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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Great food isn’t just about eating—it’s about coming together to create something special. In this episode, Chef Yia Vang explores two beloved wrapped dishes that unite families and communities. The Mohamed sisters (Hoya Sambusa) showcase their Somali sambusas, while Rashmi Bhattachan and Sarala Kattel of Momo Dosa wrap up some delectable Nepali momo.
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RELISH shares stories and recipes of cultural heritage in Twin Cities communities through the universal language of food. In each episode, host and chef Yia Vang of Vinai takes viewers in kitchens with local chefs as they serve up an ingredient or dish that has personal and cultural meaning to them.
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A judge Friday denied a request from the defense attorneys representing Larry Millete — the Chula Vista man charged with murdering his wife, who has been missing for more than four years after vanishing from her home — to move his murder trial away from the Chula Vista courthouse.
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