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Signal Society Membership
The Signal Society is a special group of friends who annually contribute $1,500 - $9,999 to KQED. This generous support ensures that KQED can continue to present the highest quality programming and educational services for the people of Northern California.
Membership in the Signal Society offers substantial personal rewards as well. Members have unique opportunities to enjoy stimulating by-invitation-only events with the people who make public broadcasting a local and national treasure, use of the 500-title Lending Library, and more.
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Ways you can participate:
$1,500-$2,499
- Invitation to KQED Fall Preview & Screening, annual President's Reception and events with public broadcasting personalites
- Lending Library borrowing privileges (to catch up on radio & television programming you may have missed!)
- One-year subscription to San Francisco or printed version of The Guide
- Receive QED In, Signal Society's monthly email newsletter
- Recognition on Annual Donor Wall in the Barbro and Bernard Osher Atrium at KQED Broadcast Center
- KQED MemberCard (good for additional discounts at museums, arts organizations, and stores around the Bay Area)
$2,500-$4,999
Includes benefits extended to above plus:
- Visit to the set of a locally produced television show (at mutually agreed upon time) and lunch or dinner with KQED executive staff
- Support listed in Go Public newsletter
$5,000-$9,999
Includes benefits extended to above plus:
- Reservations for the Signal Society patrons' event
- Live viewing of selected KQED-produced programs
Learn about the Producer's Circle, recognizing KQED donors who give $10,000 or more annually.
Your participation can help KQED:
- Provide millions of people with enriching documentaries, inspiring performances, and enlightening debates
- Promote a greater understanding and appreciation of our own community and the world we share
- Deliver educational materials to teachers, students, parents, and families
Your membership will enable you to:
- Talk to leading reporters, hosts, and producers
- Meet others who care deeply about public broadcasting
- Attend advance screenings of new productions
- Receive information about upcoming television and radio programs
- Enjoy borrowing privileges from the Signal Society Lending Library
You can be the beneficiary of all this and more by:
- Supporting KQED's mission of service to the community
- Joining the Signal Society and making an annual donation of $1,500 or more
KQED formed the Signal Society in 1992 to provide people with a deep commitment to public broadcasting a way to invest at a higher level. The Signal Society is dedicated to the idea that the true benefit derived from an investment of $1,500 or more in KQED is the assurance that this community resource will continue to be strong, responsive, creative, and exciting.
Signal Society Co-Chairs
Michele A. Benjamin
Willa Seldon
2008 Committee Members
Leonard Gordon
Marie Jorajuria
Charles S. La Follette
Cynthia C. Magowan
Leo P. Martinez
Rita Moreno
Connie Cox Price
Stephen B. Ruben
John Parker Willis
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Photo Captions
First Row, Left to Right: President and CEO Jeff Clarke with Leona from Between the Lions; Signal Society members, the Pancoast family, with Jacques Pépin; Belva Davis, host of This Week in Northern California, with Signal Society and Board member Tom Epstein.
Second Row, Left to Right: Douglas Hope and Katie Karp Hope with Neal Conan of Talk of the Nation; Chief Content Officer Linda O'Bryon with Signal Society members Lily and Riaz Moledina; KQED Board member and Signal Society committee member Rita Moreno at a dinner and cabaret performance for major donors making annual contributions of $5,000 or more.
For KQED Supporters.
Congress
Authorizes
2008-09 IRA Gifts by
Donors over Age 70½
