Alaska Educational Radio System (AERS) is an Alaskan non-profit organization and is licensee of radio stations that are affiliated with Pacifica Radio, National Public Radio and other community radio and public broadcasting networks. AERS has studios in Anchorage and Soldotna.
AERS operates community radio stations KWMD (90.7 FM) and previously, KABN-FM (89.7) which broadcasts cover much of Southcentral Alaska including Anchorage, Eagle River, Kasilof, Kenai, Nikiski, Palmer, Soldotna, Sterling and Wasilla. AERS is further affiliated with KEUL (88.9 FM) located in Girdwood.
AERS has facilities pending in several additional communities including Fairbanks, Homer and Seward.
Seward is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. Located on Resurrection Bay, a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast, approximately 120 miles (190 km) by road from Alaska's largest city, Anchorage.
Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,342, up from 4,163 in 2010. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
KAKM is a PBS member television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Owned by Alaska Public Media, it is sister to NPR member KSKA. The two stations share studios at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center on the campus of Alaska Pacific University; KAKM's transmitter is located near Knik, Alaska.
Alaska Public Media is a non-profit organization with member television and radio stations that are part of PBS, NPR and other public broadcasting networks. Formerly known as Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., Alaska Public Media relies upon several funding sources, including member donations, state and federal dollars, and grants from private foundations, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and other organizations.
GCI Communication Corp (GCI) is a telecommunications corporation operating in Alaska. Through its own facilities and agreements with other providers, GCI provides cable television service, Internet access, wireline (networking), and cellular telephone service. It is a subsidiary of Colorado-based company Liberty Broadband, a company affiliated with Liberty Media that also owns a 26% interest in Charter Communications, having been originally acquired by Liberty in 2015.
The Alaska State Troopers, officially the Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST), is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a division of the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS). The AST is a full-service law enforcement agency that handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The AST is also involved in apprehending fugitives as part of the Alaska Fugitive Task Force, an inter-agency collaborative of Alaska police departments that cooperates with police agencies throughout the United States and less commonly with Interpol in apprehending wanted men and women. Unlike many lower 48 states, the AST also serves as Alaska’s primary environmental law enforcement agency; troopers assigned to the AST’s Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers are known as "Alaska Wildlife Troopers" and primarily serve as game wardens, although they retain the same powers as other Alaskan state troopers.
KYUR is a television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Vision Alaska LLC, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC, owner of Fox affiliate KTBY, for the provision of certain services. The two stations share studios on East Tudor Road in Anchorage; KYUR's transmitter is located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Some of KYUR's programming is broadcast to rural communities via low-power translators through the Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS).
KTUU-TV is a television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, affiliated with NBC and CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KAUU. The two stations share studios on East 40th Avenue in midtown Anchorage; KTUU-TV's transmitter is located in Knik, Alaska.
KAUU is a television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside dual NBC/CBS affiliate KTUU-TV. The two stations share studios on East 40th Avenue in Anchorage; KAUU's transmitter is located in Knik, Alaska.
KFQD is a commercial radio station in Anchorage, Alaska branded as "News Talk 750 and 103.7 KFQD". It broadcasts a news/talk format and is owned by Alpha Media LLC. The studios and offices are on Arctic Slope Avenue in Anchorage.
The Hour of Slack was a one-hour radio program produced by the Church of the SubGenius centering on the King of Slack, J. R. "Bob" Dobbs. Reverend Ivan Stang presented his own commentary, along with recorded material from all SubGenius radio and stage shows, bands, ranters, media barrage collage artists, and selections from the indie audio underground created by various SubGenii and others. 1,890 segments of this show had been broadcast before it was discontinued in June 2022. Most segments can now be listened to on the Internet Archive. It is syndicated across North America, and weekly shows are available by mail. Originally created in Dallas, TX for local radio station KNON, the show now originates either in pre-recorded form from the Church of the SubGenius headquarters in Cleveland Heights, OH, or occasionally performed live at WCSB-FM on the campus of Cleveland State University. The show is also available as a podcast in iTunes
KCAW is a non-commercial radio station in Sitka, Alaska, on 104.7 FM, which airs public radio programming. It first went on air in 1982.
KRAW was a Pacifica Radio-affiliated talk radio station. KRAW was licensed to Kasilof, Alaska by the Alaska Educational Radio System (AERS).
KRUA is a non-commercial educational college radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. The station is operated by students at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and is the only student-run station in Anchorage.
KHAR is a commercial radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. It airs a soft oldies - adult standards radio format, supplied by Westwood One's "America's Best Music" service. It is owned by Alpha Media, with studios on Artic Slope Avenue, two blocks west of the Dimond Center Shopping Mall in Anchorage.
KOAN is a commercial radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned by Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera del Fin. Its studios are located on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage, and its transmitter is located in South Anchorage.
KRAW was a non-commercial radio station in Sterling, Alaska, broadcasting to the Kenai, Alaska, area on 90.1 FM. KRAW signed on as KWMD on July 26, 2003, programming a non-commercial modern rock format.
Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs from Homer northeast and east to Tok by way of Anchorage. It is one of two routes in Alaska to contain significant portions of freeway: the Seward Highway in south Anchorage and the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer.
KCFT-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is owned by CBI Media Group alongside radio stations KATB, KAFC, and KVNT. The stations share studios on Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage. KCFT-CD features a variety of Christian talk and teaching programs.
Soldotna Airport is a city-owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Soldotna, Alaska.