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Carl Pogue

Radio Traffic Coordinator

Carl has worked in radio for 25 years, starting in 1985 at a jazz station (KMHD) near Portland, Oregon. From 1992 to 2008, Carl lived on Saipan, an island in the Northern Marianas chain in Micronesia. For nine of those years he served as the General Manager of the island's only public radio station. From 2009 to 2010, Carl studied abroad in Strasbourg, France and participated at a course in residence at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He was the Program Director at KVCR (San Bernardino/Riverside) before joining KPBS.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
  • A documentary profiling Pedro J. Gonzalez. The story of a man who symbolizes the history of people of Mexican descent in the United States. Fought in the Mexican revolution in 1910. In 1920, he became a famous Spanish radio & recording star of his generation. In 1934, at height of popularity, he was sentenced to 50 years in San Quentin prison as part of one of the most controversial court cases.
  • The story of San Diego architectural growth from adobe missions and haciendas to glittering high-rises is the story of the city itself. By looking at San Diego's past, we can better understand why the city looks the way it does and what we might do to shape its future.
  • The creation of San Diego's Old Globe Theatre and the modern attempt to recreate Shakespeare's Old Globe Playhouse.
  • Learn how Tijuana's economic transformation is creating new political challenges. The city has been caught up in the dramatic struggle for democracy that is sweeping the globe. A fiercely independent press has emerged, providing a voice for popular discontent with corruption and abuse of power. But independence has come at a high price.
  • Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with KPBS+. When three children die of leukemia in a rural Mexican community, two mother’ partner with a hydrogeologist to investigate their water supply. The discovery of dangerous radioactivity leads to community backlash and government denial.
  • Since he first floated the idea on a podcast this summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom has been the face of a plan to redraw California’s congressional lines to favor Democrats.