HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. (June 8, 2008) – On Saturday, June 28, three of Orange County’s most prominent community cornerstones will be honored at an elegant black-tie event in celebration of KOCE-TV’s 35th Anniversary. Taking place at the five-star Island Hotel in Newport Beach, Calif., the gala fundraiser – complete with an “orange carpet” – expects more than 400 A-listers to be in attendance. This inaugural celebration is anticipated to raise more than $300,000 toward the local and educational programming of Orange County’s public television station.

The upscale gala will celebrate KOCE-TV’s 35 years of serving and participating in the exceptional Orange County community with the theme of “educate, entertain and enlighten.” Guests will enjoy an exquisite evening of spectacular entertainment, sumptuous cuisine, and live and silent auctions featuring breathtaking jewelry, exclusive oversees vacation packages, and much more.

The event will honor the Orange County Register, former president of Disneyland®, Jack Lindquist, and the Orangewood Children’s Foundation – three significant community forces whose ability to educate, entertain and enlighten have transformed Orange County.
“All the elegance and panache of this grand event serves a critical purpose,” said Mel Rogers, president and general manager of KOCE-TV. “This event was created to celebrate our incredible community, enjoy our history, and build our future. We want those who have supported KOCE-TV throughout its 35 years of commitment to Orange County – and who have remained avid proponents the civilizing influence of public broadcasting in Southern California – to know how much they are appreciated and how vital they our to our continued growth and success. With their help, we will be able to continue and expand the vital contribution that KOCE-TV makes to its local community. We also feel, having been a mainstay in Orange County’s history for more than three decades, it is important for us to honor a few of the people and organizations who have helped to make this community such an amazing place to live, work and play.”

About KOCE-TV
KOCE-TV, located in Huntington Beach, produces Orange County’s only nightly news show, Real Orange – now celebrating its 10th year – as well as Inside OC, the only news and analysis show about Orange County business and politics. KOCE-TV has been lauded for its outstanding service to the community and is the recipient of 25 Emmy Awards and 26 Golden Mike Awards. The station’s staff of producers, writers, directors and reporters thoroughly understands the people, places and issues that define Orange County.

KOCE-TV is the sixth-most watched PBS station in America with an estimated 5.8 million viewers* monthly. KOCE’s award-winning programming offers the fifth-largest county in the nation a long-standing community hub for local news, culture and features, and broadcasts the best available national PBS programs to the entire Southern California five-county region. Known for its outstanding dedication to education, KOCE Classroom serves more than a half million K-12 students. A national Roper poll recently ranked PBS as number one in public trust for the fourth consecutive year.** The winner of hundreds of awards including Emmys and Community Service Awards, KOCE continues to be a vital community resource and connector for Southern California. For more information, please visit www.koce.org.

* Nielsen Station Index 2007
** Reported by the GfKRoper Public Affairs & Media poll (2007)

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