April 2009 Schedule

Mon, March 30, 2009

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Anchorage Edition: March 27, 2009

Sun, March 29, 2009

mcarey-100thumbnail2 Each week, host Michael Carey gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics this week include:

Governor Sarah Palin announces Wayne Anthony Ross as her pick for Alaska Attorney General
Frustration continues to grow between the Palin Administration and Alaska legislature regarding stimulus funds
Anchorage Fire Fighters give back 3 percent pay increase as city faces $17 million shortfall
Senator Mark Begich has joined a coalition of moderate Senate Democrats; they’ll meet biweekly to talk strategy and ideas
After months of waiting and years of work, the U.S. House has passed a huge public lands package that includes a land swap in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Alaskans had their say in Washington on Capitol Hill about offshore oil drilling. Members of the House Natural Resources Committee took testimony on developing offshore resources, particularly in Alaska.
Keeping tabs on Mount Redoubt; how are journalists covering the ever-erupting volcano?
Alaska villagers will once again receive free heating fuel from Citgo, the Venezuela-owned oil company
45th Anniversary of Great Alaska Earthquake of Good Friday, March 27, 1964

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Anchorage Edition: March 20, 2009

Fri, March 20, 2009

mcarey-100thumbnail1 Each week, host Michael Carey gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics this week include:

Governor Palin responds to concerns about Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA), insists project must move forward as planned
Governor Palin turns away $288 million of $930 million in stimulus money for Alaska; $170 million of money she refused was for education
Special commission proposes legislative pay raise. While most lawmakers approve, will anyone vote to raise their own salary?
Former attorney general, Talis Colberg is running for Mayor of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, replacing Curt Menard who recently lost his battle to cancer
Less than three weeks until Anchorage’s municipal election on April 7th. Who are the current front runners in the race for mayor? Steve MacDonald reports back from mayoral forum hosted by the Alaska Conservation Voters at the Anchorage Hilton
Evidence mounting in carribou slaughter case in Western Alaska; over 100 animals killed last summer in Point Hope, at least 37 caribou left to rot; conviction unlikely if trial remains inside village.

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Anchorage Edition: March 13, 2009

Fri, March 13, 2009

mcarey-100thumbnail Each week, host Michael Carey gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics this week include:

Former state representative Beverly Masek pleads guilty of bribery conspiracy, becoming the 11th person convicted in the long running federal probe of corruption involving Bill Allen
Ted Stevens trial put on hold for a month. What is going on? When will he be sentenced?
Former Alaska state senator John Cowdery has been sentenced to six months home confinement and fined $25,000 on federal bribery charges. Despite several opportunities provided by the judge, Cowdery resists addressing the courtroom
Palin’s proposal for in-state gasline from North Slope to Cook Inlet is in trouble. Although Palin said the gasline was one of her top priorities in January, it doesn’t look like legistlation will move forward this year. Are Palin’s national aspirations delaying her ability to take a position on pressing issues?
Senator Lisa Murkowski is gaining power and prominence in the Republican party, giving her strength heading into 2010 election
Ominous appropriations bill just passed and Senator Murkowski was one ofthe few Republicans to vote for it, $200 million in projects headed to Alaska, Murkowski defends “evil earmarks”
Employee Free Choice Act introduced in the House in the Senate, making it easier for workers to form unions. Alaska’s only female electrical lineman, Debra Kelly testifies at kick-off hearing in Washington D.C.
Alaskan lawmakers return from energy conference in Washington D.C.
Governor Palin and Juneau Democrats sparring over who should be the next Senator from Juneau in Southeast Alaska, why?

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March schedule update

Fri, March 6, 2009

Please note we’ve made some last-minute changes to the March schedule, so if you’ve already downloaded a printable copy of the primetime and daytime schedules, you should download a new copy and discard the old one.

KAKM March 2009 Primetime & Daytime Schedules (PDF)

SUNDAY, MARCH 8
9:00 PM
Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna
Recorded January 16, 2008 at Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Brightman will perform her best loved hits and songs from her latest album, Symphony. She’s accompanied by a full symphony orchestra and choir. Special guests include Alessandro Safina and Fernando Lima.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12
7:00 PM
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey
Celtic Woman’s latest television special is a collection of beloved and memorable highlights from their acclaimed PBS specials. All of the songs are intertwined with stunning scenic and landscape images of Ireland.

9:00 PM
Visions: The Great Cities of Europe
Tour some of Europe’s most interesting cities — London, Amsterdam, the French Riviera and Monaco, Rome, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Dublin, Florence, Venice and Paris — with beautiful aerial and ground footage and informative narration. From the air we see the majestic architecture of Vienna, the incomparable coastline of the Côte d’Azur, the timeless monuments of Rome, and Mary Poppins’ view of foggy London. Ground footage brings us a native’s view of Amsterdam’s bicycle culture and winding canals, and Prague’s Old Town Square.

10:30 PM
Charlie Rose

11:30 PM
Tavis Smiley

FRIDAY, MARCH 13
9:30 PM
The UltraMind Solution
Based on the best-selling, highly acclaimed book, “The UltraMind Solution,” Dr. Mark Hyman returns to public television in an all-new, timely and significant special, The UltraMind Solution: Defeat Depression, Overcome Anxiety and Sharpen Your Mind.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14
2:00 PM
Eckhart Tolle: Awakening in the Now
Excerpts from a 2007 lecture by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle (“The Power of Now”). Also: an interview with Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, about the Tolle phenomenon.

Anchorage Edition: March 6, 2009

Fri, March 6, 2009

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

Legislators head to an “Energy Council” conference in Washington, DC, yet there’s no discoverable information about the purpose or content of the meeting; why are so many going, and what’s the purpose of the meeting?
University of Alaska budget may be getting significant cuts in the Legislature’s plans
Stimulus money is headed to Alaska — what will it fund in Fairbanks and beyond?
Cole has been campaigning against illegal campaign signs — how’s that going?
Former Senator John Cowdery, 79, asks for home confinement rather than prison time
Governor Palin announces support for a “bullet line” to deliver North Slope natural gas to southcentral Alaska
Does a bullet line project impact a gas line project that feeds Canadian and lower 48 markets?
Anchorage Assembly still wrangling with deficit and expensive union contracts
ConocoPhilips announces 40 job cuts in Alaska and 40 job transfers out of Alaska; famous investor Warren Buffett admits he made a huge mistake investing in ConocoPhilips in 2008
Iditarod race launches this week; how is it covered on TV?

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