KCKA TV Centralia WA

KCKA is a satellite station for KBTC. KBTC-TV is an American public television station in Tacoma, Washington. It is the secondary Public Broadcasting Service member station in the Seattle-Tacoma market. It broadcasts on digital channel 27 (remapping to its analog channel number, 28, using PSIP), and Comcast cable channel 12.Its offices and broadcasting center are located on the campus of owner Bates Technical College. KBTC's local production efforts revolve around the weekly public affairs program Northwest Now. After an initial start in the fall of 2009, the program went into regular production after Puyallup-based New Media Solutions (NMS) was contracted to re-format and produce the program starting in the spring of 2012. Northwest Now was recognized with an Emmy Award in the summer of 2013. With the start of season five in October 2013, Northwest Now was moved in-house with the hiring of NMS President Tom Layson, who now serves as the station's managing editor. Northwest Now features interviews with newsmakers, election night coverage, and electronic news gathering pieces shot in the field. In addition to regular Emmy nominations, the program has won several Telly and Society of Professional Journalists Awards. Full Focus is an award-winning half-hour documentary-style show that looks at some of the people, places, and historical events that have helped shape Western Washington. While Full Focus is no longer in regular production, episodes produced by KBTC Managing Editor Tom Layson, Oregon-based producer Forrest Burger, and former KBTC filmmaker Daniel Kopec are available on the station's website. KBTC and Business Examiner produced a local program called the South Sound Business Report. The program first aired on April 20, 2010, on Seattle's CW owned and operated station KSTW (channel 11). The SSBR has since ceased production.