Winds are Interrupting KSKA Broadcasts Tuesday

Tue, Dec 22, 2009

Strong winds in the Turnagain Arm and Hillside areas have interrupted our broadcast of programs this morning.

Should you not be able to pick up our signal, you can listen to KSKA by going to: http://kska.org/listen-now/.

Click on MP3 Stream.

You can also listen to KSKA by turning to 7.2 on your television.

We expect strong winds in the area to continue through Wednesday evening.

Early Friday morning schedule update

Thu, Jul 9, 2009

Work will be done this evening (Thursday) on KSKA’s program delivery system temporarily interrupting our live news from the BBC this evening and early tomorrow (Friday) morning . Until the program link is restored, you’ll hear Marian McPartland Piano Jazz tonight at midnight, followed by Tech Nation at 1:00 am, Sound Medicine at 2:00 am and City Arts and Lectures at 3:00 am.

BBC World News should be back at 4:00 am Friday morning with Morning Edition at 5:00 am.

Thanks for listening and thanks for your support.

Off Mic: KSKA in Girdwood

Wed, May 27, 2009

The KSKA translator in Girdwood is on the air, but listeners have reported poor air quality. We suspect a part needs replacing and hopefully we will be able to restore better audio quality sometime this weekend. Thanks for listening and letting us know the sound quality in Girdwood needs attention.

UPDATE: 5/29/09 The sound quality has improved in Girdwood. Thanks for your patience.

KSKA is Temporarily Off the Air

Mon, May 4, 2009

KSKA is temporarily off the air.

The station is experiencing difficulties with its transmitter. We hope to be back on the air soon.

We apologize for any inconveniences .

UPDATE: KSKA is officially back on-air as of 1:15pm AKST. The problem at our transmitter site in Goose Bay has been resolved. Thanks for your patience.

KSKA off-air briefly tonight

Mon, Apr 27, 2009

KSKA’s engineering staff will be working out at Goose Bay this evening (Monday) to replace equipment for KSKA, FM 91.1 and KAKM Channel 7 television transmission. KSKA will be off the air for a few hours after midnight to accommodate the engineering work. We apologize for the inconvernience and thank you for your patience.

Programming interrupted

Mon, Jan 26, 2009

The analog transmitter is not working properly and has interrupted KSKA programming this morning. Our engineers are on site and working to restore our programming as quickly as possible. Listeners receiving KSKA’s signal through an HD receiver or our translated communities should be O.K. “Fresh Air” will repeat this afternoon at 3:00p.m.

UPDATE:

A problem with an air handling unit at our transmitter site was the culprit that interrupted KSKA’s broadcast this morning. Programming was restored by 11:00a.m. today. We are sorry for the interruption. You can listen to “Fresh Air” this afternoon at 3:00p.m.

NPR signal difficulties this afternoon

Mon, Aug 4, 2008

We’re experiencing signal difficulties this afternoon in our live feed of All Things Considered (ATC) from National Public Radio (NPR). Upon investigation, it appears to be a problem originating from the NPR signal generated in Washington, DC. The audio simply drops out intermittently — a very frustrating sort of problem. We’re working with NPR to restore normal service.

In the mean time, three bits of good news:

NPR programming ends at 6:00 p.m. local time and won’t resume until the wee hours of the morning; once we’re based on locally-originated material, the annoying drop-outs will end.
We expect the NPR signal difficulties to be resolved before Morning Edition kicks off early Tuesday.
You can listen to All Things Considered — in its entirety or story-by-story — here.

So we’re still on the air — except for the ATC issues this evening. We deeply apologize for the difficulty.

KSKA signal interrupted

Fri, Jul 25, 2008

At 1:20p.m. a power outage at our transmitter site near Anchorage took KSKA programming off the air . Power and programmwas restored at about 3:00p.m. today.

Separately, work at our transmitter site will be done this weekend that may result in brief interruptions of KSKA’s on-air signal. Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding.

HD radio signal shut off

Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Due to frequent drop outs in KSKA’s HD radio signal, our HD service has been discontinued until the problem can be resolved. Please make sure your radio is set to receive KSKA’s analog signal, as the HD signal is not available. We will continue to post engineering updates regarding HD signal online until the problem has been repaired. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

KSKA off the air

Wed, Mar 26, 2008

At 1:55 PM Wednesday afternoon, KSKA experienced a microwave failure at our transmitter site in Goose Bay. Our engineers are at the site and working to restore KSKA’s signal as soon as possible. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience. Click on Listen Online to tune in on your computer.

UPDATE: Our signal has been restored. Thanks for your patience