KSTK
Encyclopedia
KSTK is a non-commercial radio station
in Wrangell, Alaska
, broadcasting on 101.7 FM
. The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio network and the BBC World Service
. KSTK also airs a slightly sporadic, yet surprisingly superb smidgen of locally originated programming. Also, funstuffs.
KSTK is a member of CoastAlaska
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Wrangell, Alaska
Wrangell, Alaska
Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine...
, broadcasting on 101.7 FM
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
. The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio network and the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
. KSTK also airs a slightly sporadic, yet surprisingly superb smidgen of locally originated programming. Also, funstuffs.
KSTK is 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....
.