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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Moyers & Company
Moyers & Company
Bill Moyers returns with a weekly hour of compelling and vital conversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring some of the best thinkers of our time. A range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. The series occasionally includes Moyers' own timely and penetrating essays on society and government.
In a multimedia marketplace saturated with shallow sound bites and partisan name-calling, this series digs deeper. As the Los Angeles Times put it in 2010, "No one on television has centralized the discussion of ideas as much as Moyers. He not only gives a forum to unusual thinkers, he is truly interested in what they have to say and who they are because he believes their ideas really matter."
Moyers & Company Previous Broadcasts
United States of ALEC (Episode #138H)
KQED Plus: Fri, Sep 28, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
* This week, an unprecedented in-depth report on the most influential corporate-funded political force most of us have never heard of - ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC presents itself as a "nonpartisan public-private partnership". But behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed to increase corporate profits at public expense. Using interviews, documents, and personal accounts, the episode explores ALEC's self-serving machine at work, acting in a way one Wisconsin politician describes as "a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests."
In state houses around the country, hundreds of pieces of boilerplate ALEC legislation are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote, and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers - each accomplished without the public ever knowing who's behind it. "All of us here are very familiar with ALEC and the influence that ALEC has with many of the [legislative] members," said Arizona State Senator Steve Farley. "Corporations have the right to present their arguments, but they don't have the right to do it secretly."
"United States of ALEC" is a collaboration between Okapi Productions (the filmmakers Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes) and the Schumann Media Center, headed by Bill Moyers, which supports independent journalism and public watchdogs such as the Center for Media and Democracy, whose investigators are featured in the report.
* Also appearing on the broadcast is Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center and founder of FactCheck.org, who talks about deception and truth in the 2012 campaign.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 -- 8:00 PM
- KQED Channel 9: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED 9: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 -- 3:30 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 -- 4:00 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 -- 12:00 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
Elections for Sale (Episode #137H)
KQED World: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
One of the reasons Moyers & Company frequently returns to the theme of money and politics is because it's absolutely necessary to do so. Nothing corrupts our political system more than the ability of the rich and influential to spend limitless amounts of money - often in secret - with the intention of creating preferred political outcomes. And far from being a regulator of campaign finances, our political funding laws - aided by a corporate-friendly Supreme Court and self-interested politicians - only facilitate the process of empowering the few while subjugating the many.
Few understand the ways money moves in and out of our political system than campaign finance reform advocate Trevor Potter. A former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and founding president of the Campaign Legal Center, Potter was Stephen Colbert's chief advisor when Colbert formed his own super PAC and 501 (c)(4) in a clever effort to expose the potential for chicanery behind each.
This week, Bill and Potter discuss how American elections are bought and sold, who covers the cost, and how the rest of us pay the price. "I can assure you that if someone is spending millions of dollars to elect the candidate, the candidate knows where that money is coming from. There's nothing illegal about telling them, but the voters aren't going to know that," Potter tells Bill. "We're creating opportunities for corruption and candidates being beholden to specific private interests because of funding, yet there's no disclosure to the rest of us."
Also on the show, a Bill Moyers Essay on the bags of money that campaigns drop on consultants and TV ads to affect and distort your point of view.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 -- 10:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 -- 2:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 -- 12:00 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 -- 8:00 PM
- KQED Channel 9: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED 9: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 -- 3:30 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 -- 12:00 PM
The One-Percent Court (Episode #136H)
KQED World: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jamie Raskin, constitutional law professor and Maryland state senator, join Bill to discuss how the uncontested power of the Supreme Court is changing our elections, our country, and our lives. The two joined forces for a special upcoming issue of The Nation entitled "The One Percent Court."
Also on the program, Bill talks with Craig Unger, author of Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power, about Rove's behind-the-scenes maneuvering to once again affect the outcome of a presidential election.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 -- 1:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Tue, Sep 18, 2012 -- 7:00 PM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 17, 2012 -- 10:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 17, 2012 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 17, 2012 -- 2:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Mon, Sep 17, 2012 -- 12:00 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 -- 8:00 PM
- KQED 9: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 -- 3:30 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 -- 4:00 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 -- 12:00 PM
Challenging Power, Changing Politics (Episode #135H)
KQED Plus: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 -- 11:00 PM
This week, Bill offers an alternative to the partisan events and talking points that dominated the national conventions.
First, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving Independent in Congressional history, joins Bill to talk candidly about the state of our economy, health care, and the unprecedented impact of big money on American democracy.
Also on the show, Green Party presidential and vice presidential candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala share their unique perspectives on the intersection of personal missions and modern politics.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 -- 10:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 -- 2:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 -- 12:00 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 -- 8:00 PM
- KQED 9: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 -- 3:30 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 -- 4:00 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 -- 12:00 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
The Resurrection of Ralph Reed (Episode #134H)
KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 -- 5:00 AM
* While Romney, Ryan, Christie, and Rubio get the lion's share of attention during the Republican Convention this week, 3 one-time college Republicans who are now the party's real power-brokers - Karl Rove, Ralph Reed, and Grover Norquist - are busy doing what they do best: leveraging their political, religious, and financial resources to back pro-corporate, anti-government objectives at the core of the conservative agenda.
The true surprise at the Tampa convention is Ralph Reed's resurrection. When the former head of the Christian Coalition was discovered to have raked in millions of dollars from the super lobbyist - and eventually convicted felon - Jack Abramoff, Reed wound up in political purgatory. But outraged by the election of Barack Obama, and responding to what he describes as God's call (via Sean Hannity), Reed returned to start the Faith and Freedom Coalition with the aim of toppling Barack Obama from the White House. To succeed, Reed needs to win the allegiance of many of the trusting Christian followers he had duped and double-crossed while working with Abramoff. Can he pull it off? That's the story this week.
*Later on the show, Bill also talks with Mike Lofgren, a long-time Republican who says the rise of politicized religious fundamentalism transformed his party and created a de facto religious test for the presidency. Lofgren tells the story in his book The Party is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 -- 1:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 -- 7:00 PM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 -- 10:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 -- 7:00 AM
- KQED World: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 -- 2:00 AM
- KQED Plus: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 -- 12:00 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 2, 2012 -- 8:00 PM
- KQED 9: Sun, Sep 2, 2012 -- 5:00 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 2, 2012 -- 3:30 PM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 2, 2012 -- 11:30 AM
- KQED World: Sun, Sep 2, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 -- 12:00 PM
- KQED World: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 -- 7:30 AM
