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CoastAlaska is a nonprofit management service organization for seven
public radio Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive ...
stations in
Southeast Alaska Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, and sometimes called the Alaska(n) panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian provi ...
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KRBD KRBD is a non-commercial radio station in Ketchikan, Alaska, broadcasting on 105.3 FM. The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio network, the BBC World Service, and is a member of CoastAlaska. KRBD also airs some ...
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Ketchikan Ketchikan ( ; ) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough on Revillagigedo Island of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic Landmark District. With a po ...
; KSTK, Wrangell; KTOO,
KXLL KXLL is a non-commercial adult album alternative/modern rock hybrid music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 100.7 Frequency Modulation, FM. History Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc. purchased KXLL and KRNN, KSRJ from White Oa ...
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KRNN KRNN is a non-commercial (NPR) music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 102.7 FM. KRNN airs a variety of music genres which include, jazz, classical, and adult album alternative Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or ...
,
Juneau Juneau ( ; ), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located along the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle. Juneau was named the capital of Alaska in 1906, when the government of wha ...
; KFSK, Petersburg; and
KCAW KCAW is a non-commercial radio station in Sitka, Alaska, on 104.7 FM, which airs public radio programming. It first went on air in 1982. History KCAW first began daily broadcasts on 6 March 1982 after a sign-on broadcast on 19 February. Duri ...
, Sitka. In the 1990s, when government funding for public radio was decreasing, the radio stations of Southeast Alaska banded together in an effort to save costs by merging accounting and payroll operations. They also collaboratively funded engineers for miscellaneous technology and transmitter maintenance, as opposed to each station hiring their own engineer. In addition to these services, it also serves as a network to share news stories between news departments throughout Southeast Alaska. The only Southeast Alaska public radio station that is not a member of CoastAlaska is
KHNS KHNS is an FM-broadcasting public radio station with principal studios and offices in Haines, Alaska and secondary studios in Skagway, Alaska. KHNS is broadcast throughout the upper Lynn Canal area which includes the communities of Haines, Sk ...
, which serves the listening area of Haines,
Skagway The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large ...
, and Klukwan (upper
Lynn Canal Lynn Canal is an inlet (not an artificial canal) into the mainland of southeast Alaska. Lynn Canal runs about from the inlets of the Chilkat River south to Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage. At over in depth, Lynn Canal is the deepest fjor ...
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* 1994 establishments in Alaska Mass media in Juneau, Alaska Non-profit organizations based in Juneau, Alaska Organizations established in 1994 Public radio in the United States {{Alaska-radio-station-stub