Pacific Time was a weekly radio program that covered a wide range of Asian American

Asian American

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, East Asia

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n and Southeast Asia

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n issues, including economics

Economics

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, language

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, politics

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, public policy

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, business

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, the arts

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 and sports. With news bureau

News bureau

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s in Bangkok

Bangkok

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, Beijing

Beijing

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, and Tokyo

Tokyo

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, it was the only public radio program devoted to Asian-American issues.

Produced by KQED

KQED-FM

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 in San Francisco, California

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, the show was syndicated by as many as 37 other public radio stations in markets around the United States

United States

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. The show premiered in 2000 and was hosted by Nguyen Qui Duc

Nguyen Qui Duc

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 until September, 2006, when Nguyen returned to Vietnam

Vietnam

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. After Nguyen's departure it was hosted by K. Oanh Ha. Citing financial difficulties, KQED cancelled the show and its last broadcast was October 11, 2007. At the time it was cancelled the program cost $500,000 per year to produce and had a weekly audience of 190,000.

Stations

Stations carrying Pacific Time:

KQED KQED-FM KQED-FM is an NPR-member radio station owned by Northern California Public Broadcasting in San Francisco, California.KQED-FM was founded by James Day in 1969 as the radio arm of KQED Television. The founding manager was Bernard Mayes who later went on to be Executive Vice-President of KQED TV and... , San Francisco (producer) KAZU KAZU KAZU is an NPR-member radio station, licensed in Pacific Grove, California, United States. The station is currently owned and operated by the California State University, Monterey Bay.-Established:... , Monterey, California KHSR, Crescent City, California KHSU, Arcata, California KIDE KIDE KIDE is a radio station serving Hoopa, California, and the vicinity providing a community radio format and is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network. It broadcasts on 91.3 MHz and is under ownership of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. It is one of the stations in the United States to be solar... , Hoopa, California KIPO Hawaii Public Radio Hawaii Public Radio , is a network of five non-commercial, listener-supported stations serving the state of Hawaii. The stations originate from the studios of The Hawaii Public Radio Plaza, located at 738 Kaheka Street, near the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu.-History/programming:Hawaii... , Honolulu, Hawaii KPBS KPBS-FM KPBS-FM is a non-commercial public radio station licensed to San Diego State University, broadcasting in San Diego on 89.5 MHz, 89.1 MHz K206AC in La Jolla, and on 97.7 MHz KQVO in Calexico, Imperial County. The station is affiliated with National Public Radio, with programming... , San Diego, California KQEI-FM, Sacramento, California

KQVO, Calexico, California KUOW-FM KUOW-FM KUOW-FM 94.9 is a National Public Radio affiliate radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is a top-ranked radio station in the Seattle/Tacoma media market... , Seattle, Washington WBAA WBAA WBAA and WBAA-FM are the call signs for two American radio stations owned by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana—an AM station at 920 kHz and an FM station at 101.3 MHz. Both broadcast from studios in the Edward C... , West Lafayette, Indiana WETA WETA (FM) WETA is a non-commercial, public radio station in Washington, DC broadcasting a classical music radio format on 90.9 FM. Its studios are located in... , Washington, D.C. WETH, Hagerstown, Maryland WILL WILL WILL is the callsign of the three public broadcasting stations owned by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and directly operated by its Division of Broadcasting... , Urbana, Illinois WNYC WNYC WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs... , New York City, New York Hong Kong Radio Television 3, Hong Kong