Since childhood, Kamau Coleman found solace in spending his free days and weekends at a family friend’s duplex apartment near the Venice Beach strip. While the property had been around since 1964, it had never been upgraded outside of basic maintenance.
“You can imagine we were at the ocean, so everything rusted,” Coleman tells The Hollywood Reporter. “For example, the stairs, the legs went directly into the sand and there was literally nothing holding it.”
Around the early stages of the pandemic lockdown, the building’s previous owner decided to retire, paying the tenants to vacate the property and also giving Coleman and his business partners an opportunity to get involved — hence The Redline Venice Hotel was born.
The building stands out as the only Black-owned apartment hotel on the strip, offering both short-term stays and reservations of a month or more. The name “Redline” carries a dual meaning. It symbolizes racial discrimination in housing,...
“You can imagine we were at the ocean, so everything rusted,” Coleman tells The Hollywood Reporter. “For example, the stairs, the legs went directly into the sand and there was literally nothing holding it.”
Around the early stages of the pandemic lockdown, the building’s previous owner decided to retire, paying the tenants to vacate the property and also giving Coleman and his business partners an opportunity to get involved — hence The Redline Venice Hotel was born.
The building stands out as the only Black-owned apartment hotel on the strip, offering both short-term stays and reservations of a month or more. The name “Redline” carries a dual meaning. It symbolizes racial discrimination in housing,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Ural Garrett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kcet and local Southern California PBS stations are set to be consolidated into one name: PBS SoCal.
Though the Los Angeles-based public broadcaster Kcet will still exist, it will be referred to as “PBS SoCal Plus,” so that both PBS flagship broadcast stations will be under one unified brand starting Feb. 6.
The broadcaster noted that Kcet programming will not change.
“PBS SoCal and Kcet merged in 2018, and since then, we have grown into a strong public media entity serving Southern California that reflects the diversity of our region and provides a full schedule of beloved and trusted PBS programs,” PBS SoCal president and CEO Andrew Russell said in a statement. “While the broadcast channel name may be changing, the programs that viewers love on Kcet — Artbound, Lost LA, Father Brown, Must See Movies and more — will remain available on the channel and across all of our platforms.”
He continued, “Our honored tradition,...
Though the Los Angeles-based public broadcaster Kcet will still exist, it will be referred to as “PBS SoCal Plus,” so that both PBS flagship broadcast stations will be under one unified brand starting Feb. 6.
The broadcaster noted that Kcet programming will not change.
“PBS SoCal and Kcet merged in 2018, and since then, we have grown into a strong public media entity serving Southern California that reflects the diversity of our region and provides a full schedule of beloved and trusted PBS programs,” PBS SoCal president and CEO Andrew Russell said in a statement. “While the broadcast channel name may be changing, the programs that viewers love on Kcet — Artbound, Lost LA, Father Brown, Must See Movies and more — will remain available on the channel and across all of our platforms.”
He continued, “Our honored tradition,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Kcet” is infinitely no more. Well, sort of. The Los Angeles-based public broadcaster still exists, and “Kcet” remains its legal call letters. But effective Tuesday, Feb. 6, the station will start branding itself on air as “PBS SoCal Plus.” That brings it further in line with its sister station PBS SoCal (Koce-tv), with which it merged in 2018.
Beyond that, the programming mix won’t change, but there will be further program sharing behind both outlets under the unified brand. According to the public broadcaster, the brand unification is meant to stop any confusion that may still exist between PBS SoCal and Kcet now that they are operated under one roof. The two stations have already merged their two websites into one, under the PBS SoCal name — and now they will operate in tandem under that one name everywhere else too.
Dan Ferguson, PBS SoCal’s senior VP of marketing and communication,...
Beyond that, the programming mix won’t change, but there will be further program sharing behind both outlets under the unified brand. According to the public broadcaster, the brand unification is meant to stop any confusion that may still exist between PBS SoCal and Kcet now that they are operated under one roof. The two stations have already merged their two websites into one, under the PBS SoCal name — and now they will operate in tandem under that one name everywhere else too.
Dan Ferguson, PBS SoCal’s senior VP of marketing and communication,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Public broadcaster Kcet, and its stable of locally produced Southern California-centric programming, leads all local TV stations for this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, scoring 20 nods overall, the Television Academy announced Monday.
Kcet pulled ahead of Univision-owned Kmex (which it tied with last year), which came in second with 15 nominations. After that was Telemundo’s Kvea, with 13, and then newcomer Spectrum News 1, with 12.
Spectrum News 1 was launched in late 2018 by Spectrum Cable, and earned three nominations last year despite launching midway through this year’s eligibility period. This was the first full eligiblity year for the local cable news channel.
Among traditional English-language commercial broadcast stations, Nexstar’s Ktla was first with seven nominations.
Kcet’s sister station Koce “PBS SoCal” earned an additional six nominations, giving the PBS SoCal Media Group a combined 26.
The Television Academy also revealed Kcet had already won an Emmy in the independent programming category.
Kcet pulled ahead of Univision-owned Kmex (which it tied with last year), which came in second with 15 nominations. After that was Telemundo’s Kvea, with 13, and then newcomer Spectrum News 1, with 12.
Spectrum News 1 was launched in late 2018 by Spectrum Cable, and earned three nominations last year despite launching midway through this year’s eligibility period. This was the first full eligiblity year for the local cable news channel.
Among traditional English-language commercial broadcast stations, Nexstar’s Ktla was first with seven nominations.
Kcet’s sister station Koce “PBS SoCal” earned an additional six nominations, giving the PBS SoCal Media Group a combined 26.
The Television Academy also revealed Kcet had already won an Emmy in the independent programming category.
- 6/8/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
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