KPBS Public Media is a not-for-profit organization licensed to San Diego State University in San Diego, California, United States, with three sections: *

KPBS (TV) KPBS (channel 15) is a PBS member television station in San Diego, California, United States. Owned by San Diego State University as part of KPBS Public Media, it is a sister station to NPR member KPBS-FM (89.5). The two outlets share studios ...

, a television station (channel 15 analog/30 digital) *

KPBS-FM KPBS-FM is a non-commercial public radio station broadcasting in San Diego on 89.5 MHz, affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR). It is owned by San Diego State University as part of KPBS Public Media, and is a sister station to PBS member ...

, a radio station (89.5 FM) * KPBS-Digital, a news website

Journalism hub

In 2018, KPBS held discussions with

Capital Public Radio CapRadio (Capital Public Radio) is the public radio service of California State University, Sacramento. It consists of two full-power stations and five repeaters, all members of National Public Radio. It is the NPR member for Sacramento and much ...

, KQED in San Francisco, and KPCC in Pasadena to form a "Journalist hub", following a recent initiative of

NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

to deepen collaboration between NPR and member stations on journalism, fundraising and digital platforms. As the stations expand their work together, they aim to "have less redundancy in our coverage and more proficiency", according to Joe Barr, chief content officer at Capital Public Radio. The stations want to report on state-wide events collectively instead of duplicating efforts, for example when reporting on state's wildfires.

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