APTI picnic photos posted

Wed, July 30, 2008

We hope those of you that had a chance to stop by on Wednesday evening (July 30) had a great time at our second annual member appreciation picnic. We’ve posted photos from the event. And we’re hoping for more photos soon from a pro photographer we had in attendance.

In addition to simply saying “thank you” to our donors, we’re celebrating the 30th anniversaries of KSKA Public Radio and the Alaska Public Radio Network, both of which were launched in the summer of 1978 and are part of our APTI family.

Click the image above to visit our growing photo gallery from the event.

No need to send gifts! But we sure would like to have you as one of our community philanthropists. You can even give online right now.

August Schedule

Tue, July 29, 2008

Here are the down-loadable (PDF) schedule grids for daytime and prime time programming in August 2008.

Key programs for August include local, state and national election coverage. KAKM will broadcast the live candidate forum for Southcentral and statewide primary election races on RUNNING 2008, Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 18-20 beginning at 7:00pm each night. Click here for the most current broadcast schedule. In addition, KAKM will carry the PBS Special NewsHour coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions on a three-hour delayed basis to allow prime time broadcast of the entire coverage in our market. The Democratic National Convention coverage is scheduled to air Monday, Aug. 25 through Thursday, Aug. 28 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. nightly. The Republican National Convention coverage is scheduled on Sept. 1-4. Other programs of note in August include the summer series HISTORY DETECTIVES, the final episodes of CLICK & CLACK’S AS THE WRENCH TURNS, and MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! “Inspector Lynley, Series VII” ‘Limbo’ (8/10) and ‘Know Thine Enemy’ (8/17). More August highlights include: READ MORE →

Alaska Weather Extras: August

Mon, July 28, 2008

Here is a list of ALASKA WEATHER segments and links for August:

Schedule Updates error for e-mail subscribers

Sat, July 26, 2008

For those of you subscribing to our Schedule Updates e-mail service (available here), you may have received a message within the last day or so that promoted some schedule information from way back in February. We’re not exactly sure why this happened, but it appears to have been some sort of error at our e-mail service provider (FeedBurner).

Upon our own examination, all things seem to be setup properly. We’ll keep an eye on this situation and, if necessary, shut off the e-mail feed until FeedBurner can help us fix the problem.

Feel free to contact us if you have questions.

Anchorage Edition: July 25

Fri, July 25, 2008

Each week, host Michael Carey gathers journalists and commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Today’s topics include:

Aftermath of Commissioner Walt Monegan firing
Controversy with new Commissioner Chuck Kopp
House of Representatives passes AGIA; Senate next?
Anchorage holds political debates between candidates for U.S. House of Representatives

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PBS Previews: Week of July 27

Fri, July 25, 2008

Welcome to PBS Previews (R), a service of PBS (pbs.org).
Here are PBS Previews for July 27 – August 2, 2008 with local air dates for KAKM:

ARTS AND DRAMA
HISTORY AND SOCIETY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PBS PARENTS
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KAKM Digital Signal Interrupted Overnight

Wed, July 23, 2008

KAKM’s digital signal will be interrupted overnight tonight in order for crews to make final installation of equipment that will correct pixilation problems that have been affecting the station intermittently for several weeks. The signal will be restored as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Anchorage Edition: July 18

Fri, July 18, 2008

Guest host Nellie Moore and local journalists review and analyze the week’s news in Anchorage and Alaska. Today’s topics include:

Opposition from Backbone III to governor’s TransCanada proposal
Economic crisis creating dire situation of rural Alaskans
Controversy over firing of Walt Monegan
Good news for Kenai and Kasilof fisheries
Exxon Mobil fights against paying interest to plaintiffs

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PBS Previews: Week of July 20

Fri, July 18, 2008

Welcome to PBS Previews (R), a service of PBS (pbs.org).
Here are PBS Previews for July 20-26, 2008 with local air dates for KAKM:

ARTS AND DRAMA
HISTORY and SOCIETY
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
PBS PARENTS
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PBS Previews on KAKM: Week of July 13

Mon, July 14, 2008

Welcome to PBS Previews (R), a service of PBS (pbs.org).
Here are PBS Previews for July 13-19, 2008 with local air dates for KAKM:

ARTS AND LITERATURE
HISTORY and SOCIETY
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
PBS PARENTS
PBS BLOGS

Anchorage Edition: July 11

Sun, July 13, 2008

Each week, host Michael Carey gathers journalists and commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Today’s topics include:

Gov. Palin talks about two pipelines.
Legislature’s reaction to two pipelines.
Update on AGIA and trans-Canada line.
$21 billion energy plan proposed; Governor’s comments.
Indictment of Sen. John Cowdery (R-Anchorage) filed in federal court today.
US Congress reaction to react to constituents re: high energy prices.

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KAKM Experiencing Technical Difficulties

Tue, July 8, 2008

KAKM is currently experiencing technical difficulties with its digital and analog signals that engineers are working to correct. The recently replaced digital microwave that transports the signal to KAKM’s transmitters has become intermittent. Vendors are working to resolve this problem and KAKM estimates to have repairs in place by the weekend. This problem is what has been causing the pixilated screen and drop outs on both the digital and analog signals. Engineers have also worked to resolve the audio lip sync problems experienced recently on the analog signal. This problem should be corrected at this time. Thank you for your patience while we work to correct these problems.