Schedule Updates: Memorial Day

Mon, May 31, 2010

Engineering Pharmaceuticals explores one of the major causes of rising health care costs – development of new drugs. It can cost up to a billion dollars to bring a new drug to market. Engineering Pharmaceuticals goes behind the curtain and shows how drugs are created and looks at efforts to bring down the cost.

This special program airs Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day) at 2:00 pm, repeating at 8:00 pm in place of KSKA’s Line One: Your Health Connection. Line One will return next week.

Algo Nuevo: May 30, 2010

Sun, May 30, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the Sunday May 30, 2010 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail to algonuevo [at] kska [dot] org or post your comment at the bottom of this post. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:

Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title

Polka San Jose
Albert Tafoya
New Mexico’s Best 2008

La Cruz De Madera
Darren Cordova Y Calor
Inolvidable Amor
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Traveling Music: May 30, 2010

Sun, May 30, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the May 30, 2010 edition of Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:

Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title
CD Label
Duration
Links

Stones in the Road
Mary Chapin Carpenter / Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter
Columbia / Legacy
4:32

Lucky Man
David Francey / David Francey
Far End of Summer
Laker Music
3:32
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Night Music: May 29, 2010

Sat, May 29, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the May 29, 2010 edition of Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:

Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title
CD Label
Song Duration

Her Beautiful Soul
Randy Klein / Klein
Sunday Morning
Jazzheads JH1179
4:57

Fly Free
Randy Klein / Klein
Sunday Morning
Jazzheads JH1179
4:58
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Algo Nuevo Hour: May 28, 2010

Fri, May 28, 2010

Here’s the music playlist from the Friday May 28, 2010 edition of Algo Nuevo Hour. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send e-mail to algonuevo [at] kska [dot] org or post your comment at the bottom of this post. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:

Song Title
Artist Name
Album Title

Polka San Jose
Albert Tafoya
New Mexico Superstar Series
Alta Vista
3:41

Un Ano Mas Sin Ti
Gonzalo
Greatest Hits
New Mexico Music Academy
3:48
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Anchorage Edition: May 28, 2010

Fri, May 28, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Obama halts Arctic Ocean drilling.
Where does Obama’s decision leave Shell?
What has been the response of Alaska’s political leaders?
What about the small oil spill in Alaska?
How is the 2010 tourist season shaping up?
Is it unusual that Governor Parnell has missed this many gubernatorial debates?
BP says it will pay every legitimate claim generated by the Gulf spill.
What is the latest on the homeless-camp policy in Anchorage?

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Stage Talk: Last Frontier Theater Conference

Fri, May 28, 2010

This week on Stage Talk, hosts Mark Muro and Jean Paal, with first-time guest Constance Huff, of KSKA, discuss the experience of her first time attending the Last Frontier Theater Conference in Valdez.

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Amsterdam’s stop meets visitor industry expections

Fri, May 28, 2010

Earlier this week Anchorage hosted the first of nine summer dockings of Holland America Line’s M.S. Amsterdam. Many are looking to the cruise ship’s 14 hour stays in Anchorage to boost the troubled, local visitor industry.

Anchorage welcomes first cruise ship of 2010 (24 May 2010)

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Addressing Alaskans: Observations from the Walrus Islands in Bristol Bay

Thu, May 27, 2010

Walrus populations of Round Island. Photos courtesy of Terry Johnson.

Terry Johnson, a professor with the University of Alaska Seagrant Marine Advisory Program has been taking ecotour groups to the to view walrus populations in Bristol Bay for over decade. Based on his first-hand observations, Johnson shared his “Notes and Observations from the Walrus Island of Bristol Bay” at a Wildlife Wednesday lecture hosted by Alaska Zoo.

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President Obama speech on BP oil spill

Thu, May 27, 2010

Current Oil Spill Trajectory, May 27, 2010. Source: noaa.gov

President Obama held a news conference at the White House today to address what is being done to stop the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, now the largest spill in America’s history. He also extended a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits for six months, consequently suspending Shell from its plans to drill exploratory wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in Alaska this summer.

President Obama’s complete speech, including questions from the press is posted below.

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