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Your Northern California NPR and PBS stations, offering a community-supported, non-profit alternative to commercial media. Through Public Television, Public Radio, Interactive, and Education, KQED provides citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories. KQED helps students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms, and takes people of all ages on journeys of exploration—exposing them to new people, places and ideas. KQED celebrates diversity, embraces innovation, values lifelong learning and partners with those who share our passion for public service.

KCRW 89.9FM, licensed to Santa Monica College, is National Public Radio's flagship station for Southern California. The Santa Monica-based nonprofit represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura Counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara Counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide via KCRW.com, including three streaming channels, 27 podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances. Hear KCRW music online, all the time, on the ALL music stream Eclectic24.

WLRN is South Florida's NPR news station (91.3FM), and the first choice among South Floridians who keep abreast of world events through programs such as NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. WLRN provides listeners with thorough coverage of local, national, and international news from NPR, Public Radio International, and the BBC, in addition to its own locally produced content. WLRN radio programming is also available to live stream through the WLRN app or on wlrn.org. WLRN is also the home of Channel 17, presenting the best of the PBS nationally recognized series such as American Experience and Nova, to complement award-winning locally produced specials. Our primetime programming features an array of cultural, informational, arts, science, drama, and documentary specials to address the curiosity and interests of our local community. WLRN TV also offers Passport, a member benefit that provides video-on-demand access to exclusive PBS programs such as Downton Abbey, PBS Newshour, and Independent Lens, as well as WLRN’s library of award-winning original productions. Through a dynamic exchange of ideas and multiple platforms, WLRN serves and engages the local community as a source of news and information, as well as educational and cultural entertainment, providing our South Florida community with insight and cultural context that unites a diverse, complex, and changing world. WLRN is member-supported and relies on the generosity of our community to enrich the lives of south Floridians.