 transmitter coordinates 34 13 35 n 118 3 58 w 34.22639 n 118.06611 w 34.22639 ; 118.06611 coordinates 34 13 35 n 118 3 58 w 34.22639 n 118.06611 w 34.22639 ; 118.06611 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.kdoc.tv kdoc tv channel 56 is an independent television station licensed to anaheim california usa and serving the los angeles television market . kdoc tv is owned by ellis communications and is operated by titan tv broadcast group . the station s studios and offices are located on north grand avenue in santa ana and its transmitter is located atop mount wilson . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 2.3 metv affiliation 3 programming 3.1 general programming 3.2 sports programming 3.2.1 past sports programming 3.3 special programming 3.4 newscasts 3.5 daybreak oc 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit kdoc tv first signed on the air on october 1 1982 ; the station was initially owned by locally based golden orange broadcasting whose investors included entertainer pat boone . the station s original studio facilities were located at 1730 south clementine street in anaheim just blocks east of the disneyland resort . at the time of its original sign on it was the fifth independent station in the los angeles market alongside ktla channel 5 khj tv channel 9 now kcal tv kttv channel 11 and kcop channel 13 . kdoc carried programs from conservative commentator wally george and televangelist dr. gene scott until their respective deaths in 2003 and 2005 . during this period the station was also popular for weekend broadcasts of asian programming which gained a significant non asian audience with the broadcast of the 1984 1985 subtitled japanese miyamoto musashi television series . the station also was popular for its weekend block of professional wrestling and roller derby including world class championship wrestling mid atlantic wrestling s syndicated show world wide wrestling and los angeles thunderbirds roller games . the station also offered some live sports programming such as unlv runnin rebels men s basketball during the height of jerry tarkanian era with play by play for many years called by chick hearn plus loyola marymount university men s basketball and a syndicated package of western athletic conference men s basketball games . in 2004 kdoc along with kpxn tv carried selected anaheim angels games as then new owner arte moreno wanted to broadcast more games beyond the slate of telecasts already contractually obligated to air on fox sports west and then primary over the air carrier kcal tv . in the fall of 1988 kdoc embarked on the station s first brief foray in television news . kdoc began producing newswatch 56 a primetime newscast at 8 p.m. anchored by michelle merker also the station s public affairs director and pat matthews then a radio newscaster from new orleans . the program was moved frequently first to 7 p.m. then to 9 p.m. and finally to 11 p.m. during that time the station rebranded the program as orange county newswatch and then kdoc newswatch . in 1992 kdoc stopped producing full fledged newscasts ; the station instead produced local news updates . the station also stopped producing all other original in house programming except for the minimum amount required by the fcc . much of the station s programming through the years has been situation comedy and dramatic reruns that were seen on other los angeles area stations in years past after those stations either relinquished or shared the rights with kdoc . among those shows they include the mary tyler moore show the dick van dyke show the beverly hillbillies the cosby show saved by the bell the doris day show and my three sons . reruns of the iconic courtroom drama perry mason had been on the station since 1988 where it aired weekdays at noon for about 20 years and aired early mornings on kdoc s main channel until september 2011 several of the aforementioned shows currently air on the station s metv subchannel on digital channel 56.3 . on april 4 2006 bert ellis along with anaheim ducks owners henry samueli and his wife susan bought kdoc for 149.5 million from golden orange broadcasting . the sale closed in may 2006 placing kdoc under the ownership of ellis communications inc. a subsidiary of atlanta georgia based titan broadcast management . in september 2006 kdoc made changes to its programming schedule and debuted a new slogan endless classics a reference to the beach boys album and the 1966 film the endless summer and logo . the lineup included more current syndicated repeats anaheim ducks hockey some movies as well as hours of paid programming . in 2008 the station s programming began moving away from the endless classics format adding more recent comedies and talk and judicial shows that have ended production . 1 in september 2008 kdoc launched a new website . the new website brought a new look promoting the station s new programming format and removing the forum section for viewers to post questions and comments on kdoc tv programming that many stations provide . 2 the endless classics logo was replaced in late 2009 . 3 in the fall of 2009 the station added espn plus syndication package of southeastern conference football and men s basketball now branded as sec tv and added its coverage of big 12 conference men s basketball during the 2010 11 season . the sec tv syndication package ended in 2014 because of the launch of the new sec network as part of a 20 year deal between the southeastern conference and espn . on july 4 2011 kdoc launched a new revised website as well as a new station logo minus the tv after the kdoc call letters a new color scheme programming promotions for kdoc s main channel 56.1 and metv subchannel 56.3 videos and news headlines for both los angeles and orange counties . on december 3 2012 the station unveiled a new branding campaign this time rebranding itself as la 56 . on may 11 2015 kdoc dropped the la 56 branding after more than two and a half years of use and reverted to identifying by its call letters . this also includes the branding on the kabc produced newscasts which have since been rebranded as abc 7 eyewitness news on kdoc tv . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 56.1 720p 16 9 kdoc main kdoc tv programming 56.2 480i 4 3 esne esne tv 56.3 16 9 me tv metv 56.4 comet comet 56.5 kvla kvla vietnamese 56.6 s tv schannel vietnamese 56.7 vietv vietv vietnamese 56.8 4 3 works the works analog to digital conversion edit kdoc began digital broadcast operations on february 18 2004 at 12 19 p.m. the station shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 56 at noon on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 5 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 32 using psip to display kdoc tv s virtual channel as 56 on digital television receivers which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . as part of the safer act 6 kdoc kept its analog signal on the air until later in the afternoon on february 18 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the national association of broadcasters . metv affiliation edit on april 4 2011 7 8 ellis communications parent company titan broadcast management announced along with other television station groups such as hearst capitol broadcasting raycom cox and media general among others to be among the station owners that signed affiliation agreements with metv a network focusing on classic television programming that is owned by weigel broadcasting . 9 the network was launched on kdoc 56.3 on june 13 2011 as me tv los angeles . on september 19 2011 kdoc s main channel adopted a new contemporary programming format thus positioning metv los angeles to be the network for classic television programs that once aired on kdoc . 10 although kdoc continues to carry metv on subchannel 56.3 kvme tv in bishop with a low power translator station in banning became affiliated with metv on april 30 2012 . that station carries metv on their primary digital channel 20 virtual channel 20.1 which is also available on the directv and dish network local packages tier for the los angeles market . both stations market the subchannel as me tv hollywood changing from kdoc s previous brand of me tv los angeles . local advertising for metv hollywood will be completed by a jointly managed ad sales team for both stations . 11 however kvme s metv feed does not carry the full schedule of programming electing to carry spanish language religious and paid programming during the early morning weekday hours of 5 30 to 8am blocking out sitcoms such as the beverly hillbillies my three sons petticoat junction and the donna reed show . the kdoc version airs all programming intact . on february 1 2012 verizon fios began carrying metv hollywood in the los angeles area on channel 462 . in october 2012 time warner cable added me tv hollywood on its southern california systems on channel 1232 . 12 as of 2015 update other cable providers within the los angeles orange county area such as charter communications or cox communications do not carry metv hollywood on their lineup . programming edit general programming edit syndicated programs that are broadcast on kdoc s main channel 56.1 include 10 paternity court community family guy the cleveland show american dad among others . the latter three are produced by seth macfarlane making kdoc one of a few stations in the country to air all three of macfarlane s shows in syndication . sports programming edit kdoc also maintains broadcast rights to games from local sports teams anaheim ducks of the nhl and chivas usa of major league soccer . kdoc also broadcasts the locally produced wrestling program championship wrestling from hollywood . in september 2014 it was announced that kdoc would air the final six games of the los angeles dodgers 2014 season . the team s new broadcaster sportsnet la had been afflicted by poor carriage throughout the season . 13 as of 2014 kdoc also broadcasts atlantic coast conference football and basketball games from the acc network syndication service of raycom sports which was previously on oxnard licensed kbeh in the 2013 2014 season . past sports programming edit from 2009 until 2014 kdoc previously also carried southeastern conference college football and basketball and big 12 college basketball games supplied by espn plus operated services sec tv and big 12 network respectively . both sec tv and big 12 network were dissolved in august 2014 the first of which was caused by the 2014 launch of pay tv only sec network whose