- Pacific Time (radio show)
Infobox Radio Show
show_name = Pacific Time
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runtime = ca. 29 min.
country = USA
language = English
home_station = KQED
home_station = KQED
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presenter = Oanh Ha
creator = Nguyen Qui Duc
George Lewinski
Nina Thorsen
writer = Oanh Ha
director = Nina Thorsen
producer = Nina Thorsen
executive_producer = Raul Ramirez
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record_location =San Francisco, California
first_aired =November 16 ,2000
last_aired =October 11 ,2007
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audio_format =Stereophonic
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website = [http://www.kqed.org/radio/pacifictime/index.html Official website]
podcast ="Pacific Time" was a weekly radio program that covered a wide range of
Asian American ,East Asia n andSoutheast Asia n issues, includingeconomics ,language ,politics ,public policy ,business ,the arts andsports . Withnews bureau s inBangkok ,Beijing , andTokyo cite news|url=http://asianweek.com/2001_08_03/news_pacifictime.html|accessdate=2007-11-11|publisher=Asian Week|date=August 3, 2001|title=Pacific Time|author=Sam Chu Lin] , it was the only public radio program devoted toAsian-American issues.cite news|url=http://asianweek.com/2007/10/04/time%E2%80%99s-up-for-%E2%80%98pacific-time%E2%80%99/|accessdate=2007-11-11|publisher=Asian Week|date=October 4, 2007|title=Time’s Up For ‘Pacific Time’|author=Megan Kung]Produced by KQED in
San Francisco, California , the show was syndicated by as many as 37 otherpublic radio stations in markets around theUnited States . The show premiered in 2000 and was hosted byNguyen Qui Duc until September, 2006, when Nguyen returned toVietnam [cite news|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2007-11-09|title=Good morning, Vietnam: decades after he fled, a radio host is going home|author=Vanessa Hua|date=August 15, 2006|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/15/DDGK2KH7QV1.DTL] . After Nguyen's departure it was hosted by K. Oanh Ha. Citing financial difficulties, KQED cancelled the show and its last broadcast wasOctober 11 ,2007 . [cite news|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2007-11-09|title=Citing finances, KQED cancels 'Pacific Time'|author=Joe Garofoli|date=September 26, 2007|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/26/DDHLSDDPQ.DTL] At the time it was cancelled the program cost $500,000 per year to produce and had a weekly audience of 190,000.tations
Stations carrying "Pacific Time":
References
External links
*"Pacific Time" [http://www.kqed.org/radio/pacifictime Official website]
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