KHNS is an FM-broadcasting

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station with principal studios and offices in Haines,

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and secondary studios in

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, Alaska. KHNS is broadcast throughout the upper

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area which includes the communities of Haines, Skagway and Klukwan.

Programming

KHNS is the region's only local radio station and offers a wide variety of programming. Local news is produced by staff in Haines, but also covers Skagway, which is 14 miles from Haines via Ferry. KHNS receives statewide news from the

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, national news from

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, and international news from the

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. KHNS also subscribes to a variety of nationally syndicated shows. The station also produces local music shows in a variety of genres. Notably, KHNS is the only Southeast Alaskan public radio station that is not a member of

CoastAlaska CoastAlaska is a nonprofit management service organization for seven public broadcasting, public radio stations in Southeast Alaska: KRBD, Ketchikan, Alaska, Ketchikan; KSTK, Wrangell, Alaska, Wrangell; KTOO (FM), KTOO, KXLL, KRNN, Juneau, Alaska, ...

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