KQED (TV)
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KQED: San Francisco/Oakland/ San Jose, California KQET: Watsonville/Salinas/ Monterey, California United States |
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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) |
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| Owner | Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc. |
| First air date |
KQED: April 5, 1954 KQET: May 17, 1989 |
| Call letters' meaning | Quod Erat Demonstrandum |
| Sister station(s) | KQED-FM, KQEH |
| Former callsigns | KQET: KCAH (1989–2007) |
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| 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°WCoordinates: 37°45′19″N 122°27′6″W / 37.75528°N 122.45167°W KQET: 36°45′22.9″N 121°30′4.9″W / 36.756361°N 121.501361°W |
| 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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