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Veterans of KQED Newsroom return to San Francisco to mark show’s revival
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A group of some 80 pubcasters will gather Friday night in San Francisco to celebrate the return of KQED Newsroom, that title of a groundbreaking early public TV series that has been revamped as a multiplatform production. Many attendees worked on past versions of the program, which debuted during a 1968 newspaper strike. KQED Newsroom was the first nightly news series to be produced and broadcast by a public television station. It preceded The Robert MacNeil Report, a national news show that debuted in 1975 and was later renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. KQED Newsroom aired for nine years, backed by a $750,000 Ford Foundation grant. The new TV series premieres Oct.
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KQED Newsroom to relaunch Oct. 18
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Northern California’s KQED-TV is revamping its Friday evening public affairs show by reviving a title from its distant past.
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A group of some 80 pubcasters will gather Friday night in San Francisco to celebrate the return of KQED Newsroom, that title of a groundbreaking early public TV series that has been revamped as a multiplatform production. Many attendees worked on past versions of the program, which debuted during a 1968 newspaper strike. KQED Newsroom was the first nightly news series to be produced and broadcast by a public television station. It preceded The Robert MacNeil Report, a national news show that debuted in 1975 and was later renamed The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. KQED Newsroom aired for nine years, backed by a $750,000 Ford Foundation grant. The new TV series premieres Oct.
Programs/Content
KQED Newsroom to relaunch Oct. 18
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Northern California’s KQED-TV is revamping its Friday evening public affairs show by reviving a title from its distant past.