KQED

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  • Call Letters: KQED
  • Frequency: 88.5
  • Formats: News

Description

KQED Public Radio 88.5 and 89.3 informs, educates and entertains listeners throughout the Bay Area, the state and beyond with a wide variety of news, public affairs and cultural affairs programming, composed of the best from National Public Radio, Public Radio International and the BBC. KQED is the most-listened-to public radio station in the country, reaching more than 745,000 listeners each week. KQED Public Radio began broadcasting its 24-hour news and information program service over KQEI-FM North Highlands/Sacramento 89.3FM on May 12, 2003.

Pieces

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Despite high-tech hubs like Silicon Valley, California's science literacy is in steep decline.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The big quake is coming

  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What if every bullet could tell you who fired it?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Getting from San Francisco to LA in two-and-a-half hours -- and a $10 billion ticket price

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 08:08
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 3
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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On the frontiers of green building

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Why your central AC unit sucks way more juice than it should

  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
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For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's global warming doing to the ocean?

Bought by KZYX, KRUA, KUOW, WRNC-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 6
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
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Is local food necessarily low-carbon?

Bought by WRVO, KVNF, KGOU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 4
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Is the much-maligned electric car poised for a comeback?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 2
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How many more planets are out there?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 4
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
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It's moving day for a shark, penguins, and millions of scientific specimens

  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
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What can dogs tell us about our own agressive tendencies?

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 1
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What's coming out of that local cement plant?

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1