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| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Branding | WQED Pittsburgh |
| Slogan | Changes Lives |
| Channels | Analog: 13 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | WQED Multimedia |
| First air date | April 1, 1954 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Quod Erat Demonstrandum |
| Sister station(s) | WQED-FM, WQEX |
| Former affiliations | NET (1954-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 760 kW (digital) 12600 watts (post-transition) |
| Height | 210 m (analog) 213 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 41315 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.wqed.org |
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Heyday
During it's heyday in the 1970's and 1980's, WQED was a vital supplier of programming to the national PBS system. For 15 years, WQED produced the National Geographic Specials for the National Geographic Society. Overview The NGS's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural historical and natural These programs, among others, and the craftspeople who produced them, won numerous Emmy Awards and other accolades, including Peabody Awards.
Over the years, talent like Michael Keaton, who worked behind the scenes on Mister Roger's Neighborhood, emerged from the station and went onto national fame. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an American Children's television series that was created and hosted by
During it's heyday, WQED also supported a post production office and editing facility in Los Angeles. Known as QED/West, the satellite was the editing center for much of WQED's national programming.
Decline
During the beginning of the 1990's, WQED faltered on a national level as the rapidly changing media landscape shifted and morphed. The downturn was exacerbated by a scandal in which top executives were discovered to have been augmenting their personal revenues without informing the Board of Directors. This period was chronicled in the 2000 book, Air Wars: The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting by Jerold M. Starr.
Family of Employees
WQED's employees are historically a tight knit group. Longtime sound man and Ohio University professor, John "Bear" Butler, maintains an active e-mail distribution list in which news about the members of WQED's community is updated regularly. Ohio University is a public university located in Athens Ohio that is situated on a 1800 acre (7
Original programming
Local
- OnQ — weekdays
State
- Eat Pennsylvania (2006)
National
- National Geographic Specials (1975-1991)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- The War That Made America (2006)
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego — in partnership with WGBH in Boston
- Planet Earth (1986) — in association with the National Academy of Sciences
- The Infinite Voyage (1987-1992) — in association with the National Academy of Sciences
- Space Age (1994?) — in association with the National Academy of Sciences
Chris Moore programs
- Black Horizons — weekly
- Wylie Avenue Days (1991)
- In Country: A Vietnam Story (2006)
Rick Sebak specials
Pittsburgh History Series
Nostalgia documentaries by Rick Sebak:
- Kennywood Memories (1988)
- The Mon, The Al & The O (1988)
- Holy Pittsburgh! (1989)
- Flying Off The Bridge To Nowhere! And Other Tales Of Pittsburgh Bridges (1990)
- Things That Aren’t There Anymore (1990)
- Downtown Pittsburgh (1992)
- Stuff That’s Gone (1994)
- Houses Around Here (1994)
- The Strip Show (1996)
- North Side Story (1997)
- South Side (1998)
- Things That Are Still Here (1999)
- Something About Oakland (2000)
- Pittsburgh A To Z (2001)
- Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh (2002)
- Things We've Made (2003)
- It's the Neighborhoods (2004)
- What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (2006)
- Underground Pittsburgh (2007)
- Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh (2008)
Pennsylvania programs
- The Pennsylvania Road Show (1992)
- Pennsylvania Diners And Other Roadside Restaurants (1993)
National programs
- An Ice Cream Show (1996)
- Shore Things (1996)
- A Hot Dog Program (1999)
- Great Old Amusement Parks (1999)
- A Flea Market Documentary (2001)
- Sandwiches That You Will Like (2002)
- A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff (2004)
- A Cemetery Special (2005)
- To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig (2007)
See also
External links
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WQED
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WQED-TV
- A history from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- "Changes Lives" Identity unveiled
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