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Check Please! Bay Area

Restaurant reviews with a dash of style, from real people like you! Hosted by Leslie Sbrocco.
Essential Pépin

This series is the culmination of Jacques Pépin's 60+ years of experience in the kitchen.
Imagemakers

A showcase of short films by emerging filmmakers who could be the next Tarantino or Coppola.
Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way

The master shows you how to create simple, special meals in minutes
QUEST

Science and nature for and about the Bay Area. Do you know what's in your own backyard?
Spark

Spark takes you inside the creative process to witness the challenges and rewards of making art.
This Is Us

KQED profiles remarkable individuals in Northern California.
This Week in Northern California

The news of the week and more with host Belva Davis.
Truly CA

A showcase of documentary films about California made by independent filmmakers.

As we become aware of technical problems originating from KQED, KQED Plus, or KQET, we will list them here.

Occasional sound issues, Comcast Cable

Some Comcast Cable customers have reported audio issues with KQED and KQED Plus, on channels 9 and 10. The problem is not related to KQED’s transmission but may be caused by the language setting on your Comcast remote control. Please check for a button labeled “Language” or “Lang” on your remote control. Instead of this [...]
Fri 6/21: KQET planned maintenance outage

(DT 25.1 through 25.3) On Friday, June 21st, we will be doing maintenance on the KQET transmitter servicing the Watsonville, Monterey, Salinas, Gilroy areas. Starting around 11:30am our Over the Air (OTA) signal will be down for 10-20 minutes. This should not affect Comcast Cable viewers. Other paid signal providers which use the Over the [...]
Mon 5/06: very brief KQED DT9 OTA outage

(DT9.1, 9.2, 9.3) This morning we had a very brief outage of our over the air (OTA) coverage for KQED 9.1/9.2/9.3, which lasted apx 4 minutes. Most tuners will have found the channel again as soon as service was restored, but some may need to be rescanned for channel 9. This outage did not affect [...]

To view previous issues and how they were resolved, go to our TV Technical Issues page.