KQED-FM

KQED-FM

City	San Francisco, California
Broadcast area	San Francisco Bay Area (KQED 88.5) Sacramento (KQEI 89.3)
Branding	KQED
Slogan	"NPR News & Information"
Frequency	88.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeater(s)	See below
First air date	June 25, 1969
Format	News/Talk (Public)
ERP	KQED-FM: 110,000 watts KQEI: 3,300 watts
HAAT	KQED-FM: 387 meters (1,270 ft) KQEI: 108 meters (354 ft)
Class	KQED-FM: B KQEI: A
Facility ID	KQED-FM: 35501 KQEI: 20791
Transmitter coordinates	KQED-FM:37°41′23″N 122°26′13″W / 37.68972°N 122.43694°W / 37.68972; -122.43694 KQEI:38°42′38″N 121°28′54″W / 38.71056°N 121.48167°W / 38.71056; -121.48167
Callsign meaning	Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Former callsigns	KXKX-FM
Affiliations	National Public Radio Public Radio International American Public Media BBC World Service Associated Press
Owner	Northern California Public Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.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.^[4]^[5] The call letters were changed to KQEI, and it became a full-time satellite of KQED.

Ransomware attack

In July 2017, The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the radio station was the victim of a massive ransomware attack which began on June 15, 2017. More than a month later, many critical systems were still offline and during the attack email was down, hard drives were locked, and prerecorded programs were lost.^[6]

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	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
KQEI-FM	89.3 FM (HD)	North Highlands, California	3,300	A	FCC

Broadcast translators of KQED-FM
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
K201BV	88.1 FM	Benicia-Martinez, California	4	D	FCC
K202CT	88.3 FM	Santa Rosa, California	10	D	FCC

KQED and KQEI also broadcast in HD Radio.^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

↑ "About KQED: KQED Public Radio". KQED. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
↑ Ben Fong-Torres (12 March 2006). "Radio Waves". SFGate.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
↑ 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.
↑ Kearns, Jeff (March 6, 2003). "Radio clash". NewsReview.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
↑ Larson, Mark (February 7, 2003). "NPR outlets face off as KQED buys local station". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
↑ Lang, Marissa (2017-07-21). "Ransomware attack puts KQED in low-tech mode". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=4 HD Radio Guide for San Francisco
↑ http://radiostationworld.com/locations/united_states_of_america/california/radio.asp?m=sac
↑ http://hdradio.com/stations

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

Radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco, the East Bay, North Bay, Peninsula, and South Bay
By AM frequency	San Francisco 560 610 680¹ 740 810¹ 860 1010 1100 1260 1450 1550 East Bay 910 960 990 1190 1310 1400 1510 1640 North Bay 1350 1440 1460 1490 1610² Peninsula 1050 1220 1710 South Bay 1120 1170 1290 1370 1430 1500 1590
By FM frequency	San Francisco 88.5 89.5 90.3 91.7 93.3 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.7 101.3 102.1 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.9 East Bay 88.1 89.3 89.3 89.5 89.9 90.5 90.7 92.1 92.7 94.1 101.7 102.9 107.3 North Bay 88.1 89.1 89.9 90.5 91.1 91.3 91.9 92.9 93.7 95.5 95.9 96.7 97.7 98.7 99.3 100.1 100.7 100.9 101.7 102.7 104.1 104.9 106.3 107.1 Peninsula 89.1 89.3 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 97.7 100.9 107.7 South Bay 87.7³ 87.9 89.3 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 98.5 99.1 100.3 103.3 104.1² 104.9 105.7 106.5
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.45 162.5 162.55
By callsign	San Francisco KALW KCBS KDFC KEAR KEST KFAX KFOG KFRC-FM KGMZ KGO¹ KIOI KIQI KISQ KITS KLLC KLVS KMEL KMVQ KNBR¹ KOIT KOSF KPOO KQED-FM KRBQ KRZZ KSAN KSFB KSFO KSOL KTRB KYLD KZDG East Bay KALX KATD KBLX-FM KCRH KDIA KECG KDYA KKDV KKIQ KKSF KMKY KNEW KOHL KPFA KPFB KREV KSFN KSMC KVHS KVTO North Bay KDX54 KOSC KRSA KSRH KVVZ KWMR "Radio Sausalito"² Peninsula KCEA KCSM KDOW KFFG KFJC KHB49 KHMV-LP KHMB KPDO KTCT KZSU South Bay KAZA KBAY KBRG KEC49 KEZR KJCC² KKUP KLIV KLOK KMTG KRTY KSCU KSFH KSJO KSJS KSJX KSQL KSQQ KUFX KVVF KVVN KXSC KXZM KZSF KZSJ WWF64
Defunct	KABL KABL-FM KFRC KYA KJAZ KKHI KMPX KOME KSAN (defunct) KUSF (defunct)
Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 221 Sirius Channel 156 Nearby radio markets Chico Fort Bragg/Ukiah Fresno Merced Modesto Reno Sacramento Santa Cruz/Monterey/Salinas Sierra Nevada/Susanville Stockton Visalia/Tulare/Hanford See also List of radio stations in California Mass media in the San Francisco Bay Area Radio stations TV stations Newspapers ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Part 15 station with notability. ³ = Audio for TV channel 6 (KBKF-LP/Ind/K-LOVE)

Radio stations in the Sacramento, California market
By AM frequency	650 710 830 890 950 990 1110 1140 1210 1240 1320 1380 1430 1470 1530 1580 1620 1690
By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.3 89.7 90.3 90.9 91.5 92.1 92.5 93.1 93.3 93.7 94.3 94.7 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.5 97.9 98.5 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.5 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.5 103.3 103.5 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 107.1 107.3
NOAA WX frequency	162.55
Digital radio	1140 1320 88.1-1 88.9-1 89.3-1 90.9-1 90.9-2 92.5-1 92.5-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.7-1 94.7-2 96.1-1 96.1-2 96.9-1 96.9-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 99.9-1 100.5-1 100.5-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.9-1 102.5-1 102.5-2 103.5-1 104.3-1 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.1-3 106.5-1 106.5-2
By callsign	K296GB KAHI KARA KATD KBAA KBEB KCAI KCCL KCVV KDEE-LP KDVS KEBR KEC57 KFBK KFBK-FM KFIA KKDO KFSG KGRB KHHM KHTK KHYL KIFM KIID KJAY KKFS KLIB KLMG K290AI KLVB KLVS KMJE KNCI KNCO KNTY KQEI KRCX-FM KRPU KRXQ KSAC-FM KSEG KSFM KSMH KSSU KSTE KTKZ KUBU-LP KUDL KUIC KVMX KXJZ KXPR KXSE KYDS KYMX KYRV KZHP-LP KZZO
Defunct	KDND 107.9
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NPR member stations in the state of California
Jefferson Public Radio stations	Bayside KNHM Burney KNCA McCloud KLDD Mendocino KPMO Mt. Shasta KMJC Mt. Shasta KNSQ Rio Dell KNHT Shasta Lake City KJPR Yreka KNYR Yreka KSYC
Capital Public Radio stations	Groveland KXSR Quincy KQNC Sacramento KUOP Sacramento KXJZ Sacramento KXPR Sutter KXJS Tahoe City KKTO
KCRW stations	Indio KCRI Mojave KCRY Oxnard KCRU Santa Monica KCRW
KUSC stations	Los Angeles KUSC Morro Bay KESC Palm Springs KPSC Santa Barbara KDRW Thousand Oaks KDSC
Other stations	Arcata KHSU Bakersfield KPRX Calexico KQVO Chico KCHO Coachella KVLA-FM Crescent City KHSR Fresno KVPR North Highlands KQEI-FM Northridge KCSN Pasadena KPCC Philo KZYX Redding KFPR Redlands KUOR-FM San Ardo KNBX San Bernardino KVCR San Diego KPBS-FM San Diego KSDS San Francisco KALW San Francisco KQED-FM San Luis Obispo KCBX San Mateo KCSM Santa Barbara KSBX Santa Rosa KRCB-FM Seaside KAZU Tahoe City KKTO Thousand Oaks KCLU Thousand Oaks KCLU-FM Willits KZYZ
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