| Genre | Talk radio |
|---|---|
| Running time | ca. 105 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English |
| Home station | KQED-FM |
| Syndicates | KQED-FM Sirius Satellite Radio |
| Hosts | Michael Krasny David Iverson (Fridays) |
| Creators | Kevin Pursglove |
| Senior editors | Daniel Zoll |
| Producers | Keven Guillory Judy Campbell |
| Exec. producers | Raul Ramirez |
| Recording studio | San Francisco, California |
| Air dates | 1990 to present |
| Audio format | Stereophonic |
| Opening theme | "Peter Pan" by Mike Marshall |
| Website | www.kqed.org/forum |
| Podcast | KQED Podcasts |
Forum is a two hour live call-in radio program produced by KQED-FM, presenting discussions of local, state, national and international issues, and in-depth interviews. The program began in 1990 as a politics-oriented talk show, created and hosted by Kevin Pursglove.[1] Since 1993, it has been hosted by scholar, author, professor, and former KGO Radio host Michael Krasny who broadened the program's scope to a cross-section of current events.[2][3]
The format of Forum varies from show to show, but generally involves an in-person interview followed by public Q&A via phone or email with one or more subjects, often nationally prominent authors and scholars.[4] The program airs for two hours on weekday mornings with an hour repeated in the evening.