TV Technical Issues

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.

KQED DTV Channels

KQED 9
Comcast 9 and 709
Digital 9.1, 54.2 or 25.1

All widescreen and HD programs

Channel 54
Comcast 10 and 710
Digital 9.2, 54.1 or 25.2

KQED Plus, formerly KTEH

KQED Life
Comcast 189
Digital 54.3

Arts, food, how-to, gardening, travel

KQED World
Comcast 190
Digital 9.3

History, world events, news, science, nature

V-Me
Comcast 191 & 621
Digital 54.5 or 25.3

24-hour national Spanish-language network

KQED Kids
Comcast 192
Digital 54.4

Quality children's programming parents love too

Inside Washington

Visit the program's official website

In 2013, this esteemed public affairs series marks a milestone: its 25th year on public television. Award-winning Washington anchorman Gordon Peterson moderates a lively roundtable discussion of the week's top stories. The panel of distinguished journalists regularly include: Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and editor Colby King of The Washington Post; legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio; Evan Thomas of Politico; and Mark Shields, the nationally syndicated columnist and weekly commentator on PBS NewsHour. The series also features occasional appearances by Jeanne Cummings and Margaret Carlson, both from Bloomberg News, and Roger Simon, Politico's chief political columnist.