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KRCA Digital UHF Channel 35 is a Spanish language television station in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan region, formerly broadcasting Asian programming and home shopping. The station now airs Spanish-language programming on its main channel, along with some late night English infomercials, and broadcasts Mandarin-language programming on one digital subchannel. KRCA is the flagship station of Liberman Broadcasting. After the 2009 digital conversion was complete, KRCA-DT moved to UHF Channel 35 from pre-transition UHF Channel 68.

The station is not related to KNBC or RCA, although NBC used the KRCA call letters on its Los Angeles station in the 1950s.

History[link]

The station began telecasting an Asian mix of programs (in Mandarin Chinese and Korean) in 1988 as KSLD-TV, replacing a low-power translator for PBS station KVCR. It changed to KRCA, running Home Shopping Network programming, in 1990. It converted to Spanish programming in 1998 after being sold to its current owners, Liberman Broadcasting.

In May 2005, KRCA was the subject of controversy due to billboards advertising its "Noticias 62" news program with "Los Angeles, CA" and the "CA" initial crossed out, replaced with a bold red "MEXICO" and a picture of the El Ángel victory column on the Paseo de la Reforma superimposed onto a picture of the Los Angeles skyline. The billboard was deemed provocative by some, and protests erupted outside Liberman Broadcasting studios. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke on the popular John and Ken radio talk show requesting that the Libermans remove the signs. After negotiations between the station and Clear Channel Communications, the owner of the billboards, the messages were replaced with a more generic advertisement.

KRCA's broadcast day begins at 6:00 AM and ends the next late night/morning at Midnight (most days, the Midnight-6:00 AM schedule is filled by English infomercials).

KRCA on Digital Television[link]

KRCA-DT operates a Digital Television channel on UHF 35. It carried its San Diego sister station KSDX-LP as digital subchannel 62.2. In September 2009, 62.2 began to transmit Mandarin-language programming for the first time since KRCA last presented Chinese-language television in 1998. It is presented by City of Industry-based Hantian TV (HTTV). As of June 2010, KRCA has added a third subchannel on 62.3, Inmigrante TV, a Spanish-language special interest channel featuring political news and commentary aimed at immigrant viewers.

Both the analog and pre-transition allocations for KRCA are outside the core TV spectrum (channels 2-51), so the station was required to find an in-core channel from which to operate. It originally elected to operate on UHF channel 45 after 2009, but, anticipating difficulty getting coordination from Mexico to use that channel, instead requested and was granted use of UHF channel 35, and switched over at that time.^[2][3] It continues to map on digital TV tuners as virtual channel 62 via PSIP technology.

Digital channels

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website^{[dead link]}
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KRCA
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KRCA-TV
• HTTV USA

Branimir "Johnny" Štulić (born April 11, 1953 in Skopje Republic of Macedonia) is a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, poet and a leader of the popular former Yugoslav rock group Azra. He is known for his charismatic stage performances and inspiring song lyrics that often combined rock poetry with a strong sense for social commentary.

Biography[link]

Born into a Yugoslav People's Army officer's family, young Branimir grew up in Skopje where his father was stationed at the time. At the age of 7, he moved with his family to Cvetković village near Jastrebarsko where they spent year and a half before relocating to Jastrebarsko proper for the following 5 years. In January 1967 Štulić moved to Zagreb where he attended high school and later for two years studied phonetics and history at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Philosophy before dropping out. Stulic's youth and his musical beginnings are the subject of documentary "Kad Miki kaze da se boji".

He began his musical career with a group called 'Balkan Sevdah band"', performing Beatles covers and folk music. In 1977 he formed Azra, which during the 1980s, became one of the most prominent and influential musical acts in Yugoslavia. Azra days brought Štulić widespread fame in Yugoslavia as well as rabid and devoted youth following - Štulić often used music to make statement about social and political conditions in communist Yugoslavia of the time.

In early '80, Štulić moved to Netherlands, staying there till now. Since then he has not returned to live in Former Yugoslavia. After ex-Yu wars stopped, Štulić has recorded 3 solo records, published in Belgrade and which met limited commercial success. In 2005 he published an autobiography called Smijurija u mjerama.

Croatian journalist Hrvoje Horvat wrote a biography of Johnny Štulić called Fantom slobode, (Phantom of freedom), issued in 2006. Due to Štulić's immense popularity in the region of former Yugoslavia the book was an immediate commercial success. However, it was also heavily criticized by many literary critics, and even Štulić himself for its poor writing quality and misinterpretation of facts.

Štulić is often at lengths with his past as he lives a secluded life and is often the target of reporters seeking an interview, in which he is reluctant to participate. He states he has no interest in going back to his rock career. Branimir Štulić is considered to be something of a cult figure in former Yugoslavia.

Štulić father was Ivan Štulić, Croat^{[citation needed]} from Nin, Yugoslav Army officer and his mother is a Serb^{[citation needed]} from Macedonia^{[citation needed]}. His mother still lives in Zagreb. He declares himself as Yugoslav.^[1]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

With Azra[link]

• Azra (Jugoton, 1980)
• Sunčana strana ulice (Jugoton, 1981)
• Ravno do dna (Jugoton, 1982)
• Filigranski pločnici (Jugoton, 1982)
• Singl ploče 1979.-1982 (Jugoton, 1982)
• Kad fazani lete (Jugoton, 1983)
• Krivo srastanje (Jugoton, 1984)
• It Ain't Like in the Movies At All (Diskoton, 1986)
• Između krajnosti (Jugoton, 1987)
• Zadovoljština (Jugoton, 1988)

Solo[link]

• Balkanska rapsodija (Jugoton, 1989)
• Balegari ne vjeruju sreći (Jugoton, 1990)
• Sevdah za Paulu Horvat (Komuna, 1995)
• Anali (Komuna, 1995)
• Blasé (Hi Fi Centar, 1997)
• Ne pokaži da si ufitiljio (Plato, 2010)

References[link]

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External links[link]

• Štulić u ilegali Official Website
• Azra Home Page, a fan page about Azra
• [1] Azra YouTube Channel
• Azra Home Page, a fan page about Azra