KCLH

KCLH is a dual CBS/H Channel affiliate in Crescent City, California and Brookings/Gold Beach, Oregon. It is owned by Lake Hill Broadcasting, as part of a duopoly with dual Univision/CW affiliate KLHO, owned by MediaCast LLC, and operated by Lake Hill under a Shared Service/Joint Sales agreement. The two stations share studios at 55th Street in Crescent City. 
== History ==
In 1960, Clash Broadcasting Company built and KCLH-TV Channel 5 signed on the air for the first time.
Lake Hill received a permit from the FCC to build the KCLH transmitter in 2017. It also received a permit to build the KLHO transmitter on the same property via a partnered company that builds and owns transmitters throughout the country, Towers Plus Inc. KCLH launched on February 3, 2021, as an affiliate of CBS and the newly launched H Channel. 
KHCL in nearby California City, California was a semi-satellite of KCLH until it moved near Bakersfield. During its time as a satelite station of KCLH, It cleared all network programming provided by the station, as well as most newscasts, but aired its own offerings of morning and late evening newscasts, syndicated programming, local commercials, and station identifications. Master control and most internal operations were housed at KCLH's facilities. The station was later sold by Lake Hill to CBS News and Stations for $9.8 million. 
Following the merger of the Crescent City, California and Brookings/Gold Beach, Oregon television markets, KCLH moved to channel 11, as its previous channel slot interfered with KBCC-TV.
== Programming ==
Programs on KCLH-DT1 include Inside Edition, The Doctors, Family Feud, among others, Programs on KCLH-DT2 include America Says, Daily Blast Live, TMZ, among others
== Newscasts ==
KCLH-DT1 broadcasts local news programming from 4-7am, 9am, 12pm, 4pm, 5-6:30pm, and 11pm on weekdays, 6pm and 11pm on Saturdays, and 5pm and 11pm on Sundays. KCLH-DT2 broadcasts local news programming from 7-9am and 9pm on weekdays, and 9pm on weekends. Newscasts on KCLH DT1 and DT2, as well as KLHO-DT1 and DT2 are branded as KCLH News. KCLH has a bilingual news team that can report in both English and Spanish.
After Lake Hill acquired KHCL, it started simulcasting KCLH's 12pm, 4pm, and 5-6:30pm newscasts, branded as CBS Twin Coasts news on CW 50. KCLH produces KHCL's 11pm newscast, which is pre-recorded with their talent. It utilizes the resources of the local newspaper in the area, along with 2 reporters stationed in the area, to produce the newscast. It is a temporary measure until KHCL launches a full-scale news department in their new facility in 2022. KHCL produces their own morning newscast. After the sale to CBS News and Stations, the station began to
After Lake Hill acquired KHCL, the station started simulcasting KCLH's 12pm, 4pm, and 5-6:30pm newscasts, branded as CBS Twin Coasts News on CW 50. KCLH produced KHCL's 11pm newscast, which was pre-recorded with their talent. It utilized the resources of the local newspaper in the area, along with 2 reporters stationed in the area, to produce the newscast. It was a temporary measure until KHCL launched a full-scale news department in their new facility in in March 2022, in which KCLH dropped simulcasting KHCL's newscasts.
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017
Category:Crescent City
Category:Lake Hill Broadcasting
Category:CBS network affiliates
Category:Channel 11
Category:California
Category:Oregon