KCHC

Not related to the real-life worship radio station in Escondido.
KCHC is the TCN owned-and-operated station licensed to serve the Los Angeles, California area. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting.
== History ==
KCHC began on January 18, 1998, the day after The Chance Network was founded. The first program aired on the station was the Roseanne episode "Death and Stuff". Unlike the other original TCN stations, KCHC did not air any newscasts; the 10 p.m. slot, usually filled with newscasts, was instead occupied by a syndicated rerun of Mad About You. 
The station was successful in the market, at times being the #4 channel in the market. So, the station premiered a morning newscast called Los Angeles' Morning Show, which aired from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. 
In 2001, the Mad About You airing was moved back to 10:35 p.m. to make way for the station's evening newscast, NewsChannel18 at Ten. This newscast was even more successful than LAMS, and a weekend edition premiered in 2003.
The morning newscast was renamed NewsChannel18 Breakfast in 2013 to match other O&O's morning shows. In addition, the station airs newscasts at 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. on weekdays. Unlike other TCN O&O's, the station does not carry a weekend morning newscast, instead airing TCN's Saturday morning block "live" from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. Pacific Time.
As The Pierre Péladeau Company purchased TCN in 2021, it was sold to Mission Broadcasting, due to ownership limits.
== Subchannels ==
Channel	SD/HD	PSIP Short Name	Programming
18.1 	HD 	KCHC-HD 	Main KCHC programming / TCN
18.2 	SD 	BITES 	Bites
18.3 	SD 	KCHC-WX 	TCN Weather Live
== Schedule ==
Below is KCHC's fall 2021 schedule. 
 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	Saturday 	Sunday
12:00 AM	Access Hollywood Weekend 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
12:30 AM	Access Hollywood Weekend 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
1:00 AM 	Extra Weekend 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
1:30 AM 	Extra Weekend 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
2:00 AM 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten
2:30 AM 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten
3:00 AM 	Paid Programming 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Two and a Half Men
3:30 AM 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition Weekend 	TCN News Early Edition Weekend
4:00 AM 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	Monk
4:30 AM 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	Monk
5:00 AM 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	Monk
5:30 AM 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	Monk
6:00 AM 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	Arthur 	Monk
6:30 AM 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	NewsChannel18 Breakfast 	Peg + Cat 	Monk
7:00 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	Elinor Wonders Why 	TCN News Sunday Morning
7:30 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	Sesame Street 	TCN News Sunday Morning
8:00 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	Molly of Denali 	Inside California
8:30 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	Pinkalicious and Peterrific 	Inside California: LA
9:00 AM 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Weather Gone Viral 	Hour of Power
9:30 AM 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Access Daily 	Weather Gone Viral 	Hour of Power
10:00 AM	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	Storm of Suspicion 	In Touch with Charles Stanley
10:30 AM	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	Storm of Suspicion 	In Touch with Charles Stanley
11:00 AM	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	KCHC Morning Movie 	KCHC Morning Movie
11:30 AM	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	NewsChannel18 Midday 	KCHC Morning Movie 	KCHC Morning Movie
12:00 PM	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	KCHC Morning Movie 	KCHC Morning Movie
12:30 PM	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	KCHC Morning Movie 	KCHC Morning Movie
1:00 PM 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Monk 	Major Crimes
1:30 PM 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Nick Cannon 	Monk 	Major Crimes
2:00 PM 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	KCHC Afternoon Movie 	NCIS
2:30 PM 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	The Wendy Williams Show 	KCHC Afternoon Movie 	NCIS
3:00 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	KCHC Afternoon Movie 	NCIS: New Orleans
3:30 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	NewsChannel18 at Three 	KCHC Afternoon Movie 	NCIS: New Orleans
4:00 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four
4:30 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four 	NewsChannel18 at Four
5:00 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five
5:30 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five 	NewsChannel18 at Five
6:00 PM 	NewsChannel18 at Six 	NewsChannel18 at Six 	NewsChannel18 at Six 	NewsChannel18 at Six 	NewsChannel18 at Six 	NewsChannel18 at Six 	NewsChannel18 at Six
6:30 PM 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight Saturday with Chip Bartlow	Paid Programming
7:00 PM 	Access Hollywood 	Access Hollywood 	Access Hollywood 	Access Hollywood 	Access Hollywood 	Modern Family 	America's Next Top Model
7:30 PM 	Extra 	Extra 	Extra 	Extra 	Extra 	Young Sheldon 	America's Next Top Model
8:00 PM 	Impress Me 	Step by Step 	Grace Under Fire 	Bewitched 	Ellen 	WKRP in Cincinnati 	Tic Tac Dough
8:30 PM 	Impress Me 	Step by Step 	Whatever Happened To...? 	I Dream of Jeannie 	The Amira Clarke Show 	WKRP in Cincinnati 	Wordy
9:00 PM 	This Just In 	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 	Detective Dawn 	Cold Blood 	Silk Stalkings 	Port Charles 	Magnum, P.I.
9:30 PM 	Lansing Cake Company 	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 	Detective Dawn 	Cold Blood 	Silk Stalkings 	Landis County Trading Post 	Magnum, P.I.
10:00 PM	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten
10:30 PM	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten 	NewsChannel18 at Ten
11:00 PM	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Schitt's Creek 	Elementary 	Impractical Jokers
11:30 PM	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	Elementary 	Impractical Jokers
== Staff ==
=== Anchors ===
* Dennis Gladstone - weekdays, 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.
* Ingrid Bostock - weekdays, 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.
* Mila McCoy - weekdays, 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m.
* Will Cervantes - weekdays, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m.
* Chyna Prentice - weekdays, 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.
* Mitchell Fisher - weekends, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m.
=== Meteorologists ===
* Celeste Whitaker - weekdays, 4 a.m. to 7 a.m., 11 a.m.
* Harris Dickson - weekdays, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
* Wilbur Dorsey - weekdays, 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.
* Layla Horton - weekends, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m.
=== Traffic ===
* Jeff Thornton - weekdays, 4 a.m. to 7 a.m.
* Joan Chung - weekdays, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m.
* Molly Dunn - fill-in
=== Reporters ===
* Jordan McKee 
* Jocelyn Fountas
* Firat Hoover
* Kiefer Patrick - also host of Inside California and Inside California: Los Angeles
* Maia Greer
* Soren Washington
* Pauline Reese - also feature anchor for NewsChannel18 Breakfast
* Brandon Person
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Category:Los Angeles
Category:California
Category:TCN
Category:TCN owned-and-operated stations
Category:Mission Broadcasting
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