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Some employees have returned to work in the state-of-the-art facility, but plans for a full reopening have been delayed until next year.
In partnership with Google, KQED and an AI-services provider ran tests to determine how to reduce errors in news audio transcripts and, ultimately, make radio news audio more findable.
Kransy has hosted KQED’s “Forum” since 1993.
The station faces a $7.1 million budget gap and has seen a “sharp decline” in corporate sponsorship.
A plan to provide over-the-air programming to students who lack internet access has emerged as a model for public TV stations across the country.
The San Francisco public broadcaster’s expanded and redesigned headquarters will operate as a public square where there is “civil as well as civic engagement,” said President Michael Isip.
Regardless of the role you play in a public media organization, “always remember that it is all about serving the needs of the people in your community,” says the retired CEO of San Francisco’s KQED.
The station’s science team teamed up with science communications experts on a three-year, $3 million research project backed by the National Science Foundation.
Jo Anne Wallace, VP and GM of KQED Radio, has worked for the San Francisco station since 1990.