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Contacts for journalists and reporters only. For information about contacting KQED, please visit the Contact Us page. Please send press releases or news story ideas directly to KQED Radio Programs contacts.
Scott Walton, Executive Director of Communications
415.553.2145
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Meredith Gandy, Publicist
415.553.2116
mgandy@kqed.org
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| KQED Public Radio Program "Health Dialogues" Looks at Herbal Medicine |
WHAT:
Health Dialogues, a special monthly report airing as part of KQED's statewide news program The California Report and hosted by Scott Shafer, engages listeners in an on-going discussion of California health care issues that are crucial to the state's under-served people.
April topic: Herbal Medicine
From ginkgo to ginseng, herbs are big business in California. Whether bought in health stores, ordered on-line or harvested in the wild, herbs are increasingly being used to treat a wide variety of ailments. But when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year banned the use of ephedra in dietary supplements, it rekindled the debate over the efficacy and safety of medicinal herbs. Should herbs be regulated as drugs? How do you know what dosage to take when scientists can't always pinpoint the active ingredient that makes an herb work? What do you need to know if you want to grow your own?
WHEN:
On KQED Public Radio Thursday 88.5 San Francisco, 89.3 Sacramento, April 21st at 8:00pm, repeat broadcast Saturday, April 23rd at 1:00 PM and on various public radio stations throughout the state:
| Station |
FM |
Area |
Day |
Time |
| KAZU |
90.3 |
Pacific Grove |
Wednesday 4/20 |
10PM |
| KCLU |
88.3 |
Thousand Oaks/Ventura County |
Friday 4/22 |
7PM |
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102.3 |
Santa Barbara County |
Friday 4/22 |
7PM |
| KHSU / KHSR |
90.5 |
Arcata |
Thursday 4/21 |
6PM |
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91.9 |
Crescent City (KHSR) |
Thursday 4/21 |
6PM |
| KIDE |
91.3 |
Hoopa |
Wednesday 4/20 |
12PM |
| KPBS |
89.5 |
San Diego |
Friday 4/22 |
10AM |
| KPCC |
89.3 |
Pasadena |
Wednesday 4/20 |
7PM |
| KUSP / KBDH |
88.9 |
Santa Cruz |
Wednesday 4/20 |
10AM |
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91.7 |
San Ardo / Paso Robles / Los Osos (KBDH) |
Wednesday 4/20 |
10AM |
| KVCR |
91.9 |
San Bernardino |
Wednesday 4/20 |
7PM |
| Northstate Public Radio |
91.7 |
Chico (KCHO) |
Tuesday 4/19 |
8PM |
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88.9 |
Redding (KFPR) |
Tuesday 4/19 |
8PM |
| Radio Bilingüe |
88.7 |
Modesto/Stockton (KMPO) |
Tuesday 4/19 |
4:00 PM |
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91.5 |
Fresno (KSJV) |
Tuesday 4/19 |
4PM |
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91.5 |
Bakersfield (KTQX) |
Tuesday 4/19 |
4PM |
The California Endowment, through KQED Public Radio, has provided funding to partner public radio stations around the state to produce their own complementary local news stories, public affairs programming and outreach efforts in conjunction with the statewide broadcast program. You can find more information about Health Dialogues at http://www.kqed.org/healthdialogues.
Health Dialogues won The California Public Health Association-North's 2003 Broadcast Media Award because of its commitment to covering health care issues.
The California Report series Health Dialogues is made possible in part by a grant from The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation. The mission of The California Endowment is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for under-served individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. More information is available at their Web site, http://www.calendow.org.
The California Report, hosted by Scott Shafer, is a daily statewide news and public affairs program produced by KQED Public Radio and broadcast on more than 20 public radio across the state. The program includes nine-minute segments broadcast weekday mornings and a half-hour newsmagazine broadcast on weekends. It attracts over half-a-million listeners across California each week. Funding for The California Report is provided by The James Irvine Foundation, The California Endowment, the Stuart Foundation, Inktomi, TIAA-CREF, The California Department of Conservation, as well as the members of KQED. Listeners can visit the program's Web site for further information at http://www.kqed.org/tcr.
KQED Public Broadcasting operates KQED Public Television 9, one of the nation's most-watched public television stations during prime-time, and KQED's digital television channels, which include KQED HD, KQED Encore, KQED World, KQED Life and KQED Kids; KQED Public Radio, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service (88.5 FM in San Francisco and 89.3 FM in Sacramento); KQED.org, one of the most visited station sites in Public Broadcasting; and KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources.
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