KQED Public Radio

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KQED Founded in 1969, KQED-FM is the most-listened to public radio station in the United States, and is typically rated third in the Arbitron ratings.[3] In addition to local programming KQED-FM carries content from major public radio distributors such as National Public Radio, Public Radio International, BBC World Service and Minnesota Public Radio. Among the locally produced shows are Forum with Michael Krasny, The California Report, Perspectives and Pacific Time. The KQED-FM FM radio signal is broadcast from several locations in northern California: KQED-FM 88.5 MHz in San Francisco KQEI-FM 89.3 MHz in Sacramento via translator: 88.3 MHz in Santa Rosa via translator: 88.1 MHz in Martinez and Benicia In addition to over-the-air broadcasts, KQED-FM audio is carried on Comcast digital cable channel 960 and is webcast with live streaming audio around the clock with Forum, and Pacific Time carried live with nationwide coverage on Sirius Satellite Radio. KQED also offers an extensive audio archive and podcasts of previous shows for download. One of the most famous programs to have been broadcast on KQED was An Hour with Pink Floyd, a sixty minute performance by Pink Floyd recorded in 1970 without an audience at the Fillmore West. The program was broadcast only twice—once in 1970, and once again in 1984. The setlist included Atom Heart Mother, Cymbaline, Grantchester Meadows, Green Is the Colour, Careful with that Axe, Eugene, and Set the Controls for the

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