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KCAW

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KCAW
Broadcast areaAlaska Panhandle
Frequency104.7 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingRaven Radio
Programming
FormatPublic Radio
Ownership
OwnerRaven Radio Foundation
History
First air date
March 6, 1982
Technical information
ClassA
ERP3,600 watts
HAAT-186 meters
Transmitter coordinates
57°3′13″N 135°21′7″W / 57.05361°N 135.35194°W / 57.05361; -135.35194
Links
Websitewww.kcaw.org

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

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KCAW first began daily broadcasts on 6 March 1982 after a sign-on broadcast on 19 February.[1] During the Sitka pulp mill years, Raven Radio News broadcast opposing perspectives to those of Alaska's national representatives on the issue of resource development. The Anchorage Times, after at first defending resources developers, eventually investigated the issue and found that Raven Radio was presenting an overall unbiased account of Sitka's issues.[2]

Original materials from KCAW have been contributed to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.[3]

Programming

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KCAW is Sitka's only public radio station and offers a wide variety of programming. News for the station includes local news coming from Raven Radio's two paid reporters, Southeast Alaska news from CoastAlaska, statewide news from the Alaska Public Radio Network, national news from National Public Radio, and international news from the BBC World Service. KCAW also airs a variety of American Public Media and Public Radio International programming as well as its own variety of locally produced shows, including the critically acclaimed soul and funk show, "Powerful Love".

KCAW also syndicates Encounters, a nature and wildlife-themed show hosted by Richard Nelson, statewide.

Listening area

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KCAW has a large listening area, by the means of translators, which include much of the western and northern portions of the Alaska Panhandle including Sitka, Angoon, Elfin Cove and the Fairweather fishing grounds, Kake, Pelican, Port Alexander, Tenakee Springs, and Yakutat. Raven Radio has roughly a 1,200-strong member base (listeners who donate money to the station).

Translators

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Broadcast translators of KCAW
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license Facility ID Class ERP
(W)
K288CZ 105.5 Angoon, Alaska 55221 D 23
K221EP 92.1 Elfin Cove, Alaska 141875 D 199
K296CX 107.1 Kake, Alaska 55218 D 30
K219BA 91.7 Pelican, Alaska 55222 D 51
K220CH 91.9 Port Alexander, Alaska 55215 D 37
K211BG 90.1 Sitka, Alaska 55219 D 55
K220BR 91.9 Tenakee Springs, Alaska 55212 D 66
K211BY 90.1 Yakutat, Alaska 55217 D 250

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Woolsey, Robert (6 March 2012). "Newscast: Tue Mar 6, 2012". Raven Radio. Sitka, Alaska. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. ^ Woolsey, Robert (6 March 2012). "Rich & Suzi McClear: Community radio "is the future", Part III". Raven Radio. Sitka, Alaska. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ "KCAW". americanarchive.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
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