Meet the Team

Leon Messenie

Director of Engineering

Leon 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

Environment

Oceanographers create 5-day forecast for beach pollution

Thomas Fudge

Beaches on San Diego’s south coast have been closed countless times by sewage discharge in the Tijuana River Valley. Now there’s a way to predict when water pollution will be a problem.
Politics

San Diego County Supervisors vote 4-1 in favor of program for employers in ICE era

City News Service

The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 4-1 in favor of a program to train owners and employees of small businesses about their rights in the event of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid.
Quality of Life

Boosted service, discount tickets available for public transit to Comic-Con

City News Service

With more than 135,000 people expected to attend Comic-Con International this week, regional transit agencies Tuesday urged fans to skip the traffic and take advantage of expanded public transportation options.
Politics

Lawson-Remer elected chair of San Diego County Board of Supervisors

City News Service

Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer was elected chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday in a 3-1-1 vote.
National

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from Olympic women's sports

The Associated Press

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee tells the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports that it has an "obligation to comply" with an executive order issued by President Trump.
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