For decades, it was part of a core cluster of over-the-air stations in L.A. But after cutting ties with PBS, following a dispute over the fees that KCET had to pay for programming, there were fears that KCET might go out of business. In 2011, the station sold its landmark property — more than four acres on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood — to the Church of Scientology for an undisclosed sum.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 25, 2018 12:56 UTC