Engineering Update: Monday Morning Drop Outs

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

You might have heard some drops outs in KSKA’s signal during Talk of the Nation this morning (Monday) around 11:10 am. Transmission of the program live from Washington D.C. was reestablished about 8 minutes after the initial drop outs. KSKA’s engineers are aware of the problem and working to resolve it as soon as possible. Than you for your patience.

KSKA transmitter work begins tonight at 11:30 p.m.

Thu, Jul 1, 2010

KSKA will be off the air for scheduled maintenance this evening (Thursday July 1) at 11:30 p.m. We should be back on by 5:00 a.m. Friday morning. Thank you for your patience.

Photo by Kristin Spack: July daisies outside the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center.

KSKA HD off air

Mon, May 24, 2010

As of 10:00 am Monday (May 24) KSKA’s HD signal is off air due to an equipment failure. 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 until the problem has been repaired. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

UPDATE: As of June 16, 2010 KSKA’s HD signal is back up and running. Please call 907-550-8400 if you continue to experience any problems listening to KSKA in HD.

Engineers working

Tue, May 18, 2010

APTI Engineers will be working on KSKA’s hybrid digital (HD) signal tonight (Tuesday May 18) from 10:00p.m. to midnight. Analog delivery of programming may experience some outages this evening while the work is being done. Work should be completed by midnight.

KSKA Programming Interrupted

Mon, May 3, 2010

KSKA’s transmitter at Goose Bay is not working properly and programming has consequentially been interrupted as of 11:00 AM Monday morning. KSKA engineers are currently addressing the problem and working to restore KSKA’s signal as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

UPDATE:

12:00 PM – KSKA engineers are traveling to Goose Bay to assess transmitter.

1:30 PM – KSKA’s signal has been restored.

Thank you for you patience.

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.