KQED public inspection file

television station. FCC facility ID 35500.

What our last check found

Read from the FCC's public records on .

  • Quarterly issues/programs list: on file

    Q2 2026

    2 upload(s) in the Issues and Programs file between Apr 1 and the Jul 10 deadline; the Q2 2026 list appears to be on file.

  • FCC authorizations: needs a look

    continuous

    the FCC Authorizations folder is empty; the license may be filed under another folder, but an inspector looks here first.

This describes what our scan saw in the folders the FCC publishes. It is not a compliance determination, and a record can be on file somewhere our check does not look. The station's own file is the authority: KQED on publicfiles.fcc.gov.

What belongs in this file

Every licensed radio and television station keeps a public inspection file, hosted by the FCC and open to anyone without a login. The record the FCC reviews most closely is the quarterly issues and programs list, due January 10, April 10, July 10 and October 10, describing the community issues the station identified and the programming that addressed them. Those lists stay in the file until final action on the station's next license renewal.

A folder that looks empty does not always mean a station has not filed. The most common mistake we find is a finished list uploaded into the wrong folder, where it counts for nothing and nobody notices. Five things to know about your FCC public inspection file covers what goes where, and why nothing warns you when a list is missed.

RadioPaperwork is a compliance service, not a law firm, and this page is not legal advice. It is a reading of public FCC records, and the FCC's own file is the authority. If something here is wrong, write to [email protected] and we will correct it.

RadioPaperwork is a compliance service, not a law firm. It does not provide legal advice or certify FCC compliance. Filing on a station's behalf never happens without the station approving the document first, and does not shift responsibility: the licensee remains responsible for the contents of its public file, and the FCC provides no safe harbor for using an outside service. "No gaps found" means our checks found nothing missing, which is not the same as an FCC compliance certification.

Data source: publicfiles.fcc.gov, the FCC's own public API.

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