Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated

Last updated
KYUK
KYUK 640-91.9 logo.jpg
Broadcast area Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (Southwestern Alaska)
Frequency 640 kHz
Programming
Language(s) English, Yupik languages
Format Public radio, music
Affiliations National Public Radio
Public Radio International
Native Voice Communications
American Indian Radio on Satellite
Alaska Public Radio
Ownership
OwnerBethel Broadcasting, Inc.
KYUK-FM, KYUK-TV
History
First air date
May 13, 1971 (1971-05-13)
Former frequencies
580 kHz [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 4963
Class A (former NARBA I-N)
Power 10,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 60°46′54.3″N161°53′8.3″W / 60.781750°N 161.885639°W / 60.781750; -161.885639 (NAD83)
Translator(s) 91.9 MHz K220EA Aniak, Alaska
Links
Public license information
Website www.kyuk.org/
KYUK-FM
Broadcast area Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (southwestern Alaska)
Frequency 90.3 MHz
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Freeform
Ownership
OwnerBethel Broadcasting, Inc.
KYUK (AM), KYUK-TV
History
First air date
December 2009 (2009-12)
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 172683
Class A
Power 385 watts
HAAT 23 meters (75 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 60°47′30.3″N161°46′30.3″W / 60.791750°N 161.775083°W / 60.791750; -161.775083 (NAD83)
Links
Public license information
Website www.kyuk.org/

Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated, doing business as KYUK, KYUK-FM and KYUK-TV is a non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the Yup'ik Eskimo and residents of populations of southwest Alaska with local, non-commercial public radio and television. KYUK is a National Public Radio and Alaska Public Radio affiliate and PBS member station through the Alaska One Public Television Network. KYUK is located in Bethel, Alaska a town situated on the banks of the Kuskokwim River within the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta region of southwestern Alaska.

Contents

KYUK has maintained an archive of their programs and productions. The Archive has over 5,000 audio and video recordings from the mid-1970s to the present. The mission of the Archive is to preserve, organize, store and make accessible moving image and sound recordings produced by KYUK Television and Radio about the culture, language, history and contemporary life of Yup'ik people and residents of the region.

The contents of the Archive include local news footage, newscasts, long form documentaries and documentary production elements, instructional public affairs, feature magazine shows, and Yup'ik dance performance programs. Many programs were produced in both English and Yup'ik languages.

KYUK

KYUK is an AM public radio clear-channel station. It is licensed for 10 kW on 640 kHz. It primarily features programming from National Public Radio and Native Voice One. The latter network occasionally airs a pair of network identification spots which originated from the station, featuring former news reporters Charles Enoch and Julia Jimmie. In these clips, Enoch and Jimmie reference nearby Tuntutuliak (the hometown of both), the station and its location on the Kuskokwim River.

KYUK claims to have been the first Native-owned and operated radio station in the United States when it first went on the air in 1971.

KYUK-FM

KYUK-FM is an FM public radio station broadcasting at 90.3 MHz. It plays music with different genres at different times of day. It went on the air in Bethel in December 2009.

Translators

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K220EA91.9 MHz FM Aniak, Alaska 4976357  m (23  ft)D LMS

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bethel, Alaska</span> City in Alaska, United States

Bethel is a city in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the Kuskokwim River approximately 50 miles (80 km) from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It is the largest community in western Alaska and in the Unorganized Borough and the eighth-largest in the state. Bethel has a population of 6,325 as of the 2020 census, up from 6,080 in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KAKM</span> PBS member station in Anchorage

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.

AlaskaOne was a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network of public television stations based in Fairbanks, Alaska from 1995 to 2012. It served communities in Alaska outside Anchorage. It was operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

KPBX-FM is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in Spokane, Washington. It airs news, talk and information programs on weekday morning and afternoon drive times, with a mix of music shows featuring classical, jazz, blues, folk and other genres the rest of the day, and the BBC World Service overnight. KPBX-FM, along with sister stations 91.9 KSFC and 90.3 KPBZ, are owned and operated by Spokane Public Radio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WCMU-FM</span> Public radio station at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan

WCMU-FM is a public radio station in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The station, owned by Central Michigan University, is a National Public Radio member station, airing a news/talk format along with a variety of other programming. It is the flagship station of a network called WCMU Public Radio made up of six other affiliate stations in Northern Michigan.

WGTE-FM is a public radio station in Toledo, Ohio, and is the radio partner of Channel 30 WGTE-TV, Toledo's PBS network affiliate. It features news, talk, classical music, jazz and folk music. It also airs programs from National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Radio International (PRI).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WOUB-FM</span> Public radio station in Athens, Ohio

WOUB-FM is a public radio station in Athens, Ohio. Owned by Ohio University, it is the flagship of a five-station network known as Ohio University Public Radio. The studios and offices are on South College Street in Athens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KANU (FM)</span> Radio station in Lawrence, Kansas

KANU is the flagship station of Kansas Public Radio (KPR), a seven-station network based in Lawrence at the University of Kansas. In addition to KANU, KPR also operates full-power stations KANH in Emporia, KANV in Olsburg, and KANQ in Chanute ; and low-power translators K210CR in Atchison, and K258BT and K250AY in Manhattan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hawaii Public Radio</span> Public radio network in Hawaii, United States

Hawaiʻi Public Radio (HPR), is a network of listener-supported, public radio stations broadcasting two streams on fifteen frequencies across the state of Hawaii. It is a member of National Public Radio (NPR). The stations originate from studios at The Hawaii Public Radio Plaza on Kaheka Street, near the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu. HPR-1 focuses on news and information by day, with jazz and other music in the evening and the BBC World Service overnight. HPR-2 is mostly classical music, with some hours supplied by Classical 24.

KCHU is a non-commercial radio station in Valdez, Alaska, United States. Through its main transmitter, two full-service FM stations, and two translators, the station covers an area the size of the state of Ohio, but with a population just over 10,000.

KTOO is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Juneau, Alaska, United States. The station is owned by KTOO Public Media. It is the radio sister to KTOO-TV, a PBS satellite member station of KAKM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KSTK</span> Radio station in Wrangell, Alaska

KSTK is a non-commercial radio station in Wrangell, Alaska, broadcasting on 101.7 FM. The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio network and the BBC World Service. The station also airs some locally originated programming.

KBRW-FM is a non-commercial radio station in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, broadcasting on 91.9 MHz FM, and is located at 1695 Okpik Street, in a building that also contains studios for KBRW/680. The FM station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio and WFMT networks. KBRW-FM also airs locally originated programming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KYKD</span> Radio station in Bethel, Alaska

KYKD is a non-profit radio station airing a Christian radio format in Bethel, Alaska. The station is owned by Voice for Christ Ministries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KDLG (AM)</span> Radio station in Dillingham, Alaska

KDLG is a non-commercial, public and community radio station in Dillingham, Alaska, broadcasting on 670 AM. Station programming includes a mix of nationally available NPR shows, Alaska Public Radio Network and local news, and music. It came on the air in 1975. KDLG is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 670 kHz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KSKO-FM</span> Non-commercial radio station in McGrath, Alaska

KSKO-FM is a non-commercial radio station in McGrath, Alaska, broadcasting on 89.5 FM. KSKO is rebroadcast on Class D FM repeaters full time in Grayling, Shageluk, Holy Cross, Nikolai, and Anvik. For part of the day, KSKO is also rebroadcast on KZPA 900 in Fort Yukon and KRFF 89.1 in Fairbanks; KSKO also rebroadcasts a midday show from KRFF. Two new "repeaters" were built in the summer and fall of 2021, KSKC Crooked Creek and KSKP Sleetmute which added 200 people to KSKO's "population served" count for a total of about 1,200 on owned and operated repeaters/signals across a stretch of 200 miles or so along the west central interior.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KUHB-FM</span> Radio station in St. Paul, Alaska

KUHB-FM is a non-commercial radio station in St. Paul, Alaska, broadcasting on 91.9 FM. The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio network and the BBC World Service. KUHB also airs some locally originated programming.

KJNP and KJHA are non-commercial radio stations which simulcast their programming. KJNP is licensed to North Pole, Alaska and serves the Fairbanks area. KJHA is licensed to work in Houston, Alaska, just north of Anchorage. The stations air a Christian radio format.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KUSU-FM</span> Public radio station at Utah State University in Logan, Utah

KUSU-FM, known as Utah Public Radio, is an NPR-member radio station. It airs NPR programs, plus classical and folk music. Licensed to Utah State University in Logan, Utah, it broadcasts as Utah Public Radio on a series of 30 translators throughout the state. It is a part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University.

KIYU-FM is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Galena, Alaska, serving the Alaska Bush. KIYU is owned and operated by Big River Public Broadcasting Corporation.

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, Elaine, ed. (1975). Alaska Blue Book (Second ed.). Juneau: Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries. p. 157.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KYUK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KYUK-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.