Kqed Inc.

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2010 to Sep 30, 2011

Signed

Aug 14, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.4

Gross Receipts

$63,996,680

Major Activities

Activity 2

Kqed public radio is among the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation, with close to 811,000 weekly radio listeners in the san francisco metro survey area, and an additional 44,000+ in the sacramento area. 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. In addition, kqed public radio produces a significant number of local programs and series including the award-winning forum (over 500 new shows in 2011); the california report, the daily news segment and weekly 30-minute news magazine carried by over 25 stations in the state of california, which includes radio reports from climate watch, a multimedia series providing in-depth coverage of climate-related science and policy issues from a california perspective; the do list, a weekly look at upcoming arts offerings and events; as well as 18 weekday kqed news reports, perspectives and quest radio reports. Kqed public radio also presents content from the commonwealth club of california, the world affairs council of northern california and city arts and lectures. Kqed public radio continued to embrace 21st century media techniques in 2011, expanding the reach of kqed public radio content through a wide array of online services including accompanying slide shows, google maps, video features, blogs, podcasts, and a live audio stream, all available free on kqed.org. Some kqed public radio broadcasts are also part of the sirius satellite network. Kqed public radio reporters and programs including the california report, forum, quest, and the specials "33x20" and "on shaky ground," received a number of awards in 2011: five awards from the radio-television news directors association of northern california; four from the society of professional journalists, northern california chapter; three from the san francisco peninsula press club; and five from the san diego society of professional journalists. Kqed public radio also received awards from the asian american journalists association, the association of health care journalists, the center for california studies at california state university sacramento and the sacramento press club, and the public radio news directors association.

Activity 3

Kqed interactive, which includes kqed.org and kqednews.org, develops content and applications for digital platforms and mobile devices. Kqed's websites serve as a community convener, providing event listings, resources, online polls, podcasts, blogs and other items of timely interest. Kqed.org functions as kqed's third media platform, delivering content specifically acquired for the web. Original audio or video podcast series include "gallery crawl," a monthly look at bay area galleries; "writers' block," featuring new bay area writers; "noise pop" and "the bay bridged," spotlights on new independent and underground music; "truly ca shorts," a showcase of short independent films; and quest's "science on the spot" online video series. Kqed's blogs include "capital notes," a glimpse of the policies, people and politics of california state government; "bay area bites," a popular food blog; the kqed arts and culture blog, "mindshift," on education technology and the future of learning; "news fix," an up-to-the-minute digest of bay area news; and climate watch, featuring a blog and other multimedia content on climate change issues. In addition, kqed.org creates a web presence for ongoing kqed-produced series such as quest, this week in northern california, imagemakers and check, please! Bay area. Kqed.org also hosts a live-stream for kqed public radio and maintains searchable archives of locally-produced content. Kqed interactive is a leader in the national public broadcasting arena through its experimentation with new projects like widgets, downloadable video, podcasts, community bloggers and mobile content. In 2011, kqed introduced an app for the iphone that allows for radio streaming, television viewing, news headlines and stories, member benefits and more.kqed.org's audience continues to grow, and is one of the most-trafficked station websites in public media in the united states. In 2011, kqed.org served an average of over 647,000 unique users each month and had approximately 1.8 million monthly pageviews of its online content. There were a total of over 691,000 unique requests for the kqed public radio live audio stream in fy11, over 160,000 plays of audio archives and close to 419,000 plays of online video. Kqed received prominent awards for new media in 2011. Climate watch received an edward r. Murrow award for its blog, and kqednews.org received an award for best news website from the radio television news directors association of northern california.

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EIN

94-1241309