KQED Inc. is a

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public media outlet based in the

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, which operates the radio station KQED-FM and the television stations KQED/KQET and KQEH. KQED's main headquarters are located in

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and its

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office is located in San Jose. In 2019, the San Francisco headquarters broke ground on a 90 million renovation project, which was completed in late 2021. Improvements included a larger newsroom and studio, as well as a top floor outdoor terrace. The heart of the KQED headquarters is a 238-seat multipurpose event center called The Commons. The renovated venue hosts KQED Live, a series of lectures, concerts, discussions and other live events with entertainers, journalists, politicians, musicians, authors, chefs, and other guests. Reopening events for the public were postponed due to the

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History

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

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station in the United States, debuting shortly after WQED in

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, Pennsylvania. The station's call letters, Q.E.D., are taken from the

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phrase, '' quod erat demonstrandum'', commonly used in mathematics. 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. The KQED assets including its

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(KQED TV) and FM radio stations (KQED-FM) were taken under the umbrella of that new organization. Both remained members of

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and

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, 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.". 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.

KQED public television

KQED is a PBS-member

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station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting digitally on

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channel 30 (Ex-Analog Channel 9). This channel is also carried on

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and via satellite by DirecTV and

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. Its

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is located on Sutro Tower, and has studios based in San Francisco's Mission District.

KQED public radio

KQED-FM (88.5 FM) is an NPR-member

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owned by

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in San Francisco, California. KQED public radio is the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation.

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KQED public television

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