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KQED TV Programs and Productions

Current KQED Productions

Check Please! Bay Area

Check Please! Bay Area

KQED's local series featuring regular people reviewing Bay Area restaurants.

Essential Pépin

Essential Pépin

This series is the culmination of chef Jacques Pépin's 60+ years of experience in the kitchen. Jacques welcomes his daughter Claudine, granddaughter Shorey and lifelong friends and colleagues to cook with him.

Film School Shorts

Film School Shorts

Short Films + Big Productions. Emerging filmmakers from top film schools bring you quirky comedies, poignant dramas and edge-of-your seat thrillers in this weekly series.

ImageMakers

ImageMakers

See tomorrow's filmmakers today on KQED's independent film showcase, featuring everything from feature documentaries to short animation.

KQED Newsroom

KQED Newsroom

A weekly news program on television, radio and online, featuring Thuy Vu and Scott Shafer.

Quest

Quest

Discover cutting-edge research by Northern California scientists who are changing the way we live. Explore more science, environment and nature stories with KQED's multimedia series, and stay informed about the latest science news, trends and events.

Spark

Spark

KQED's multimedia arts initiative spotlights Bay Area artists and arts organizations. The art forms explored include drama, dance, music, and the visual and digital arts, as well as literary works in performance. Spark takes the audience inside the creative process to witness the challenges, opportunities and rewards of making art.

This Is Us

This Is Us

KQED profiles remarkable people and places in Northern California.

This Week in Northern California

This Week in Northern California

From 1990 to September 2013, This Week in Northern California was KQED's weekly current affairs program offers insightful, thought-provoking roundtable discussions and news analysis of political topics. A searchable partial video archive of the program is available including episode descriptions and program guests.

Truly CA

Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories

KQED's showcase for the best documentary films about California made by independent filmmakers.

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TV Technical Issues

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    TV Technical Issues
    • KQET (DT25) Over the Air: Wed 8/27

      We are aware of the break-up issues for our DT25 Over the Air signal in the Monterey/Salinas area. This will also affect viewers of any cable or satellite signal provider using that transmitter as their source. Engineers are working on the problem.

    • Week of 8/25: Sutro Tower work (including KQED 9 Over the Air)

      (Affects several San Francisco TV & Radio stations, including KQED 9.1, 9.2 & 9.3) During the week of August 25, Monday through Friday, between 9am and 4pm, several TV and radio stations will be switching to their Auxiliary antennas. This is being done so that the tower crew can perform routine maintenance on the regular […]

    • KQET Off Air Sun 8/03 morning

      (DT25.1, 25.2, 25.3) KQET DT25 was off the air for a portion of Sunday morning, due to the transmitter taking a power hit. The signal has been restored. Most receivers should have re-acquired our signal once it returned, but a few Over the Air viewers may need to do a rescan in order to restore […]

To view previous issues and how they were resolved, go to our TV Technical Issues page.

KQED DTV Channels

KQED 9

KQED 9
Comcast 9 and 709
Digital 9.1, 54.2 or 25.1

All widescreen and HD programs

KQED Plus

Channel 54
Comcast 10 and 710
Digital 9.2, 54.1 or 25.2

KQED Plus, formerly KTEH

KQED Life

KQED Life
Comcast 189
Digital 54.3

Arts, food, how-to, gardening, travel

KQED World

KQED World
Comcast 190
Digital 9.3

History, world events, news, science, nature

v-me

V-Me
Comcast 191 & 621
Digital 54.5 or 25.3

24-hour national Spanish-language network

KQED Kids

KQED Kids
Comcast 192
Digital 54.4

Quality children's programming parents love too