KHCL

KHCL, virtual channel 29 (UHF digital channel 50), is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to California City, California. The station is owned by the CBS News and Stations subsidiary of Paramount Global. Its sales offices are located in downtown California City.
== History ==
KHCL signed on as KCCY on March 2, 2009 as an independent station carrying nothing but infomercials, as well as E/I programming and Community calendars to meet FCC regulations. 
The station's fortunes changed when it became a MeTV station on November 1, 2012. Its ratings improved dramatically. It was around this time when it invested in some local programming, consisting solely of a public affairs program to satisfy satisfy FCC requirements.
It was sold to Lake Hill Broadcasting in 2020, with the call letters being changed to KHCL after the deal closed. However, because of the station's severely small office space, (which can only accommodate one studio the size of a meeting room) as well as its master control being outsourced, Lake Hill requested that the station be converted to a semi-satellite of it's nearby CBS affiliate. It would house master control and other operations, with the two stations sharing a general manager, with KHCL housing sales offices. As a result of that space, Lake Hill is opting to build a brand new studio from the ground up for this station, but its not expected to finish until summer of 2022. As a result, the station will stay its current facilities until that time.
On February 1, 2022, it was announced that Lake Hill Broadcasting would sell the station to CBS Television Stations on $9.8 million.
The sell completed on the same day. 
== Newscasts ==
KHCL started a morning newscast in 2015. Called "First Forecast Mornings" it ran for one hour at 7am, and it centered around weather updates throughout the program, News updates were offered, but it focused mainly on national news, with local news updates being limited. 
After Lake Hill bought the station, plans for a fully fledged news department were announced, but would not start until 2022, when the new building is expected to be completed. It was expected that newscasts would be hubbed to the Newsfix Local Productions facility in Indiana, but it never occurred. Instead, KHCL simulcasts the afternoon and evening newscasts from its parent station, branded as KCLH News on CBS 50. However, the morning newscast, now called CBS 50 Mornings, was expanded to 2.5 hours, and started at 4:30am. It also started an 11pm newscast, which is pre-recorded from KCLH using 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. KHCL is expected to expand newscasts in 2022. 
After selling that CBS Television Stations, the news was change to CBS 29 News. 
== Programming ==
=== Syndicated programs ===
As of September 2021, syndicated programs broadcast on KHCL include The Drew Barrymore Show, The People's Court, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy and Family Feud.
== Gallery ==
File:Screenshot 2022-02-01 1.47.59 PM.png|New Airing on Family Feud.
File:KHCL CBS.png|Logo used from 2016 to 2023.
Category:CBS owned and operated stations
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Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009
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