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KQED-TV

KQED/KQET
KQED logo
KQED: San Francisco/Oakland/
San Jose, California
KQET: Watsonville/Salinas/
Monterey, California
United States
City KQED: San Francisco, California
KQET: Watsonville, California
Branding KQED
Slogan Public Broadcasting for Northern California, Spend some quality time (former)
Channels Digital:
KQED: 30 (UHF)
KQET: 25 (UHF)
Virtual:
KQED: 9 (PSIP)
KQET: 25 (PSIP)
Affiliations
Owner Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc.
First air date KQED: April 5, 1954; 62 years ago (1954-04-05)
KQET: May 17, 1989; 27 years ago (1989-05-17)
Call letters' meaning Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Sister station(s) KQED-FM, KQEH
Former callsigns KQET: KCAH (1989–2007)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • KQED:
  • 9 (VHF, 1954–2009)
  • KQET:
  • 25 (UHF, 1989–2009)
  • Digital:
  • KQET:
  • 58 (UHF: 2007–2009)
Former affiliations KQED: NET (1954–1970)
Transmitter power KQED:777 kW
KQET: 81.1 kW
Height KQED: 437 m
KQET: 698.6 m
Facility ID KQED: 35500
KQET: 8214
Transmitter coordinates KQED:
37°45′19″N 122°27′6″W / 37.75528°N 122.45167°W / 37.75528; -122.45167 (KQED)Coordinates: 37°45′19″N 122°27′6″W / 37.75528°N 122.45167°W / 37.75528; -122.45167 (KQED)
KQET:
36°45′22.9″N 121°30′4.9″W / 36.756361°N 121.501361°W / 36.756361; -121.501361 (KQET)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website Official website

KQED, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 30), is a PBS member television station located in San Francisco, California, United States. The station is owned by Northern California Public Broadcasting, through subsidiary KQED, Inc., alongside fellow PBS station KQEH (channel 54) and NPR member radio station KQED-FM (88.5). KQED maintains studios located on Mariposa Street in San Francisco's Mission District, and its transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower.

KQED's signal is relayed on satellite station KQET (virtual channel 25 and digital channel 25) in Watsonville, which serves the Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz market; that station's transmitter is located at Fremont Peak, near San Juan Bautista.

KQED was organized and founded by veteran broadcast journalists James Day and Jonathan Rice on June 1, 1953, and first signed on the air on April 5, 1954 as the fourth television station in the San Francisco Bay Area and the sixth public television station in the United States, debuting shortly after the launch of WQED in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station's call letters, Q.E.D., are taken from the Latin phrase, quod erat demonstrandum, commonly used in mathematics.


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