KQED's television programming is repeated in the Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz market on KQET analog channel 25 and digital channel 58, licensed to Watsonville.
KQET was first aired on May 17, 1989 as KCAH, a locally-owned PBS member station that served the Monterey area. In the late 1990s, San Jose PBS member station KTEH acquired KCAH, making it a satellite of KTEH.
KCAH changed its call letters to KQET on August 12, 2007, months after the merger of KQED and KTEH. On October 1, 2007, KQET switched programming sources from KTEH to KQED.
KQET terminated its analog transmissions on May 9, 2009, and has now moved its digital signal from its pre-transition UHF channel 58 back to UHF channel 25, its historic analog frequency.
The station broadcasts from Fremont Peak near San Juan Bautista. KQET's subchannels are multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | main KQED programming |
| 25.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KQEH (KQED Plus) |
| 25.3 | V-me |
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