KQED Radio News

Raúl Ramirez, director of news and public affairs.

It’s no secret that the media industry in the San Francisco Bay Area – and in every other part of the country – is in the midst of a massive transformation. Traditional broadcast networks are losing audience. People are forsaking newspapers. Shrinking revenues have forced media companies to consolidate and make deep cuts to their local news coverage.

At KQED we continue to believe that an informed electorate is one of the pillars of our democracy, and as other news organizations have shrunk we’ve expanded our efforts to cover the issues and events that are important to the Bay Area. KQED Radio News airs 16 local newscasts daily on KQED 88.5 FM beginning at 6am. Additional newscasts can be heard at 6:30am, 7am, 7:30am, 8am, 8:30am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 4pm, 4:30pm 5:04pm, 5:30pm and 6pm.

KQED Radio News also can be heard streaming live online at kqed.org/listen, and archived audio of the newscasts can be found at kqed.org/news/bayarea. To learn more about our news staff, click here.

KQED Announces Steven Cuevas and Scott Detrow as Los Angeles and Sacramento Bureau Chiefs

Award–winning investigative journalist and frequent The California Report contributor Cuevas returns to KQED after positions at KUT Austin and KPCC in the Inland Empire. Award–winning political reporter Detrow joins KQED from Pennsylvania, where he covered politics and government at the state capital for NPR’s StateImpact project and at WITF and WHYY. KQED Public Radio, the [...]

Feb 04, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

KQED News, The Bay Citizen Collaborating For Open Newsroom Initiative

Award-winning news organizations invite Bay Area residents to share ideas with reporters at in-person meetups KQED News and The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting, announce a unique partnership that will allow local residents to connect with reporters from award-winning news organizations. In May the two news outlets will hold a [...]

May 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

KQED Launches On the Rocks Series to Explore Planned CA State Parks Closing

The historic decision to be covered by KQED Public Radio and KQEDnews.org San Francisco, March 5, 2012 — Dozens of California State Parks may soon be closed to the public as a result of the state’s continued financial struggles. You can learn more about the possible impact of this historic decision in KQED’s On the [...]

Mar 05, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

KQED Launches Groundbreaking Partnership for News

– Country’s most-listened-to public radio station collaborating with several independent local news outlets – SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, 2011 - KQED has become the first public media organization in the country to join a groundbreaking national program that connects broadcast and print news outlets with local online-first news organizations. The innovative collaboration highlights both the increased importance [...]

Aug 12, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Seismic Safety in California Public Schools is Subject of Radio Series and Television Documentary

San Francisco, April 8, 2011—KQED, the public media station serving Northern California, and the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch announce a radio series and television special that examines seismic safety concerns in California’s public schools. More than a year in the making, the series will air on KQED 88.5FM and on stations statewide via [...]

Apr 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Participate in KQED’s coverage of the State of California 2011

Special on air and online features planned for governor’s annual address SAN FRANCISCO, January 28, 2011 – Join KQED Public Media on Monday, January 31 for live on air and online coverage of Governor Jerry Brown’s 2011 State of California address. The speech can be heard live during a special 5pm broadcast of The California Report, a production [...]

Jan 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post