KCET Struggles

The LA Times published an article today about the continued struggles of KCET. Last year KCET cut ties with PBS. A big reason was the cost of belonging to PBS to acquire national programming like Frontline and NewsHour.

Without PBS and the national programs, KCET is floundering. The audience droped around 50%. Funding has also dropped off sharply. That's not a surprise since audience and funding are directly related to each other.

There's a lot more in this article by James Rainey for the Los Angeles Times.

Tavis Smiley-KCET Relationship Strained

Tavis Smiley-KCET relationship ending badly - KansasCity.com

Tavis Smiley was the only PBS show being produced at KCET in LA. In January KCET drops all PBS programming. Is dropping Smiley from the line-up at KCET an unintended consequence of management's decision to split from PBS? Maybe not, according to an article in the LA Times by Scott Collins.