Weekend programming included a one-hour program by Danny Landeros, who also did a Spanish-language program on KRNO at that time a weekly five-minute report from United States Senator Thomas Kuchel, a two-hour local talent show called Valley Varieties and a weekly program hosted by KRNO DJ Dave Stamm titled Campus Scenes. Two 15-minute newscasts, at 6:00 and 10:00, rounded out the schedule.
HOBO KELLY SERIES
KCHU's original program schedule was a mix of local programming, old movies (but not ancient most of the titles aired were released in the 1950s), and the British documentary series This Wonderful World, which anchored the weekday schedule at 9:00pm. The series was produced by theĮncyclopaedia Brittanica, of which Grierson - a notedĭocumentary producer in his own right - was a member of This Wonderful World, which was a mainstay of the John Grierson, host of the British documentary series It was, possibly, the most ambitious program channel 18 produced during its entire time on the air. KCHU's inaugural telecast was appropriately titled Spectacular, described as a "live, star-studded show" emceed by Bonanza's Lorne Greene and featuring Julie London, Lawrence Welk Show's accordionist Myron Floren, Bachelor Father stars John Forsythe and Sammee Tong, Marilyn Maxwell from The Bob Hope Show and the Sportsmen from The Jack Benny Program.
HOBO KELLY UPGRADE
After a subsequent application to upgrade from the original 1kW to 9.1kW, Rogers built what would become KCHU, with its transmitter in the San Bernardino mountains just below Crestline and studios in the former art building at the National Orange Show Grounds. Rogers, who was part-owner and general manager of crosstown KRNO/1240, already known in the Inland Empire for his many years of radio management and engineering he filed for channel 18 on Februand received the CP a quick five months later on July 26.
HOBO KELLY FULL
It beat Spanish-language pioneer KMEX/34 in Los Angeles to the air by seven months, KIIX/22 (also in Los Angeles) by a full year, and San Diego's first UHF, KAAR/39, by well over three years.Ĭhannel 18 had the potential to have been the first UHF in the state, however: The first construction permit was issued only four months after the "freeze" to KITO/1290, on November 6, 1952, but they surrendered the CP for KITO-TV less than a year-and-a-half later without having taken any steps to construct the station. including the first two incarnations of channel 40 in Sacramento coming and going, and the move of KFRE-TV in Fresno from channel 12 to channel 30. That also made it the fourteenth commercial UHF in the state, the rest being in the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco. KCHU was the first UHF station in Southern California to begin commercial operation, with its first official telecast taking place on the evening of Maafter a week of test pattern transmission.
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