KOCE-TV (channel 50) is a PBS member television station licensed to Huntington Beach, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area.

It is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California alongside the market's secondary PBS member, KCET (channel 28).

A bidding war ensued between the religious broadcaster Daystar Television Network and members of the community who wanted to continue membership with PBS.

[5] At the same time, Daystar also filed a federal lawsuit, alleging religious discrimination, civil rights violations, and racketeering.

[6] In June 2006, a state assembly bill that had previously been approved was changed to allow the Coast Community College District to sell KOCE below fair market value to keep it a PBS station.

[8] In June 2007, an agreement was reached in which the KOCE-TV Foundation would keep the station, provided that Daystar would be allowed to broadcast over one of KOCE's digital subchannels.

On April 25, 2018, KCETLink Media Group and the KOCE-TV Foundation announced that they would merge, effective by the end of the first half of 2018.

[3][14] The merger was completed on October 1, 2018, with the combined company branded as Public Media Group of Southern California.

KOCE partnered with the Orange County Register for newsgathering resources for the station's newscasts, the newspaper also served as a sponsor for the program.

[17] KOCE also operated a Weather Center stationed in La Habra Heights, located about 20 miles (32 km) north of the Huntington Beach studios.

[21] KOCE completed the move to UHF 18 on the morning of June 19, 2018, with all five programming streams appearing in the virtual channel table with the same numbering.