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MULTIPLATFORM CONTENT - NEWS, ARTS AND SCIENCE: SEE SCHEDULE OPROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSKQED'S MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTENT TEAMS FOCUSING ON NEWS; ARTS & CULTURE; EDUCATION AND SCIENCE WORK TO EXPAND REGIONAL COVERAGE AND ENSURE THAT OUR CONTENT IS AVAILABLE VIA MOBILE, SOCIAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA AS WELL AS ON RADIO AND TELEVISION.IN FY23, KQED DEBUTED THE YEARLONG MULTIPLATFORM PROJECT THAT'S MY WORD, WHICH CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF HIP HOP, AND THE BAY AREA'S PLACE WITHIN THE EVOLUTION OF THE GENRE. THAT'S MY WORD ALSO SPAWNED THE SUCCESSFUL LIMITED PODCAST SERIES RIGHTNOWISH PRESENTS HYPHY KIDS GOT TRAUMA, WHICH EXPLORES HOW THE "HYPHY" MOVEMENT WAS AN EXPRESSION AND A SALVE FOR THE PAIN YOUNG ADULTS WERE EXPERIENCING IN THE EARLY 2000S. KQED'S ANNUAL YOUTH TAKEOVER PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN KQED'S EDUCATION TEAM AND CONTENT TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATION. HUNDREDS OF YOUTH FROM LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS DEVELOP STORIES, CONTENT AND REPORTING WITH KQED STAFF, CULMINATING IN THE YOUTH TAKEOVER WEEK, WHERE THIS MULTITUDE OF CONTENT IS SHARED ACROSS KQED S BROADCAST AND DIGITAL CHANNELS. IN FY23, KQED VIDEO PRODUCTS INCLUDED NO CRUMBS, KQED'S FIRST VERTICAL-VIDEO SERIES; ASK JACQUES, A LIMITED-RUN VERTICAL VIDEO SERIES CO-PRODUCED WITH THE JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION; KQED THROWBACK, A SERIES THAT UTILIZES THE KQED ARCHIVES; AND REPARATIONS, A LIMITED FIVE-EPISODE SERIES ON THE KQED NEWS CHANNEL THAT EXPLORES TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS TASK FORCE'S HISTORIC 2023 REPORT. ONGOING SUPPORT OF DIGITAL VIDEO SERIES INCLUDED DEEP LOOK, A POPULAR LONG-RUNNING SERIES FOCUSING ON SOME OF NATURE'S TINIEST CREATURES; JACQUES PEPIN'S COOKING AT HOME (ACQUIRED CONTENT PROGRAMMED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL); AND ABOVE THE NOISE, AN INVESTIGATIVE SERIES THAT EXPLORES CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER TO HELP YOUNG VIEWERS DRAW INFORMED CONCLUSIONS. KQED LIVE EVENTS ARE ALSO SHARED ON THE KQED YOUTUBE CHANNEL.KQED SUPPORTED A SUITE OF ORIGINAL PODCASTS, INCLUDING THE BAY, A LOCAL NEWS PODCAST PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES EACH WEEK; BAY CURIOUS, A WEEKLY PODCAST EXPLORING SOME OF THE BAY AREA'S UNDER-EXAMINED CURIOSITIES; CONSIDER THIS, A NATIONAL AND LOCAL DAILY NEWS PODCAST; MINDSHIFT, WHICH EXPLORES INNOVATION IN EDUCATION; AND RIGHTNOWISH, A WEEKLY PODCAST EXPLORING THE CULTURE, CULTUREMAKERS AND COMMUNITY IN THE BAY AREA. EACH YEAR, KQED CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH A SPECIAL LINEUP OF PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EVENTS AND FILM SCREENINGS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH; WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH; ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH; LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER QUEER (LGBTQ) + PRIDE MONTH; LATINX HERITAGE MONTH; AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. KQED HAS LONG RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANT CONNECTION BETWEEN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE ARTS AND HAS MADE EVENTS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATIONS. IN FY23, MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTENT TEAMS COLLABORATED WITH THE KQED LIVE EVENTS TEAM ON A TOTAL OF 60 EVENTS, FEATURING MORE THAN 500 INDIVIDUAL BAY AREA COMMUNITY VOICES (SPEAKERS, PERFORMERS, INSTRUCTORS AND MORE) ONSTAGE. THESE EVENTS SAW A TOTAL OF 21,722 IN-PERSON ATTENDEES AND MORE THAN 200,000 LIVE-STREAM VIEWS ONLINE.

KQED'S DIGITAL PROJECTS AND SERVICES INCLUDE MAINTAINING KQED'S WEBSITE KQED.ORG AND DEVELOPING CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS FOR OWNED AND OFF-SITE DIGITAL PLATFORMS, SMART SPEAKERS AND MOBILE DEVICES; KQED.ORG HOSTS ONLINE SERVICES FOR KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION, KQED PUBLIC RADIO AND KQED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; AND SERVES AS A COMMUNITY CONVENER, PROVIDING KQED LIVE EVENT LISTINGS, RESOURCES, CROSSWORDS, PODCASTS, BLOGS AND OTHER ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST. KQED.ORG FUNCTIONS AS ONE OF KQED'S MEDIA PLATFORMS, DELIVERING CONTENT SPECIFICALLY ACQUIRED AND PRODUCED FOR THE WEB. IN FY23, KQED.ORG REACHED A WEEKLY AVERAGE OF 2,000,000 PEOPLE, WITH A WEEKLY AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 305,800 UNIQUE WEBSITE USERS. KQED RECEIVED PROMINENT AWARDS FOR MULTIMEDIA/WEB CONTENT IN FY23, INCLUDING: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EMMY AWARDS: ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - NEWS OR SHORT-FORM CONTENT FOR "TRANSGENDER DANCER SEAN DORSEY DREAMS OF A LIMITLESS FUTURE FOR TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITIES; NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EMMY AWARDS: HUMAN INTEREST NEWS OR SHORT-FORM CONTENT FOR "INDIGENOUS ENTERPRISE BRINGS POWWOW DANCING TO THE WORLD STAGE; NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EMMY AWARDS: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY FOR "DEEP LOOK: BARNACLES GO TO UNBELIEVABLE LENGTHS TO HOOK UP; AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EMMY AWARDS: EDUCATION/SCHOOLS NEWS OR SHORT-FORM CONTENT FOR "WHY ARE PEOPLE BANNING BOOKS IN SCHOOLS?" KQED'S EDUCATION MEDIA LITERACY RESOURCES AND SERVICES, INCLUDING STUDENT MEDIA AND LEARNING PLATFORMS AS WELL AS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FOCUS ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN GRADES PREK-12 FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS WITH THE GREATEST EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. KQED PROVIDES EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS IN THE BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA AND NATIONWIDE FREE ACCESS TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DIGITAL RESOURCES DIRECTLY FROM KQED AND THROUGH PBS LEARNINGMEDIA, INCLUDING VIDEOS, GAMES, AUDIO, PHOTOS AND IN-DEPTH LESSON PLANS. IN 2023, KQED BROUGHT 90 BAY AREA YOUTH TO KQED'S DIGITAL SHOWS AND AIRWAVES THROUGH THE YOUTH TAKEOVER PROGRAM; KQED PUBLISHED 1,777 STUDENT MEDIA PIECES FROM 22 STATES ON THE YOUTH MEDIA CHALLENGE SHOWCASE; CONVENED 20 BAY AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS KQED'S YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD; DELIVERED MEDIA LITERACY TRAINING WORKSHOPS AND COURSES TO EDUCATORS, IMPACTING OVER HALF A MILLION STUDENTS; PARTNERED WITH 29 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SIX COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION TO DELIVER MEDIA LITERACY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES; CONVENED 22 MEDIA LITERACY INNOVATORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS OUR TEACHER ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDED RESOURCES FOR REGISTERED TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON PBS LEARNINGMEDIA CALIFORNIA, MANAGED BY KQED; CONNECTED WITH KQED EDUCATION NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS; AND RECEIVED 2.7 MILLION MINDSHIFT BLOG VIEWS.

TELEVISION: SEE SCHEDULE OPROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSKQED 9 AND KQED PLUS ARE AMONG THE NATION'S MOST-WATCHED PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 514,020 WEEKLY VIEWERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-SAN JOSE MARKET. KQED OWNS AND OPERATES PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS KQED-TV/DT CHANNEL 9 (SAN FRANCISCO), KQEH-TV/DT CHANNEL 54 (SAN JOSE) AND KQET-TV/DT CHANNEL 25 (WATSONVILLE/MONTEREY).KQED'S DIGITAL TELEVISION CHANNELS INCLUDE KQED 9; KQED PLUS; KQED WORLD; AND PBS KIDS, AND ARE AVAILABLE 24/7 OVER THE AIR AND ON CABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE KQED 9 LIVE STREAM IS AVAILABLE ON THE STATION'S WEBSITE: KQED.ORG. SINCE FIRST GOING ON THE AIR IN 1954, KQED HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE BAY AREA'S MEDIA AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. THE STATION PRODUCES ITS OWN UNIQUE CONTENT AND COLLABORATES WITH FILMMAKERS AND DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS TO PRESENT INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING. KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION IS COMMITTED TO PRODUCING, CO-PRODUCING AND PRESENTING CONTENT THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND. IN FY23, KQED CONTINUED TO BROADCAST LOCALLY PRODUCED SERIES SHOWCASING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF LIFE IN THE BAY AREA. PROGRAMS INCLUDED THE 18TH SEASON OF CHECK, PLEASE! BAY AREA, WHERE LOCAL DINERS REVIEW THEIR FAVORITE BAY AREA RESTAURANTS AND THE FINAL SEASON OF KQED NEWSROOM, A WEEKLY NEWS PROGRAM ON TELEVISION, RADIO AND ONLINE.

FM RADIO: SEE SCHEDULE OPROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSKQED PUBLIC RADIO IS AMONG THE MOST-LISTENED-TO PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS IN THE NATION, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 568,029 WEEKLY RADIO LISTENERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO METRO SURVEY AREA.KQED OWNS AND OPERATES KQED PUBLIC RADIO 88.5 FM SAN FRANCISCO AND 89.3 FM SACRAMENTO. ITS AWARD-WINNING NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM SERVICE CAN BE HEARD ON 88.5 FM OR COMCAST CHANNEL 960 IN SAN FRANCISCO, KQEI 89.3 FM IN SACRAMENTO, 88.3 FM IN SANTA ROSA AND 88.1 FM IN MARTINEZ.KQED PUBLIC RADIO BROADCASTS MANY OF NPR'S STELLAR PROGRAMS. KQED PUBLIC RADIO ALSO PRODUCES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LOCAL PROGRAMS AND SERIES, INCLUDING THE AWARD-WINNING FORUM; POLITICAL BREAKDOWN; THE CALIFORNIA REPORT, A WEEKDAY NEWS REPORT CARRIED ACROSS THE STATE, AND ITS COUNTERPART THE CALIFORNIA REPORT MAGAZINE, A WEEKLY 30-MINUTE NEWS MAGAZINE. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 19 WEEKDAY KQED NEWS REPORTS. KQED PUBLIC RADIO PRESENTS CONTENT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA, THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND CITY ARTS AND LECTURES. KQED PUBLIC RADIO CONTINUED TO EMBRACE 21ST-CENTURY MEDIA TECHNIQUES IN 2023, SERVING THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WITH CONTENT THROUGH A WIDE ARRAY OF ON-DEMAND ONLINE SERVICES. THE KQED PUBLIC RADIO FLAGSHIP PUBLIC AFFAIRS CALL-IN PROGRAM FORUM IS ALSO BROADCAST NATIONALLY ON THE SIRIUS SATELLITE NETWORK. THE CALIFORNIA REPORT PRODUCED A SPECIAL SERIES OF PROGRAMMING FOR BROADCAST AND DIGITAL CALLED "MIXED: STORIES OF MIXED RACE CALIFORNIANS." THE SERIES EXPLORED ISSUES OF IDENTITY FOR MULTIRACIAL PERSONS. KQED PUBLIC RADIO STAFF RECEIVED THE NATIONAL EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD: LARGE MARKET RADIO, NEWS DOCUMENTARY FOR "BURNED: AS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES THREATEN RURAL COMMUNITIES, FOREST SERVICE PREVENTION EFFORTS STALL."