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Full-power digital · channel 30 · SAN JOSE, CA
| Facility ID | 35663 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | KQED INC. |
| Community of licence | SAN JOSE, CA
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 37.75528, -122.45278 |
| Effective radiated power | 1000 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 542.6 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
| Website | http://www.kqed.org/tv |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | none |
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | none found |
Checked 2026-09-22 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 794597 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 795651 | 4 | LPD | |
| KBKF-LD | 6 | LPD | VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC |
| KNTV | 13 | DTV | NBC TELEMUNDO LICENSE LLC |
| facility 795430 | 14 | LPD | |
| facility 795187 | 14 | LPD | |
| KSTS | 19 | DTV | NBC TELEMUNDO LICENSE LLC |
| KKPX-TV | 33 | DTV | ION TELEVISION LICENSE, LLC |
| KICU-TV | 36 | DTV | FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/KQEH | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=KQEH | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.