Modern Day Programming
The station has been struggling with financial problems and has recently cut several shows, including Power Breakfast, a two hour Mandarin Chinese live news magazine airing on 18.1 from 6am to 8am (PST) Monday to Friday, and Global Report, a half hour news and magazine show in Vietnamese airing on 18.1 Monday to Friday at 3pm (PST).
Tsou LA Mandarin Chinese, a weekly local lifestyle show airing on 18.1 every Thursday at 5pm (PST), Halo Halo Tagalog, an entertainment show airing Monday to Wednesday on 18.1 at 4pm (PST), and LA 18 Evening News Mandarin Chinese, an one hour evening news with anchors Harry Chang and Christine Chiang airing on 18.1 Monday to Friday at 6pm (PST), and Prime News Korean airs on 18.1 Monday to Friday at 8pm (PST) are still on air. LA18 also produced a series of documentaries on the Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao entitled "Kababayan LA - Manny Pacquiao Specials" following the boxer in his build up to his fights with Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton.
The station has daily weekday programs and news in Mandarin Chinese, Tagalog (Philippines), Japanese, and Korean. On weekend mornings, it has programs in Khmer (Cambodian), Indonesian, Armenian, Arabic, and Persian. English subtitles appear on certain programs, including some of those in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. These programs are a mix of rebroadcasts from their original countries, independent productions, and KSCI-produced programs.
KSCI also has a number of programs in English and Hindi that feature music videos and entertainment news from Bollywood, as well as regular news from the Indian subcontinent. There are also a number of religious programs, in English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese, shown mostly in the very early morning hours. The station broadcasts infomercials in the remaining time slots.
KSCI's local programming include LA Living, a Mandarin-language show hosted by Juliette Zhuo that deals with life in LA for Chinese Americans, and features interviews with guests. The station also produces "Kababayan LA," a Tagalog/English language show hosted by Jannelle So serving the Filipino community.
There are locally produced news programs in Mandarin ("LA 18 Evening News") and Korean ("Prime News/Town Guide"). In addition, KSCI also sponsors Los Angeles-area Asian American events.
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