''Pacific Time'' was a weekly radio program that covered a wide range of
Asian American
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,
East Asia
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n and
Southeast Asia
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n issues, including
economics
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,
language
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,
politics
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,
public policy
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,
business
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,
the arts
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and
sports
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. With
news bureau
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s in
Bangkok
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,
Beijing
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, and
Tokyo
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,
it was the only public radio program devoted to
Asian-American
Asian Americans are Americans with ancestry from the continent of Asia (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).
Although this term had historically been used for ...
issues.
Produced by
KQED in San Francisco, California, the show was
syndicated by as many as 37 other
public radio
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stations in markets around the
United States
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.
The show premiered in 2000 and was hosted by
Nguyen Qui Duc until September, 2006, when Nguyen returned to
Vietnam
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. After Nguyen's departure it was hosted by K. Oanh Ha. Citing financial difficulties, KQED cancelled the show and its last broadcast was October 11, 2007.
At the time it was cancelled the program cost $500,000 per year to produce and had a weekly audience of 190,000.
Stations
Stations carrying ''Pacific Time'':
References
External links
*''Pacific Time'
Official website
American public radio programs
Mass media in the San Francisco Bay Area
2000 radio programme debuts
2007 radio programme endings
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