KSEW (Sitka, Alaska)

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KSEW (1400 AM) was a radio station in Sitka, Alaska.

The frequency began in 1949 as KALA. [1] On September 13, 1954, The 1400 AM frequency was reactivated as KSEW. KSEW was a low-power, multilingual radio station that broadcast in both English and Tlingit. [2] One of the employees of KSEW was Tlingit scholar Walter Soboleff. [3]

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References

  1. "KALA on Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 19, 1949. Retrieved 23 September 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Wilber, Del Quentin; Lisa Rein (May 3, 2012). "The sleuth, the Babe and a radio mystery". The Washington Post. p. A1 via ProQuest.
  3. Stolpe, Klas (2011-06-22). "Noted Tlingit elder Walter Soboleff dies". Juneau Empire . Retrieved 2011-06-19.