KTKU
Encyclopedia
KTKU is a commercial country
music radio station
in Juneau, Alaska
, broadcasting on 105.1 FM
. It is located at the Juneau Radio Center, at 3161 Channel Drive with its sister stations KINY
, KJNO
and KSUP
. It is part of an 8 station group, Alaska Broadcast Communications
, headquartered at the Juneau Radio Center.
.
Programming was directed by Paul Demers, who put together a fulltime airstaff including Rick Rydell
as the morning show host, Paul Glazier as middays, Paul Demers afternoons, and Tracy Sharp as evenings.
Former Mayor of Juneau and current State Senator (D), Dennis Egan, was the first General Manager.
KTKU was Top 40 with album cuts when it debuted as Taku 105, being branded after the massive Taku ice field which lies directly above the city.
Today, Taku 105 plays hot country and is home of the much talked about Morning Crew - the 'Real' Jeff McCoy, Sharon and Chester. The Morning Crew is an entertainment based show and is known to be family friendly, yet irreverent. The biggest stunt they have done to date was an April Fools day prank where they told listeners the CD library had been stolen overnight, except for Achy Breaky Heart from Billy Ray Cyrus .. which they played back to back for over 2 hours before revealing the joke. Many listeners came to the station bringing in CDs and Ipods to help out. Each listener was given a pizza voucher when they arrived.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
music radio station
Radio station
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in Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...
, broadcasting on 105.1 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...
. It is located at the Juneau Radio Center, at 3161 Channel Drive with its sister stations KINY
KINY
KINY is a Full Service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Juneau, Alaska, serving Alaska Panhandle. KINY is owned and operated by Alaska Broadcast Communications.-History:...
, KJNO
KJNO
KJNO is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Juneau, Alaska, USA, the station serves the Alaska Panhandle area. The stations studios are at the Juneau Radio Center, which is home to KINY, KTKU, KSUP....
and KSUP
KSUP
KSUP is a commercial music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 106.3 FM. The station changed from a rock format in the spring of 2007. The station is branded as MIX 106....
. It is part of an 8 station group, Alaska Broadcast Communications
Alaska Broadcast Communications
Alaska Broadcast Communications is a local radio broadcasting company, serving the entire southeastern area of Alaska. The main office, along with the Juneau studios, is located at the Juneau Radio Center, located at 3161 Channel Drive in Juneau, Alaska....
, headquartered at the Juneau Radio Center.
History & Programming
KTKU signed on the air in 1984 as the first commercial FM station in the capital city of Juneau. It was debuted under the ownership of Roy Paschal, longtime cable guru of South Central Alaska, as the sister station of KJNOKJNO
KJNO is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Juneau, Alaska, USA, the station serves the Alaska Panhandle area. The stations studios are at the Juneau Radio Center, which is home to KINY, KTKU, KSUP....
.
Programming was directed by Paul Demers, who put together a fulltime airstaff including Rick Rydell
Rick Rydell
Rick Rydell is an American talk radio host, outdoorsman, writer and author. Rydell has enjoyed a long career in radio, most prominently with various stations in Anchorage, Alaska...
as the morning show host, Paul Glazier as middays, Paul Demers afternoons, and Tracy Sharp as evenings.
Former Mayor of Juneau and current State Senator (D), Dennis Egan, was the first General Manager.
KTKU was Top 40 with album cuts when it debuted as Taku 105, being branded after the massive Taku ice field which lies directly above the city.
Today, Taku 105 plays hot country and is home of the much talked about Morning Crew - the 'Real' Jeff McCoy, Sharon and Chester. The Morning Crew is an entertainment based show and is known to be family friendly, yet irreverent. The biggest stunt they have done to date was an April Fools day prank where they told listeners the CD library had been stolen overnight, except for Achy Breaky Heart from Billy Ray Cyrus .. which they played back to back for over 2 hours before revealing the joke. Many listeners came to the station bringing in CDs and Ipods to help out. Each listener was given a pizza voucher when they arrived.