Alaska Public Radio - KSKA

Public radio station KSKA FM 91.1 is Southcentral Alaska’s source of NPR news and information. KSKA began broadcasting from Grant Hall on the Alaska Pacific University campus in 1978. KSKA signed on the air as 103 FM on August 15 as Aurora Community Broadcasting with 3,000 watts of power. Around 1980, KSKA boosted power to 36,000 watts and moved to FM 91.1 on the dial. In 1994, KSKA merged with public television station KAKM Channel 7, forming the parent company of the Alaska Public Telecommunications Inc. (APTI) and moved in with KAKM at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center in 1997. KSKA tripled its coverage area in the fall of 1998 by installing a 100,000-watt transmitter. On July 1, 2004, APTI merged with the Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN) to become more efficient by consolidating services. KSKA broadcasts 24-hours-a-day and reaches about 60 percent of the state’s population. KSKA cooperates with KAKM in local initiatives and public affairs programming and APRN provides news content and direction for KSKA reporters and public affairs producers. ------ Shows: A Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, Beale Street Caravan, Car Talk (NPR), Fresh Air (NPR), Latino USA, Marketplace, NPR's Morning Edition, On the Media, Piano Jazz, Riverwalk Jazz, Talk of the Nation, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, The Thistle & Shamrock, This American Life, Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, Weekend All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday, Weekend Edition Sunday, Global Business, One Planet, The Strand, BBC World Business News, Calling All Pets, Heart and Soul, The Interview, The World Today, World Briefing, Jazz Profiles, Blues Before Sunrise, The World, Tech Nation, Mountain Stage, Afropop Worldwide, Alternative Radio, City Arts and Lectures, Jazz Set, Only a Game, National Native News, Alaska News Nightly, Talk of Alaska ----- Hosts: Michele Norris, Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Ruthie Foster, Betty Harris, Bill Frisell, Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, Kai Ryssdal, Steve Chiotakis, Jeremy Hobson, Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep, Dorothy Hickson, Carlos Rosado, Richard Knox, Not Found, David Holt, Jim Cullum, Neal Conan, Ira Flatow, Annette Heist, Charles Bergquist, Ira Glass, Jessica Hopper, Alex Blumberg, Peter Sagal Sagal, Carl Kasell Kasell, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Audie Cornish, Robin Guthrie, Brendan Perry, Marcelo D2, Terry Gross, Lisa Mullins, Marco Werman, Moira Gunn, David Ewing Duncan, Larry Groce, Paul Lancour, Steven Winn, Kim Severson, Bill Littlefield, Charlie Pierce