KNBA is a radio station

Radio station

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 in Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

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. The station is currently owned by Koahnic Broadcast Corporation and airs an adult album alternative

Adult album alternative

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 format, as well as programing from National Public Radio and Public Radio International

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KNBA is run by the Koahnic Broadcasting Corporation. Its programming is primarily Alaska Native affairs, although it also broadcasts shows from a youth media group - the Alaska Teen Media Institute - and rebroadcasts original programming from KSKA, plus programs from Native Voice One. The station is considered the flagship station

Flagship station

In broadcasting, a flagship is the broadcast which originates a television network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and broadcast syndication, but generally not backhauls...

 of National Native News, a news service provided to native-owned commercial, as well as public, radio stations across the United States and Canada. Transmission takes place from Knik TV Mast

Knik TV Mast

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History

The station was assigned the call letters KANH on November 10, 1993. On April 7, 1995, the station changed its call sign to the current KNBA. (Call sign KNBA was previously used by a station in Vallejo, California at 1190 KHz AM.)