KQED Inc.

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KQED Inc.
KQED-logo.svg
FormationJune 1, 1953; 68 years ago (1953-06-01)
TypeNon-profit organization
Headquarters50 Beale St, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
United States
ServicesPublic broadcasting
Revenue
$79.3 million (2015)[1]
Staff
515 (2015)[1]
Websitekqed.org
Formerly called
Northern California Public Broadcasting (2006–2011)

KQED Inc. is a non-profit public media outlet based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, which operates the radio station KQED-FM and the television stations KQED/KQET and KQEH. KQED's main headquarters are located in San Francisco and its Silicon Valley office is located in San Jose. In 2019 the San Francisco headquarters broke ground on a 90 million renovation project. It's expected to be complete by September of 2021. Improvements, include a larger newsroom and studio and a top floor outdoor terrace. The heart of the new KQED is a 238-seat multipurpose event center called The Commons. The venue will the host KQED Live, a new series of lectures, concerts, discussions and other live events with entertainers, journalists, politicians, musicians, authors, chefs and others.

History[]

The KQED Building on Plaza de César Chávez in San Jose.

KQED was organized and created by veteran broadcast journalists James Day and Jonathan Rice on June 1, 1953, and first went on air April 5, 1954. It was the sixth public broadcasting station in the United States, debuting shortly after WQED in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station's call letters, Q.E.D., are taken from the Latin phrase, quod erat demonstrandum, commonly used in mathematics.[2] KQED-FM was founded by James Day in 1969 as the radio arm of KQED Television.

On May 1, 2006, KQED, Inc. and the KTEH Foundation merged to form Northern California Public Broadcasting.[3] The KQED assets including its television (KQED TV) and FM radio stations (KQED-FM) were taken under the umbrella of that new organization. Both remained members of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), respectively. With this change, KQED and KTEH are considered as sister-stations today. The "Northern California" name did not become widely used, so in December 2010, the umbrella organization was renamed "KQED, Inc.".[4] KTEH changed its call letters to KQEH and rebranded as "KQED Plus" on July 1, 2011 after research found that most viewers were unaware that KTEH was affiliated with KQED.[5]

KQED public television[]

KQED building on Mariposa Street in San Francisco.
Main article: KQED (TV)

KQED is a PBS-member public television station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting digitally on UHF channel 30 (Ex-Analog Channel 9). This channel is also carried on Comcast cable TV and via satellite by DirecTV and Dish Network. Its transmitter is located on Sutro Tower, and has studios based in San Francisco's Mission District.

KQED public radio[]

Main article: KQED-FM

KQED-FM (88.5 FM) is an NPR-member radio station owned by Northern California Public Broadcasting in San Francisco, California.

KQED public radio is the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2014 Form 990" (PDF). KQED Inc. 10 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. ^ "News and Events : KQED's Pressroom". Kqed.org. 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  3. ^ "KQED, Inc. and KTEH Foundation Form New Broadcast Organization" (Press release). KQED Pressroom. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
  4. ^ "About KQED's former legal name". KQED, Inc. 2015-04-07. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. ^ Barney, Chuck (June 22, 2011). "TV station KTEH to drop call letters, become KQED Plus". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  6. ^ "Top 10 NPR Affiliate Radio Stations - Cision". Cision. 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2017-08-15.

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