• Digital Conversion – KOCE-TV completed its new digital and analog transmission site from Mount Wilson, geographically expanding the reach of the station's broadcast signal. KOCE-TV can now be seen by viewers in northern San Diego County as well as Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, portions of Riverside San Bernardino and Kern Counties – the five most populous counties in California.
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• Record Growth - KOCE-TV continued to attract viewers in record numbers. From May 2004 to May 2005, prime time audiences grew more than 36%.
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• Expanded News Coverage Capabilities – KOCE-TV recently acquired a live satellite transmission truck whereby expanding live coverage opportunities within the county. The truck is currently being used for footage aired on KOCE-TV's nightly news program, Real Orange, hosted by Ed Arnold and Ann Pulice. The program is OC’s only local newscast and airs weekly every Monday through Friday.
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• Celebrated Journalists – KOCE-TV received a “Best News Special” Golden Mike Award from the Radio and Television News Association for the Real Orange special, “Ed Arnold’s 50th Anniversary in Broadcasting,” which celebrates the illustrious career of KOCE's veteran broadcaster.
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• Innovative Original Programming – KOCE-TV produced insightful, topical local programs on a regular basis, including Bookmark with Maria Hall-Brown, Help Me Grow, and Inside OC with Rick Reiff.
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• Educating Local Families – KOCE-TV launched a second season of Help Me Grow, with thirteen new episodes designed to give parents and childcare providers useful advice, tips and counseling on caring for young children. The program was made possible by a grant from the Children and Families Commission of Orange County.
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• Award-Winning Programming – Help Me Grow received a “Community Impact Award” from the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA). The award was given for the station's outreach efforts with Spanish language translation on the television SAP channel, and for efforts to provide televisions, VCRs and program videos free of charge to family resource centers, Head Start Preschools, childcare centers, medical clinics, and community organizations.
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• Exploring the Issues through Important Documentaries – KOCE-TV presented special locally-produced programs such as "Scalia & Lockyer: Labor on Trial." U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia joined California Attorney General Bill Lockyer at Chapman University’s Memorial Hall in Orange for a re-enactment of Lochner v. N.Y., a 1905 labor law decision. Justice Scalia was joined on the bench by Chapman University students from the School of Law and from the undergraduate Legal Studies program in a centennial re-creation of the historic 1905 Lochner v. New York case, which resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that remains highly controversial today.
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• Bringing Theatre Home – KOCE-TV produced several episodes of "Storefront Theater Live," showcasing local theater productions. The latest is "A Patch of Earth," a drama by public radio KPCC-FM reporter Kitty Felde. The play is based upon the real-life trials of a young Bosnian soldier caught in the middle of his country's civil war. The broadcast is tentatively scheduled for early November.
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• Supporting a Healthy County – KOCE-TV produced a new four-part, hour-long series of live “Real Orange Call-In Specials” called “Our Children’s Health,” examining important health issues affecting children, and ways concerned residents are taking action. The series was produced in cooperation with Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and the Healthcare Foundation For Orange County.
  
• Education Crossing Borders and Time Zones – KOCE-TV broadcasted a series of “Rock Our World” classroom specials, highlighting innovative webcam teaching projects. The series demonstrated the power of one teacher and one classroom to encourage growth and learning by reaching across the globe to connect five continents, five different time zones, and six countries via Internet-based video.
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• Warming Hearts with Music from Our Children – KOCE-TV produced "A Joyful Christmas," KOCE's local holiday program featuring students from the California Conservatory of the Arts singing Christmas favorites.
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• Spotlight on Children’s Safety – KOCE-TV provided popular children's programming, including an exclusive arrangement to broadcast the new series, "Danger Rangers," an animated program to teach children about keeping safe amidst real-life dangers in the world around them.
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• Teaching the Teachers – KOCE-TV sponsored the Orange County Teacher Training Institute (OCTTI), a two-day event for public and private school teachers to learn the latest on new ways of using various media and computers to better capture the imaginations of children in classrooms.
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• At Service in the Community – KOCE-TV served as a co-sponsor of many community events including for the Newport Beach Film Festival, AIDS Walk Orange County, the Healthy Kids Initiative, Festival of Children, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Crystal Cove Alliance, CHOC Walk at Disneyland, OC Children's Book Festival, OC Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and Kids Faire: America's Family Expo (in cooperation with Danger Rangers).

KOCE-TV, one of the most watched PBS stations in America, has an estimated 4.5 million viewers* each month, and offers a mix of both local and national programs.  In addition, KOCE Classroom serves more than half-a-million K-14 students. The winner of hundreds of awards including Emmys and Community Service Awards, KOCE continues to be a leading resource for education, culture and local issues in Southern California.  For more information, please visit www.koce.org.

* This figure was calculated by KOCE's program consultant and is based upon information obtained via PubTV Online.