KBEH

KBEH, virtual channel 63 (UHF digital channel 24), is a Independent television station serving Los Angeles, California, United States that is licensed to Oxnard. The station is owned by HERO Broadcasting, LLC. KBEH's studios are located on West Century Boulevard in West Los Angeles (near Westchester), and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson.

History

The station first signed on the air on August 17, 1985 as independent station KTIE. It was the first television station to operate in Ventura County, since KKOG-TV (channel 16) shut down in 1969. The original owner, Don Sterling (no relation to the Los Angeles Clippers owner of the same name), fighting ongoing losses, sold the station in 1988 to billionaire Meshulam Riklis, the then-husband of actress Pia Zadora. Riklis changed the call letters to KADY-TV in honor of his and Zadora's daughter Kady, who in turn was named for the character Zadora played in Butterfly, financed by Riklis, a role which won Zadora the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Riklis infused capital to build up the station, but it remained unprofitable.