11 Facts About KCOP

1.

KCOP-TV is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of MyNetworkTV.

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2.

KCOP was the original Los Angeles home of the syndicated version of Wheel of Fortune .

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3.

KCOP partnered with WWOR-TV and MCA TV Entertainment on a two night programming block, Hollywood Premiere Network starting in October 1990.

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4.

KCOP carried the Prime Time Entertainment Network programming service from 1993 to 1995.

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5.

KCOP carried Spelling Premiere Network at its launch in August 1994 on Thursday nights.

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6.

KCOP still ran UPN's Disney's One Too block during the morning hours until the network ended the block's run in 2003.

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7.

CW's initial affiliate list did not include any of Fox's UPN stations, but even without the Tribune affiliation deal, it is unlikely that KCOP would have been picked over KTLA as The CW's management was on record as preferring The WB and UPN's "strongest" affiliates – KTLA had led KCOP in the ratings dating back to when they were both independent stations.

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8.

In 2021, KCOP started televising Los Angeles FC regular season soccer matches on weekends that are not nationally televised.

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9.

From 2005 to 2007, KCOP carried St Louis Rams preseason games produced by now-former corporate siblings Fox Sports Midwest and KTVI.

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10.

Many years, KCOP aired a prime time newscast at 10 p m, as well as a weekday afternoon newscast at 2 p m during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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11.

However, KCOP's news drew substantially higher ratings among younger viewers, especially young Latinos.

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