Forum (KQED)

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Forum
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Genre Talk radio
Running timeca. 105 min.
(9 a.m.-11 a.m.)
Country of originUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Home station KQED-FM
SyndicatesKQED-FM
Sirius Satellite Radio
Hosted byMina Kim and Alexis Madrigal
Created byKevin Pursglove [1]
Produced byMarlena Jackson-Retondo
Jennifer Ng
Mark Nieto
Caroline Smith
Blanca Torres
Grace Won
Executive producersSusan Britton
Judy Campbell
Senior editorDaniel Zoll
Recording studio San Francisco, California
Original release1987 [2]  –
present
Audio format Stereophonic
Opening theme"Peter Pan" by Mike Marshall
Website www.kqed.org/forum
Podcast KQED Podcasts

Forum is a two-hour live call-in radio program produced by KQED-FM, presenting discussions of local, state, national and international issues, and in-depth interviews.

Contents

History

The program [3] began in 1987 [2] [4] as a politics-oriented talk show, created and hosted by Kevin Pursglove. [1] who left to become spokesman for San Jose's then-mayor Susan Hammer, [5] and later eBay. [6]

From 1993 to 2021, it was hosted by scholar, author, professor, and former KGO Radio host Michael Krasny, who broadened the program's scope to a cross-section of current events. [7] [8] After hosting the show for nearly 30 years, Krasny announced his retirement effective February 2021. [4]

Starting in June 2021, after a number of guests hosted the show in the months prior, Alexis Madrigal was selected to be the new host of the 9 am hour along with Mina Kim, who had already hosted the 10 am hour since July 2020. [9] [2]

Format

The format of Forum varies from show to show, but generally involves an in-person interview followed by public Q&A via phone or email with one or more subjects, often nationally prominent authors and scholars. [10] The program airs for two hours on weekday mornings, with an hour repeated in the evening.[ citation needed ]

Online engagement

Listeners can telephone, email, tweet, and Facebook. [11] The station also launched a Discord server, "traditionally a space for online gamers", [12] to improve its engagement with its audience, saying it was the first station to do so and drawing inspiration from Bellingcat and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. [13]

Ask Forum uses large language model and generative AI, in addition to traditional search methods, to find archived Forum episodes, using transcripts as a primary source, and with AI transcription services like Trint, Otter.ai, and Descript. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "About KQED:History". KQED. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "KQED's Forum Expands: Mina Kim to Share Daily Host Duties". KQED. Archived from the original on August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ Ben Fong-Torres (March 12, 2006). "Radio Waves". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  4. 1 2 Whiting, Sam. "'Forum' host Michael Krasny announces his retirement from KQED". SF Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Public Eye". Metroactive . December 10, 1998. Archived from the original on January 21, 2026. Retrieved January 21, 2026. From the December 10-16, 1998 issue of Metro.
  6. ↑ Ina Steiner (October 15, 2003). "eBay Spokesperson Kevin Pursglove Steps Down". Auction Bytes. Archived from the original on December 5, 2003. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  7. ↑ "The Krasny Show, KQED Forum, is our site of the day". California Progress Report. April 11, 2006. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
  8. ↑ Selvin, Joel (February 11, 2003). "A voice of calm amid the chatter: Ever erudite, Michael Krasny marks his 10 years as a KQED talk-show host". San Francisco Chronicle . Archived from the original on April 24, 2003. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  9. ↑ Cavagnaro, Peter. "Alexis Madrigal Joins KQED's Forum as Co-host". KQED. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ Liberatore, Paul (October 22, 2007). "Krasny: The thinking person's talk host". Marin Independent Journal . Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Forum". kqed.org . Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  12. 1 2 Robinson, Lowell (June 12, 2024). "How KQED is enriching its 'Forum' archive with generative AI". Current (newspaper) . Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  13. ↑ Sweeting, Lily (September 28, 2023). "KQED's 'Forum' extends on-air community with Discord server". Current (newspaper) . Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
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