Popular NPR shows carried by KQED-FM and KQEI-FM include Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Here and Now and Marketplace.

Among the locally produced shows are Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal, The California Report and Tech Nation.

The KQED-FM newsroom prepares frequent local and California news updates which air between programs, in addition to hourly newscasts from NPR.

[7] In addition to Christian radio programming, the station's subcarrier broadcast theology courses to receivers at 44 Bay Area churches.

[8] When agencies of the Presbyterian Church (USA) could no longer support the station, KXKX signed off at midnight on the evening of June 29, 1967.

[7] The founding manager was Bernard Mayes, who later went on to be executive vice president of KQED television and also co-founder and chairman of NPR.

The first programming of KQED-FM included news, 'street radio' broadcast live from local street corners, drama and music.

Later, due to reduced funding, Mayes opened the air to 'Tribal Radio' - productions by local non-profit groups, some in their own languages.