KQED Public Television

Michael Isip is the vice president, television content for KQED.

KQED Public Television, one of the country’s most popular public television stations, brings the values of public media to homes around the Bay Area with Emmy Award–winning programming that inspires, informs and entertains. KQED Public Television produces local series like Check, Please! Bay Area, This Week in Northern California, Truly CA, San Francisco Opera and ImageMakers as well as popular programs for national broadcast such as Essential Pépin, QUEST and Film School Shorts. KQED Public Television also distributes programming to public media stations across the country including The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, Roadtrip Nation and  Joanne Weir’s Cooking School. kqed.org/tv

KQED Public Television channels are KQED 9 (San Francisco/Bay Area, also available in HD), KQED Plus (Bay Area, also available in HD) and KQET (Monterey/Salinas).

KQED also offers digital channels available via XFINITY and over-the-air, each with distinct quality programming: KQED World, KQED Life, KQED Kids and KQED V-me (Spanish language).

Boyhood Shadows: I Swore I’d Never Tell Gives Voice to Survivors of Childhood Abuse.

KQED presents the shattering new documentary Boyhood Shadows: I Swore I’d Never Tell. The silence is broken. One in six boys is sexually molested by the age of 16. The statistic is staggering . In the groundbreaking documentary Boyhood Shadows: I Swore I’d Never Tell, filmmakers Steve Rosen and Terri DeBono (Accidental Hero and Beyond Barbed Wire) explore the life-long [...]

May 02, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

New PBS Series Genealogy Roadshow Will Shoot in San Francisco on July 21

KQED and show producers seek local residents with interesting stories for national broadcast. PBS and KQED, the public media institution that serves Northern California, announced today that a new series Genealogy Roadshow, which premieres nationally this fall, is seeking local participants to share their families’ stories. Final participants will be part of an episode taping [...]

May 02, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

KQED Nominated for 17 Northern California EMMY® Awards

Local KQED productions honored include QUEST, This is Us, This Week in Northern California and the KQED/CIR special Heat and Harvest. Documentaries recognized include California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown, A Brush With the Tenderloin, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone and Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco. KQED, [...]

May 01, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

KQED and CIR Collaborations Receive Two 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards

Heat and Harvest, which explored the impact of climate change on California’s agriculture industry, wins in the documentary category. Suburban Junkies, which followed three young drug addicts in Orange County, CA, is honored as best audio slideshow. KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)’s ongoing reporting partnership was just recognized with two national 2012 [...]

Apr 24, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

Travel the Globe from Bhutan to Nicaragua in Season 7 of Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

KQED presents the new season of Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope with 12 episodes featuring global adventures in Bhutan, Japan, Taiwan, Nicaragua, Mexico and more! Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope transports viewers across the planet to such exotic destinations as Japan’s little-visited Ogasawara islands, located more than 600 miles from the mainland and comprised of people with American roots, [...]

Apr 16, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

What’s in Your Next Meal?

Are the benefits of genetically engineered food worth the risks? New QUEST Television Special Premieres Wednesday, May 8, at 7:30pm on KQED 9. KQED Contact: Sevda Eris, 415-553-2835, seris@kqed.org San Francisco, CA – QUEST Northern California, KQED’s award-winning multimedia science series, investigates genetically engineered crops in a half-hour documentary special, Next Meal: Engineering Food, on Wednesday, May [...]

Apr 11, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

The future of filmmaking has arrived with Film School Shorts!

The national public television series produced by KQED. The season premieres Monday, April 15, at 11pm on KQED 9 with the Oscar winner God of Love. KQED Public Television is proud to announce its national production Film School Shorts, a half-hour weekly series that showcases short student films from across the country. Each filmmaker has [...]

Mar 21, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

Check, Please! Bay Area Starts Eighth Season with 100th Episode

Award–winning program reaches major milestone with the season premiere on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30pm on KQED 9. Bay Area foodies — ready to discover a whole new season of the best local eateries? KQED Public Television’s Check, Please! Bay Area’s eighth season launches with the program’s 100th episode on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30pm [...]

Mar 21, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

Turn to KQED for the Historic Supreme Court Hearings on Prop. 8 and DOMA

Scott Shafer reports from Washington, D.C., all next week for KQED Public Radio’s The California Report. KQED 9’s This Week Northern California on March 22 is dedicated to the hearings and features interview with Gavin Newsom. KQED News offers context and historical perspective on the hearings. KQED, the public media organization that serves Northern California, [...]

Mar 21, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

New Series Film School Shorts Brings Award-Winning Films to Public Television

The future of filmmaking has arrived. Short Films + Big Productions = Film School Shorts KQED has your festival pass to Film School Shorts, an exciting, unique national series featuring the top fiction shorts made by students from across the country. Film School Shorts showcases well-crafted films with high production values, strong dialogue and inspired themes. [...]

Feb 26, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post