Since I’m a new resident of San Francisco as well as a new SF Metblogger, I thought I’d start out slow with a shout-out to my new NPR affiliate, KQED. ^[1]

While I am more than a bit bereft to have moved outside the signal area of Los Angeles’s own KCRW ^[2], I’ve managed to dive right into KQED’s morning and evening programming during my commute on the lovely Junipero Serra ^[3] freeway (otherwise known as 280).

That’s why I can safely say that KQED’s Election 2004 coverage ^[4] should be a must-listen…and a must-participate. See, KQED wants you to contribute:

Participate in our special series of four, live, one-hour specials airing on TV, radio and the Web. Host Cynthia Gorney ^[5] will explore four key presidential election issues — and how they will affect the lives of Northern Californians.

Something to say? Send us your presidential election comments and questions vis-à-vis Security, the Economy, Healthcare, and/or the Environment. We’ll put select questions to the experts live, on the air. Click here. ^[6]

In semi-related news, I registered to vote at my new address two weeks ago. I filled out a form in the P.O., but the thing wouldn’t stay sealed, no matter how much spit I applied (ew). Anyway, I pointed this out to the desk representative, at which point she taped it shut. “But it says ‘DO NOT TAPE’,” I protested. “Everybody does it,” she replied. I wanted to ask her if everybody gets their voter registration cards, too.

Now I’m all worried.