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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San Diego's growing, but how? In Whose Backyard examines 100,000+ housing permits, revealing where new homes are built, their types, and the impact on San Diego communities and development. -
Lawyers representing detainees at San Diego County’s Otay Mesa Detention Center say overcrowding is forcing their clients to sleep on the floors of their cells and damaging their health. -
Sorrento Valley and UTC are the biggest job centers in San Diego County, but only a tiny amount of new homes were permitted there since 2018. That’s about to change. -
Earlier this month, three members of the Donnelly Community Services Center’s nonprofit board voted to fire founder and chief executive, Rosa Diaz. Diaz denied wrongdoing and said the board’s action amounted to a “hostile takeover.” -
San Diego County’s Elder Justice Task Force is ramping up efforts to combat rising financial fraud targeting older adults. -
Downtown, Bankers Hill, Hillcrest and North Park have seen the highest concentration of new housing in recent years, following a host of reforms aimed at building more homes in walkable neighborhoods.
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