branding metv hollywood channels digital 20 uhf virtual 20 uhf translators kdoc tv 56.3 anaheim los angeles affiliations metv owner venture technologies group llc bellagio broadcasting llc first air date august 21 2007 call letters meaning venture memorable entertainment former callsigns kbbc tv 2007 2012 kvme tv 2012 2016 former channel number s analog 20 uhf 2007 2008 former affiliations spanish independent 2007 2012 transmitter power 4.2 kw height 924 m facility id 83825 transmitter coordinates 37 24 42 n 118 11 10 w 37.41167 n 118.18611 w 37.41167 ; 118.18611 website kvme website kvme tv is a full service full power digital television station in greater los angeles area licensed to bishop california broadcasting locally on channel 20 . the station is owned by venture technologies group llc . as of april 30 2012 kvme became the primary affiliate of metv . branded as metv hollywood the station became one of two metv affiliates serving southern california also anaheim based independent station kdoc tv also carries the network on digital subchannel 56.3 . the two stations use the uniform branding as well as local advertising completed by a jointly managed ad sales team . 1 on december 21 2007 kvme was added to the directv local channel lineup for the los angeles media market . this came two days after kvmd was re located to a high definition tier making it unavailable on standard definition . dish network also includes kvme in the local channel lineup for the los angeles media market . contents 1 history 2 digital television 3 references 4 external links history edit channel 20 went on the air as kbbc tv on august 21 2007 an analog only television station licensed to bishop california . the station operated as a bilingual independent . kbbc s programing was mostly spanish featuring spanish language independent programming including la corte del pueblo the people s court la corte de familia f tbol al dia a talk show about soccer and a newscast with extensive news from central america . the nighttime programming had premiered on knla lp which was a translator station . the station later added afternoon and overnight programming from the home shopping network . kbbc also offered english language religious programming from hosanna a christian program service . on saturday mornings english language children s programs aired along with a public service program bishop community today . in march 2012 venture technologies group filed and received approval to sell knla cd and sister station knet ca to local media tv holdings . 2 digital television edit because it was granted an original construction permit after the fcc finalized the dtv allotment plan on april 21 1997 1 the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station . instead on or before june 12 2009 which was the end of the digital tv conversion period for full service stations kbbc tv was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal called a flash cut . on november 30 2008 kbbc completed the transition to digital by turning off its analog signal and immediately turning on its digital signal on channel 20 . references edit me tv adds kvme in southern california tvnewscheck april 17 2012 . seyler dave march 19 2012 . local media tv stockpiles more big market class a s . television business report . retrieved march 19 2012 . external links edit query the fcc s tv station database for kvme query the fcc s tv station database for kmrz biafn s media web database information on kvme tv v t e television stations in southern california including los angeles orange county and portions of the inland empire english language stations major channels in bold kcbs tv 2.1 cbs 2.2 decades knbc 4.1 nbc 4.2 cozi tv ktla 5.1 cw 5.2 antenna tv 5.3 this tv ksfv ca 6.1 hsn kabc tv 7.1 abc 7.2 lwn 7.3 laff kfla ld 8.1 rtv 8.2 cstv 8.3 tuff tv 8.4 vmas kcal tv 9.1 ind kiio ld 10.1 ind. 10.2 infomercials kttv 11.1 fox ktbv ld 12.1 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kdoc tv 56.5 kvla 56.6 stv 56.7 vietv kjla 57.2 vietface tv 57.3 vnatv 57.4 set 57.5 sgtv 57.6 vbs 57.7 stv 57.8 ibc 57.10 ent 57.11 vietsun multilingual ksci 18.1 ind knla cd 20.1 crossings tv kskj cd 45 translator of ksci 18 outlying areas kvtu lp 3 rel agoura hills kuhd lp 6 rel ventura kzno lp 6 independent community big bear lake k12po 12 ind kusi tv temecula kimg ld 19.1 silent ventura kvme tv 20.1 metv krvd ld 23.1 pbs koce tv banning kero tv 23.1 abc 23.2 azteca 23.3 metv bakersfield available in high desert region kblm lp 25 spanish ind riverside perris k27ds abc kesq yucca valley kzsw lp 27 ind temecula kvkv lp 29 rel victorville kbak tv 29.1 cbs 29.3 grit 58.2 fox bakersfield available in high desert region kvmd 31.1 ind 31.2 xhudg tdt 31.3 filam tv filipino 31.4 guangdong tv 31.5 skylink 1 31.6 rel 31.7 tbwtv 31.8 wcetv 31.9 cctv news twentynine palms kcio ld 33.1 ind lancaster kvvb lp 33 ind victorville k55cw 34 ind victorville k36jh 36 vida barstow k41cb 41 pbs koce tv 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