KQED-FM

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KQED-FM

City of license	San Francisco, California
Broadcast area	San Francisco / Oakland / San Jose (KQED 88.5) Sacramento (KQEI 89.3)
Branding	NPR News & Information
Frequency	88.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeaters	See below
First air date	June 25, 1969
Format	Public Radio
ERP	110,000 watts
HAAT	387 m (1,270 ft)
Class	B
Facility ID	35501
Transmitter coordinates	37°41′23″N 122°26′13″W / 37.6897°N 122.4369°W / 37.6897; -122.4369Coordinates: 37°41′23″N 122°26′13″W / 37.6897°N 122.4369°W / 37.6897; -122.4369
Callsign meaning	Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Former callsigns	KXKX-FM
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio International American Public Media
Owner	Northern California Public Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kqed.org/radio/

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

KQED-FM was founded by James Day in 1969 as the radio arm of KQED Television. The founding manager was Bernard Mayes who later went on to be Executive Vice-President of KQED TV and also co-founder and chairman of NPR (National Public Radio). KQED-FM was first located in a former church building where the Presbyterian church ran station KXKX-FM the licence of which was sold to KQED. The first programming of KQED-FM included news feeds from NPR, 'street radio' broadcast live from local street corners, drama and music. In its third year on the air, KQED-FM became one of the first 80 NPR affiliates--five of which were in California--to air the first edition of All Things Considered. Later, due to reduced funding, Mayes opened the air to 'Tribal Radio' - productions by local non-profit groups, some in their own languages. Today, KQED-FM is the most-listened to public radio station in the United States,^[1] and as of the fall 2005 Arbitron ratings, the station ranks third in the San Francisco market.^[2] In addition to local programming, KQED-FM carries content from major public radio distributors such as National Public Radio, Public Radio International, BBC World Service and American Public Media. Among the locally produced shows are Forum with Michael Krasny, The California Report, Perspectives and Pacific Time.

In addition to over-the-air broadcasts, KQED-FM audio is carried on Comcast digital cable channel 960 and is webcast with live streaming audio around the clock with Forum, and Pacific Time carried live with nationwide coverage on Sirius Satellite Radio. KQED also offers an extensive audio archive and podcasts of previous shows for download.

One of the most famous programs to have been broadcast on KQED was An Hour with Pink Floyd, a sixty minute performance by Pink Floyd recorded in 1970 without an audience at the station's studio. The program was broadcast only twice—once in 1970, and once again in 1981.^[3] The setlist included "Atom Heart Mother", "Cymbaline", "Grantchester Meadows", "Green Is the Colour", "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

Expansion into Sacramento

In 2003, KQED Radio expanded to the Sacramento area by purchasing KEBR-FM in North Highlands from Family Radio, a religious broadcaster based in Oakland. The call letters were changed to KQEI, and it became a full-time satellite of KQED.

Some residents and management at KXJZ, Sacramento's main NPR station, criticized the move, saying that KQED would only duplicate KXJZ programming. Indeed, KQED/KQEI and KXJZ carry Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and All Things Considered at the same times opposite each other. KXJZ's parent company, Capital Public Radio, also had plans to purchase KEBR. CPR's plan was to broadcast jazz on KEBR and convert KXJZ into an all-news station. KQED argues that it carries more regional news programming during the middle of the day, and news programs at night, while KXJZ has a smaller news bureau and music programming overnight. Capital Public Radio and community residents argued that duplication of exactly the same NPR programming serves no one, and that it is very unusual for one NPR station to move in on the territory of a successful existing station. KXJZ has also increased its local midday programming with the addition of Insight, a daily interview program.

This was not the first time KQED-FM changed its format, to the chagrin of its competition and listeners – when they converted to an all news and information format by dropping classical music during the day, management and listeners of the other San Francisco public radio station, KALW, claimed their format had been stolen. KALW previously ran news and information programs during the day.

Additional frequencies

In addition to the main station, KQED-FM is relayed by these stations and translators to widen its broadcast area.

Call sign	Frequency MHz	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
KQEI-FM	89.3	North Highlands, California	3,100	A	FCC
K201BV	88.1	Benicia, California	4	D	FCC
K201BV	88.1	Martinez, California	4	D	FCC
K202CT	88.3	Santa Rosa, California	10	D	FCC

KQED and KQEI also broadcast in HD Radio

References

↑ "About KQED: KQED Public Radio". KQED. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
↑ Ben Fong-Torres (12 March 2006). "Radio Waves". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
↑ Povey, Glenn (2006). "The Sound of Music in My Ears 1970–1971". Echoes : The Complete History of Pink Floyd (New ed.). Mind Head Publishing. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-9554624-0-5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KQED

Radio-Locator information on KQED

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KQED

Query the FCC's FM station database for KQEI

Radio-Locator information on KQEI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KQEI

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v t e Radio stations in the Sacramento market

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