TV Technical Issues
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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 [...]
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Mon 4/22: KQEH OTA signal back on air
(DT54.1 through DT54.5) The Over the Air (OTA) signal from our KQEH transmitter on Monument Peak was restored at apx 6:35pm this evening. Most tuners should automatically find the signal, however some OTA viewers may need to do a rescan to restore reception.
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Mon 4/22: KQEH OTA planned overnight outage extended
Unexpected technical problems have been discovered at the KQEH transmitter site during planned maintenance overnight. KQED crews have identified the problem and are working to correct it as soon as possible. Please check back to this blog for status updates. Service to Comcast and other providers are uninterrupted.
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Spark!
This series includes a TV show, segments for "This Week in Northern California", an educational outreach program and a website featuring Bay Area artists and arts organizations. More than a showcase for art objects and the artists who make them, Spark takes the audience inside the creative process to witness the challenges, opportunities and rewards of making art. Produced by KQED TV.
Spark! Previous Broadcasts
By Hand (Episode #225)
KQED 9: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 -- 7:30 PM
Extraordinary crafts people at work.
* Glass artist Pamina Traylor combines dozens of delicate hand-blown glass shapes to create sculptural objects of lyrical beauty.
* We follow woodworker Gary Stevens as he carves massive waist-high wooden vessels, from raw stump to finished piece.
* Chris Natrop is the real life Edward Scissorhands, transforming vast rolls of paper into freeform lace panels.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Life: Sun, Dec 23, 2012 -- 6:30 PM
- KQED Life: Sat, Dec 22, 2012 -- 5:30 PM
- KQED 9: Sat, Dec 22, 2012 -- 5:30 AM
- KQED 9: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 -- 11:30 PM
- KQED 9: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 -- 1:30 AM
The Young and the Restless (Episode #221)
KQED 9: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 -- 7:30 PM
Gifted teenage artists jump at the chance to strut their stuff on this episode of Spark.
* Catch the Bay Area's best young jazz musicians vying for a spot on the SFJazz Allstars.
* Then meet high school artists who have come from across the country to hone their skills at the Napa Valley's exclusive Oxbow School.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Life: Sun, Dec 16, 2012 -- 6:30 PM
- KQED 9: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 -- 5:30 AM
- KQED 9: Fri, Dec 14, 2012 -- 11:30 PM
- KQED 9: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 -- 1:30 AM
The Fine Art of Collecting (Episode #204)
KQED 9: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 -- 7:30 PM
Spark shows that collecting can be an art form unto itself, as we meet collectors who have turned a casual interest into a lifelong passion.
* Mail Art Collector John Held, Jr. - Back in the 1960s, mail art was considered a disposable and democratic art form on the far fringes of conceptual art. It was precisely that throw-away aesthetic that appealed to pioneering collector John Held, who saved every scrap of mail art he received, day after day, for almost thirty years. His home is now filled to the rafters; and as mail art gains credibility as an art form, prominent art institutions like the Museum of Modern Art and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles have come knocking. Spark spends the day with Held as he continues to build his collection, one stamp at a time.
* Art Patron and Collector Steven Oliver - Thirty years ago, building contractor Steven Oliver thought he couldn't care less about contemporary art. Today he's one of the country's most active and ambitious private collectors, having assembled a formidable collection that includes 17 original works by major artists commissioned for his ranch in Sonoma County. Putting his contracting resources and expertise at the disposal of visionary artists like Richard Serra and Bruce Nauman, Oliver has facilitated works of extraordinary power and ambition, and forged lifelong friendships with many of America's most acclaimed artists. Spark follows Steve on an insider's tour of his collection.
* Bonnie Grossman's Collections of Folk, Tramp, and Self-Taught Art - What began as a collection of vintage kitchen utensils is now an abiding obsession for collector Bonnie Grossman. Spark takes a tour of her home-turned-gallery, where every nook and cranny is now filled with her various collections, including tramp art, drawings, painting and sculptures by self-taught artists, and folk art that includes bottle whimsies, hand carved walking sticks, miniature houses, and quilts.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Life: Sun, Dec 9, 2012 -- 6:30 PM
- KQED Life: Sun, Dec 9, 2012 -- 5:30 AM
- KQED Life: Sat, Dec 8, 2012 -- 11:30 PM
- KQED Life: Sat, Dec 8, 2012 -- 5:30 PM
- KQED 9: Sat, Dec 8, 2012 -- 5:30 AM
- KQED 9: Fri, Dec 7, 2012 -- 11:30 PM
- KQED 9: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 -- 1:30 AM
