KVCR launched on 11th September 1962, part of the public services serving Los Angeles and is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District. It is also available in Palm Springs and the surrounding area (KVCR Desert Cities). It was the first non-commercial television station in Southern California.

The channel only showed David Tennant's first series (and associated Confidential Cut Downs) during 2008 and repeated a few times until 2010.