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KRAW is a Pacifica Radio
-affiliated talk
radio station
. KRAW is licensed to Kasilof, Alaska
by the Alaska Educational Radio System
(AERS).
The station broadcasts a wide spectrum of pre-recorded and live streamed programs from the Pacifica Radio
network and affiliated stations, as well as live programs from local contributors. Additional live and pre-recorded programming is garnered from a variety of local and international broadcasters including KEUL
Girdwood
, WILL
Urbana, Illinois
, and others.
It also downloads and broadcasts programs from a wide variety of internet sources and podcasts including Blast the Right, Other Minds radio, Joe Frank
, The Black Coffee Channel and acksisofevil.org.
. KRAW reaches the Anchorage
bowl by way of K283AZ a translator at 104.5 MHz FM. KRAW provides service to additional communities and areas through the following translators:
K223BJ, 92.5 MHz, Eagle River
K300BY, 107.9 MHz, Palmer
/Wasilla
AERS plans to simulcast KRAW by Fall 2008 over new full service FM
facilities in several additional Alaskan communities including Fairbanks
, Homer
and Seward
.
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
-affiliated talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
radio station
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...
. KRAW is licensed to Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 549.-Geography:Kasilof is located at ....
by the Alaska Educational Radio System
Alaska Educational Radio System
Alaska Educational Radio System is an Alaskan non-profit organization and is licensee of radio stations that are affiliated with Pacifica Radio, National Public Radio and other community radio and public broadcasting networks...
(AERS).
The station broadcasts a wide spectrum of pre-recorded and live streamed programs from the Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
network and affiliated stations, as well as live programs from local contributors. Additional live and pre-recorded programming is garnered from a variety of local and international broadcasters including KEUL
KEUL
KEUL is a non-commercial radio station in Girdwood, Alaska, broadcasting on 88.9 FM. The station originally began as a non-licensed station, during a proliferation of such in the Anchorage area during the 1990s...
Girdwood
Girdwood, Alaska
Girdwood is an unincorporated year-round ski resort community within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, 36 miles southeast of Anchorage proper.It is surrounded by seven permanent...
, WILL
WILL
WILL is the callsign of the three public broadcasting stations owned by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and directly operated by its Division of Broadcasting...
Urbana, Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....
, and others.
It also downloads and broadcasts programs from a wide variety of internet sources and podcasts including Blast the Right, Other Minds radio, Joe Frank
Joe Frank
Joe Frank is an American radio personality, known best for his often philosophical, humorous, surrealist, and sometimes absurd monologues and radio dramas.-Early life:...
, The Black Coffee Channel and acksisofevil.org.
Service Area
KRAW itself covers the North and Central Kenai PeninsulaKenai Peninsula
The Kenai Peninsula is a large peninsula jutting from the southern coast of Alaska in the United States. The name Kenai is probably derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for Cook Inlet, which borders the peninsula to the west.-Geography:...
. KRAW reaches the Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
bowl by way of K283AZ a translator at 104.5 MHz FM. KRAW provides service to additional communities and areas through the following translators:
K223BJ, 92.5 MHz, Eagle River
Eagle River, Alaska
Eagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...
K300BY, 107.9 MHz, Palmer
Palmer, Alaska
Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937....
/Wasilla
Wasilla, Alaska
Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...
AERS plans to simulcast KRAW by Fall 2008 over new full service FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
facilities in several additional Alaskan communities including Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...
, Homer
Homer, Alaska
Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...
and Seward
Seward, Alaska
Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016....
.