MAY HD PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

If you have High Definition reception, you won't want to miss the vivid colors and crystal clarity of our beautiful high definition programs on KOCE-HD. KOCE-HD may be found off air on Channel 50-1, or check with your local cable company.

NOVA: Car of the Future
Thursday, May 1 at 6:00 PM
With increasing prices at the pump and a growing concern about the impact of emissions on global warming, there is a keen interest in alternative fuel sources to power our cars. From a look at the hydrogen fuel cell, to domestic attempts to create fuels like "biodiesel" from vegetable oil or corn, the program examines what's coming for our transportation.

Osmonds 50th Anniversary Reunion
Friday, May 2 at 5:30 PM
Taped before a live audience at The Orleans Hotel Showroom in Las Vegas, this special features all seven siblings performing many of their chart-topping hit songs. The show will mark the first time in many years that the entire Osmond family will reunite, performing together on the same stage.

Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre
Saturday, May 3 at 6:00 PM
Throughout recent times, historians have believed that the Spanish Conquistadors, who arrived in Aztec territory in the 15th century, were welcomed as returning light-skinned gods by the Aztecs, who put up little resistance to their conquest. Now, a new discovery outside Mexico City is turning history on its head: more than 550 bodies, many of which show signs of having been mutilated and even eaten.

Carrier: All Hands/Controlled Chaos
Monday, May 5 at 9:00 PM
5,000 sailors and Marines bid farewell to their loved ones before the USS Nimitz sets a course for Hawaii and beyond. The men and women of the USS Nimitz live beneath the runway of a major airport. They sleep on the roof of a nuclear power plant. It’s a perilous environment. Their only bulwark against danger and chaos is to bond with their units on board the ship.

Carrier: Super Secrets/Squared Away
Tuesday, May 6 at 9:00 PM
Many aspects of life on a nuclear aircraft carrier are hush-hush. Dating and sex aboard ship are strictly forbidden, but according to one sailor, with 5,000 people on board, relationships are “inevitable.” Port calls allow sailors to blow off steam, but they don’t relieve all the pressure. In Guam, a young sailor coming to terms with his upbringing can’t play by the rules and is forced out of the Navy.

Carrier: Show of Force/Groundhog Day
Wednesday, May 7 at 9:00 PM
The mission really kicks off when the Nimitz arrives in the Gulf. The conditions are extreme: flight deck personnel endure temperatures hovering around 120 degrees, while the pilots undertake grueling six-hour missions over Iraq. After two months in the Gulf, one day starts to become indistinguishable from the next. The only relief comes from a port call in Bahrain, where some sailors relax by the pool.

Carrier: Rites of Passage/True Believers
Thursday, May 8 at 9:00 PM
The last day in the Gulf is the last chance to drop bombs before the Nimitz heads home. The jets take off, laden with ordnance, and return hours later, still carrying the same bombs. True Believers explores the many expressions of faith onboard the USS Nimitz: faith in self, faith in one’s shipmates, faith in the mission of the ship and the president’s call to arms.

American Experience: George H. W. Bush
Tuesday, May 13 at 9:00 PM
Prior to winning the presidency, George Bush served as a U.S. congressman, ambassador to the United Nations, chairman of the Republican National Committee, chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to China, director of the C.I.A, and vice president under Ronald Reagan. Bush inherited some of the public goodwill felt for the Reagan administration and much of the growing skepticism.

American Experience: Roberto Clemente
Thursday, May 15 at 8:00 PM
The story of a man who by every account was as effortlessly upright and true as if he were crafted for juvenile fiction, a man who never forgot who he was, where he came from and what mattered. He died young in a plane crash, in 1972 at age 38, delivering medical supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

Nature: Prince of the Alps
Monday, May 19 at 8:00 PM
High in the Austrian Alps, a female red deer, a leader in her herd, gives birth to a calf. Her status makes him a prince among the other calves. But hunters, skiers, hikers, and pet dogs, as well as a harsh and icy winter, threaten their survival.

Great Lodges of the Canadian Rockies: On Top of the World
Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 PM
Known as the "Castle in the Wilderness," the Banff Springs Hotel is the elegantly appointed hub of a wheel of lodges and cabins built high in the backcountry, amidst a panorama of canyons, waterfalls, and glaciers. Visitors travel by helicopter to remote Mount Assiniboine Lodge, by horseback to the Plain of Six Glaciers Teahouse, and with expert climbers to Abbott Pass Hut, perched precariously on the spine of the continental divide.

Secrets of the Dead: Sinking Atlantis
Thursday, May 22 at 7:00 PM
Drawing from the archaeological records, new revelations about Minoan language and religion and shocking new geological discoveries, archeologist Sandy MacGillivray connects fact with fiction and reveals the truth behind the reign and fall of the great Minoan civilization.

Battle of the Hood and Bismarck
Monday, May 26 at 8:00 PM
The last remaining HMS "Hood" survivor, Ted Briggs, is followed as he joins the expedition and returns to the site of the sinking. Using archival film, dramatic reconstruction, computer effects, and interviews with the men involved, the program brings "HMS Hood" back to life and follows the expedition members as they solve a 60-year-old mystery: why did the biggest and best ship in the British fleet sink so quickly?

In Country: A Vietnam Story
Tuesday, May 27 at 9:00 PM
In 1971, Chris, Boone and Perry were just three average American guys, serving their country in Vietnam. Then Chris met the Friends of Danang, a humanitarian organization made up of veterans dedicated to helping the sick and poor children of Vietnam's city of Danang. Together, they rediscover a land and a people they never thought they'd see again.

 

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