Fall Membership Drive 2009: Puffin Pledge

Wed, Oct 14, 2009

It’s beginning to look a lot like pledge drive time around the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center (ESBC) and of course we catch this guy, the KAKM Puffin sneaking into the currently quiet phone bank to get his pledge in early. Starting early Thursday morning, there won’t be any room for the puffin at the phone bank, as we’ll be expecting volunteers from all over the community. Volunteers will be pouring into the ESBC to man the phone banks, chat with Bede during Morning Edition, Connie during All Things Considered and possibly catch a glimpse of the sneaky puffin, starting at 5:00 AM!

KSKA’s fall membership drive kicks off Thursday, October 15 – Saturday 24. Our goal this fall is 1,500 pledges and a total of $230,000. We hope to hear from you. Thanks for your support.

Expanding Local Programming on KSKA

Wed, Sep 2, 2009

KSKA is kicking off September 2009 with a fresh start for many of our local produced programs, including Line One: Your Health Connection, Community Forum and one new program called Addressing Alaskans. During the all Alaska hour, weekdays at 2:00 pm you can look forward to new sounds, voices and listeners beginning this week and next on KSKA.

Addressing Alaskans
Beginning Thursday, September 3
Broadcasts weekly: Thursday at 2:00 p.m., repeating Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.

After two seasons of the Alaska World Affairs Council (AWAC) Presents on KSKA, we’ve decided to expand the program this year to include other community organizations in addition to the AWAC. Every Thursday at 2:00 pm, you will hear local lectures recently recorded in Southcentral, Alaska. From the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Alaska World Affairs Council, the World Trade Center of Alaska, to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Providence Hospital, UAA and APU, we’re traveling all over the community this year to capture conversations that matter to Alaskans.

Hear Senator Lisa Murkowski addressing the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce on “The Impacts of Congressional Action on the Economy,” tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:00 p.m.

Hometown, Alaska
Beginning Wednesday, September 9
Broadcasts weekly: Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., repeating at 10:00 p.m.

(From left: Kathleen McCoy, Charles Wohlforth, Ellen Lockyer)

Kathleen McCoy and Charles Wohlforth join Ellen Lockyer as rotating hosts on Hometown, Alaska, the new live call-in program replacing Community Forum on KSKA. You’ll have a chance to meet all three hosts on the first Hometown, Alaska (Sept. 9), where Kathleen, Ellen and Charles will be asking you the topics you would like to discuss on the shows to come. Then the hosts will begin to rotate, individually hosting 1 – 2 shows per month. If you had a chance to share with a friend an audio snapshot of where we live, what would it sound like? What stories would you tell? Participate in the live call-in Wednesday at 2:00 pm.

Line One: Your Health Connection – STATEWIDE
Beginning Monday, September 14
Broadcasts weekly: Monday at 2:00 p.m., repeating at 8:00 p.m.

KSKA’s weekly health show with Dr. Thad Woodard will be available to public radio stations statewide beginning the Monday after the Labor Day holiday. Next time you listen and would like to call-in with a health related question or comment, be prepared for a new phone number and email address. KSKA listeners will be joined by public radio audiences statewide, next time on Line One.

Web Extra: Interview with the Whad’Ya Know crew

Sun, Aug 9, 2009

Following the live broadcast of Whad’Ya Know in Fairbanks on Friday August 7, KUAC’s Lori Neufeld had a chance to sit down with Michael Feldman and Jim Packard. Lori’s interview with Michael and Jim gives us a preview of the wit, humor and rapport these two longtime friends have shared on the show. Find out how Michael Feldman and Garrison Keillor first met and “all the news that isn’t.”

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Off Mic: Whad’Ya Know LIVE from Fairbanks

Thu, Aug 6, 2009

Friday night at 7:00 pm KSKA will provide a live broadcast of Whad’Ya Know live from Fairbanks. The two-hour show from Wisconsin Public Radio is a mix of monologue, quiz show, interview or hotline call-in, audience participation and music. Since hosting a sold-out show in Fairbanks in 2006, Michael Feldman and the Whad’Ya Know crew have decided to return to the Davis Concert Hall for an encore edition of WYK Friday, August 7 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Alaskan audiences will have the opportunity to hear the program broadcast live, as it will taped for broadcast at a later time.

To make room for WYK, Putumayo World Music Hour and Thistle and Shamrock will not air on KSKA this week, but will return to the schedule next Friday evening.

Off Mic: KSKA Listening to You

Mon, Aug 3, 2009

A note from KSKA’s Program Director, Bede Trantina:

Thank you so much for calling and writing to KSKA sharing your thoughts on the new program schedule. Our special Community Forum call-in with you on July 22nd went by so fast. Pat Yack, VP of APTI’s News and Public Media and I talked to 18 callers and read 10 of your emails with another 30 emails and web comments coming in after the show was over. As a follow up to our January 21st show, you gave us valuable feedback and wonderful comments about KSKA’s program changes to craft a schedule you helped create.

Your feedback on Community Forum on July 22 ranged from wanting to hear the loss of daylight after summer solstice, to inquiring about vintage programs, to encouraging better promotion of shows both on and off the air. We heard you ask that shows that were taken off to make room for the new shows be brought back. And, you asked us to explain the opportunities and limitations that are part of the process of making program changes.
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Web Extra: Sarah Palin’s Farewell Address

Sun, Jul 26, 2009

Sarah Palin formally steps down as Alaska’s governor today. Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell will be sworn in at the Governor’s Picnic in Fairbanks this afternoon and take over as Alaska’s governor.

For more on Sarah Palin’s resignation in Fairbanks, listen to Morning Edition Monday morning from 5:00 – 9:00 am. APRN’s Steve Heimel reports during Alaska Morning News tomorrow at 7:06 and 8:06 am on FM 91.1.

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Web Extra: Governor Sean Parnell’s Acceptance Speech

Sun, Jul 26, 2009

Following Palin’s much anticipated farewell address, Sean Parnell gave his acceptance speech at the Governor’s picnic in Fairbanks. Sarah Palin selected Army National Guard Major Craig Campbell to replace Parnell as Alaska’s lieutenant governor. The Alaska legislature will vote on whether or not to confirm Campbell at a special session in Anchorage on August 10.

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Special coverage: President Obama on Health Care Reform

Wed, Jul 22, 2009

Wednesday evening at 4:00 pm during the first hour of All Things Considered, NPR will provide live anchored coverage of President Obama’s prime time press conference when he is expected to speak on health care reform. The President has asked Congress to send him a health care bill by October that will cut costs while providing medical insurance to most of the 46 million Americans who currently have no coverage. Madeleine Brand will host coverage from NPR West. Senior Washington Editor, Ron Elving, and Health Policy Correspondent Julie Rovner will join her from the NPR studios in Washington. Listen Wednesday at 4:00 on KSKA.

UPDATE: 7/21 Originally scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm (9:00 ET) the President’s press conference has been moved up to 4:00 pm (8:00 ET) on Wednesday. Live coverage will replace the first hour of All Things Considered instead of the second.

Former assembly member’s death stuns Anchorage

Wed, Jul 15, 2009

Anchorage has lost one of its most impassioned advocates and public servants. Yesterday former Anchorage Assembly member Allan Tesche (right) died after undergoing open heart surgery.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings on KSKA

Tue, Jul 14, 2009

On Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15 during Talk of the Nation on KSKA, NPR will offer anchored specials on two of the four confirmation hearing days of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. On both these days, the specials will replace the second hour of Talk of the Nation airing on KSKA from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm.

This special coverage will be hosted by Neal Conan and will include tape and possibly live coverage from the hearings emphasizing the candidates response to questioning. Guests will be on hand to talk about the process and politics of Supreme Court confirmation hearings, as well as the areas of law that are likely to come under focus. Listen Tuesday and Wednesday at 11:00 am on KSKA.

FULL COVERAGE:

If you would like to watch full coverage of the confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme court tune in to KAKM Channel 7.2 beginning at 5:30 am (9:30 ET).

Spanish Language

Throughout the hearings, you can watch the live video stream in Spanish (or English) here: Sonia Sotomayor – impre.com

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