KHNS is a FM

Frequency modulation

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-broadcasting public radio

Public broadcasting

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 station with principal studios and offices in Haines

Haines, Alaska

Haines is a census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the area was 1,811. Haines was formerly a city but no longer has a municipal government...

, Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

, secondary studios in Skagway

Skagway, Alaska

Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. It was formerly a city first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 862...

, and a broadcast throughout the Haines Borough

Haines Borough, Alaska

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,392 people, 991 households, and 654 families residing in the borough. The population density was 0,88 people per square mile . There were 1,419 housing units at an average density of 0,52 per square mile...

, Klukwan

Klukwan, Alaska

Klukwan is a census-designated place in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 139.-History:...

, and the Skagway area (in other words, upper Lynn Canal

Lynn Canal

Lynn Canal is an inlet into the mainland of southeast Alaska.Lynn Canal runs about from the inlets of the Chilkat River south to Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage...

).

Programming

KHNS is region's only local radio station and offers a wide variety of programming. News for the station includes local news the station's sole reporter. While the reporter is usually based in Haines an effort is made to cover news from the other distinct population center in its listener area: Skagway.

KHNS receives statewide news from the Alaska Public Radio Network

Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.

Alaska Public Media is a non-profit organization with member television and radio stations that are part of PBS, NPR and other public broadcasting networks...

, national news from National Public Radio, and international news from the BBC

BBC

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. KHNS also subscribes to a variety of American Public Media

American Public Media

American Public Media is the second largest producer of public radio programs in the United States of America after NPR. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota, California, and Florida. Its station brands are Minnesota Public Radio,...

 (such as A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

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) and Public Radio International

Public Radio International

Public Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...

 shows. The station also produces a cadre of shows primarily based out of its Haines studios, but also a number from its Skagway studios as well.

Notably, KHNS is the only Southeast Alaskan

Alaska Panhandle

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 public radio station that is not a member of CoastAlaska

CoastAlaska

CoastAlaska is an umbrella public radio network for five Southeast Alaskan public radio stations: KRBD, Ketchikan; KSTK, Wrangell; KTOO, Juneau; KFSK, Petersburg; and KCAW, Sitka....

.

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