Leon Messenie
Director of EngineeringLeon Messenie is a former KPBS staff member.
Leon Messenie has worked in the engineering department at KPBS for 32 years and currently serves as the Director of Engineering. Leon has also worked as a freelance engineer for several media networks, specializing in sports audio engineering. Leon Messenie started his career in the commercial broadcasting industry at KREX Grand Junction, Colorado. He then moved on to KTNV and KVBC in Las Vegas, Nevada before moving to San Diego and joining KPBS. Leon is a past member of the PBS Enterprise Technology Advisory Committee where he served as Chairman for four years.
RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
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Premieres Fridays, May 16 - July 18, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. Stream Season 1 now with KPBS Passport! Ex-cop Alexa Crowe returns to her New Zealand hometown from Australia and finds herself continuing to investigate puzzling murders alongside charismatic DI Harry and her protégé Madison, who has moved into Alexa's home. William Shatner and Renee O'Connor are among the guest stars this season. -
Alexa must sort fact from fiction when a compulsive liar confesses to a murder at a high-end jeweler.
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All the world's a stage when Alexa investigates the murder of an actor in the middle of a live performance.
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A frosty reception awaits Alexa when she investigates how the chef at a resort died in his own walk-in freezer. Guest stars include William Shatner (STAR TREK)
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Alexa will need all five senses to solve the mysterious death of an ambitious young winemaker.
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Alexa is confronted by her own history when she investigates the death of a museum curator.
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