It’s official: KCET, one of the biggest siblings in the PBS family, is leaving home for good. Although station President Al Jerome has complained for years about high network dues and the contentious ...

Having previously floated the prospect of becoming independent, KCET is making good on that threat and has announced that it will sever ties to PBS at the end of the year. The decision stems from a ...

L.A. pubcaster KCET has made good on its threat to dump its longtime affiliation with PBS. KCET announced Friday that it would become an independent public broadcaster effective Jan. 1. That means PBS ...

KCET station execs told the Los Angeles Times that an institutional bias within PBS favoring East Coast stations marginalized its contribution to the system. But critics counter that the station, ...