Burns Documentary Features Last Frontier

Mon, November 23, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

Ken Burns introduced his latest series of documentaries earlier this year: National Parks: America’s Best Idea.

The Morning of Creation features the Last Frontier.

In the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter creates an uproar in Alaska when he sets aside 56 million acres of land for preservation — the largest expansion of protected land in history.

In 1995, wolves are re-established in Yellowstone, making the world’s first national park a little more like what it once was.

Monday, November 30. 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

New for December: Gates of the Arctic

Mon, November 23, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

Alaska’s vast Brooks Range, a landscape of breathtaking vistas and habitats teeming with wildlife and fauna, inspired a national wilderness-protection movement. GATES OF THE ARCTIC visits this seldom-seen natural treasure, one of the wildest and most remote places in North America, and explores the region’s inhabitants, culture and history.

Stunning photography captures unexpected encounters with the region’s diverse animals: arctic terns, caribou, brown bears, songbirds and grebes, among many others. The filmmakers also introduce a compelling cast of local characters, including rural subsistence advocate Jack Reakoff, who mixes fur-trapping and moose-hunting with his day job as a tour guide.

GATES OF THE ARCTIC also explores the importance of unspoiled public lands to civic democracy. Three intertwined journeys of wilderness travelers and former inhabitants of the Brooks Range provide insightful commentary on this topic.

Tuesday, December 1. 9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Film Preview.

READ MORE →

December Special: Julia Child Memories

Mon, November 23, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

Want a great start to the holiday season?

Tune in and watch Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit!

Wednesday, December 2. 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Click here for a preview video.

December Encore: Building Alaska

Mon, November 23, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

Viewers loved BUILDING ALASKA the first time so we are bringing it back in December.

“It celebrates Alaska’s engineering achievements during the 50th anniversary of statehood. Alaska’s arctic climate, with permafrost, cold and darkness, make it a difficult and expensive place to build. The story of overcoming these obstacles to create engineering masterpieces is the stuff of dramatic and visually spectacular TV.”

Promo video of Building Alaska.

Thursday, December 3. 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.

“The program features interviews with many Alaskans, rare and never before seen footage and photographs, including clips from the thought-to-be-lost Hollywood movie, The Iron Trail, and spectacular high-definition photography.”

“The Program: Building Alaska takes a look at the projects that built Alaska –

* Three great railroads—the White Pass, the Copper River, and the Alaska—that helped extract natural resources and transform Alaska into a place where people could live;

* Alaska’s roads, the Richardson and Parks Highways, which were carved from the wilderness and which, once paved and modernized, got Alaska “out of the mud”;

* Future projects on the drawing board such as a natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay and the Knik Arm Bridge in Anchorage.”

Produced by Great Projects Film Company

Executive Producers:

Kenneth Mandel, Daniel B. Polin

Producers:

Philip Boag, Andrew Morreale, Kenneth Mandel, Daniel B. Polin

Weather Specials for December

Mon, November 23, 2009
Posted in Alaska Weather, Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

Each month, KAKM provides special “Alaska Weather Extras”.

We try to appeal to a wide audience and engage those interested in weather topics with a broad spectrum of special programs.

Here are some specials for November and December.

READ MORE →

Television Debut: Sinatra at Carnegie Hall

Sat, November 21, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

KAKM gives you a front-row seat to the television debut of SINATRA AT CARNEGIE HALL.

The program, a live performance from June 25, 1980, captures the singer at his best. At the time, the two-week engagement set a record for Carnegie Hall by selling out in just one day. The show followed the release of 1980’s Trilogy, Sinatra’s ambitious triple-album that featured “The Theme From New York, New York.”

Sinatra mixes “Summer Me, Winter Me” from that album with his hits “I’ve Got the World on a String” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.”

Saturday, December 5. 9:00 – 10:30 p.m.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL

Sat, November 21, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

“For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska” is a one-hour documentary profiling the struggle for Alaska Native Rights.

Tune in to watch this dramatic portrayal of a critical time in Alaska history. The film’s producer, Jeff Silverman, also will be on hand to provide a special behind-the-scenes look at this extraordinary film.

For the Rights of All, stars Diane Benson and Allan Hayton, who portray Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich.

Photo Courtesy of Blueberry Productions.

Tuesday, December 1. 8:00 – 9:30 p.m.

November Special: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Fri, November 20, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

“This special features rare, one-of-a-kind performances from the induction ceremonies of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, shot during the last 24 years.

The biggest names in rock perform in intimate settings and jam in combinations not seen anywhere else.

The program features exclusive, anything-goes induction speeches by rock royalty, along with rare behind-the-scenes footage.

Paul Shaffer, musical director for the hall’s induction ceremonies, hosts.”

Monday, November 30. 9:30 p.m.

November Special: Victor Borge 100 Years of Music

Fri, November 20, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

“This unparalleled collection of Victor Borge’s funniest and most memorable skits contains such classic comedy bits as the timeless “Phonetic Punctuation,” “Inflationary Language,” “Autumn Leaves” with Robert Merrill, “The Opera Singer” with Marylyn Mulvey and more.

Rare archival footage from the Borge family vault enhances this memorable retrospective.

Rita Rudner narrates.”

You won’t want to miss this special evening with Victor Borge at his very best.

Sunday, November 29. 10:00 – 11:30 p.m.

Motown Memories Make for Memorable November

Fri, November 20, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

“MY MUSIC presents more great Motown memories with a collection of tunes from Hitsville USA.

The special focuses on archival hits and rare interviews from five Motown Legends:

The Temptations,
The Four Tops,
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Diana Ross and the Supremes
Marvin Gaye.

Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, hosts.

Sunday, November 29. 8:30 – 10:00 p.m.

READ MORE →

November Special: Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

Fri, November 20, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

“A Very Monkey Christmas finds George and The Man with the Yellow Hat preparing for Christmas, when they encounter a dilemma—neither can figure out what to give the other for a present! The suspense builds as Christmas approaches.

George and The Man with the Yellow Hat follow each other around town, hoping to discover a clue as to what the other would like to find under the Christmas tree. T

Then The Man has a dream in which he sees what life would be like for George without him; contained in the dream is the answer to George’s Christmas wish list riddle.

While The Man is dreaming, George begins his homemade gift — a colossal art project that poignantly explains why getting ready for Christmas is so much fun. ”

Sunday, November 29. 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

November Special: Ed Sullivan & 60’s Rock Classics

Fri, November 20, 2009
Posted in Program Highlights, Schedule Updates | Leave a Comment

The Beatles Rocked America when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Remember when you saw them? You can see them again by watching this special presenation of “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

From the late 1940s ’til the early 1970s, millions of viewers of all ages saw great musical acts each Sunday night on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

This installment in the MY MUSIC series presents classic song performances from 1963-1968.

From the Beatles’ American television debut to the Doors’ infamous one-time-only appearance to the Rolling Stones, Sly and the Family Stone, the Mamas and the Papas and more, the special focuses exclusively on full-length music performances — no plate spinners or dancing elephants — that evoke the spirit of that decade’s youth movement.