February Schedule Highlights

Fri, January 29, 2010

February is around the corner and KAKM has an exciting schedule lined up for the month, highlighted by the annual KAKM Art Showcase Auction.

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We will also be rebroadcasting the very popular show, This Emotional Life.

Some highlights for the month:

KAKM Art Showcase Auction. Thursday, February 11 – Saturday February 13. :00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Frontline: Digital Nation. Tuesday, February 2. 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Soundstage: 3 Girls and Their Buddy. Thursday, February 4. 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Great Performances at the Met: Aida. 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
American Experience: Bombing of Germany. Monday, February 8. 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Faces of America: Becoming American. Monday, February 17. 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

This Emotional Life: Family, Friends & Lovers. Thursday, February 25. 8:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.

The Complete February Schedule:

Early Morning. (PDF)
Daytime. (PDF)
Primetime. (PDF)

Anchorage Edition: January 29, 2010

Fri, January 29, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Oil companies launch advertising campaign.
The role of Meet Alaska.
Bus service in the bush.
An update on the current legislative session.
Sen. Albert Kookesh (D-Hoonah) prompts controversy with appearance before Craig officials.
Additional broadband is coming to rural Alaska.
The call for using the Alaska Permanent Fund earnings for a natural gas pipeline.

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Weather Specials for Late January

Mon, January 25, 2010

Each day during Alaska Weather (5:30 p.m. 7 days a week), our local National Weather Service meteorologists share weather updates with a statewide perspective, but they also share brief video “extras” that cover astronomy, aviation and aeronautics, weather, boating safety, navigation and emergency preparedness.

Here are the “Alaska Weather Extras” planned for January 18, 2010 through January 31, 2010 if you’d like to plan your viewing:

January 18th
NASA’s Destination Tomorrow: Icing Research Wind Tunnel (Program 21 Episode 501) (http://destination.larc.nasa.gov)

January 19th
NASA’s Destination Tomorrow: Turbulence Detection (Program 21 Episode 501) (http://destination.larc.nasa.gov)

January 20th
Interview with John Lingaas, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the Fairbanks Forecast Office, about his office and the products and services it provides (pafg.arh.noaa.gov)

January 21st
Star Gazer (www.jackstargazer.com)

January 22nd
Hangar Flying (www.aasfonline.com)

January 23rd
NASA’s Destination Tomorrow: Small Aircraft Transportation System Pt1 (Program 22 Episode 502) (http://destination.larc.nasa.gov)

January 24th
NASA’s Destination Tomorrow: Small Aircraft Transportation System Pt2 (Program 22 Episode 502) (http://destination.larc.nasa.gov)

January 25th
NASA’s Destination Tomorrow: Small Aircraft Transportation System Pt3 (Program 22 Episode 502) (http://destination.larc.nasa.gov)

January 26th
NASA’s Destination Tomorrow: Small Aircraft Transportation System Pt4 (Program 22 Episode 502) (http://destination.larc.nasa.gov)

January 27th
Interview with John Lingaas, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the Fairbanks Forecast Office, about his office and the products and services it provides (pafg.arh.noaa.gov)

January 28th
Star Gazer (www.jackstargazer.com)

January 29th
Hangar Flying (www.aasfonline.com)

January 30th
AOPA Air Safety Foundation: Weather Decision Making (Practical Advice For Pilots on How to Take Advantage of All Available Resources) Pt1 (www.aopa.org)

January 31st
AOPA Air Safety Foundation: Weather Decision Making (Practical Advice For Pilots on How to Take Advantage of All Available Resources) Pt2 (www.aopa.org)

Anchorage Edition: January 22, 2010

Fri, January 22, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Gov. Sean Parnell (R) delivers his first State of the State Address.
Republicans win shocking victory in Massachusetts, capturing US Senate seat.
Anchorage School Superintendent Carol Comaeau releases her budget plans.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) takes on the EPA.
What are the chances for Congress enacting major climate change legislation this year?
Alaskans help with Haiti relief efforts.
Matt Zencey is departing the Anchorage Daily News.

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Hope for Haiti Now This Friday

Thu, January 21, 2010

PBS and KAKM presents the global telethon HOPE FOR HAITI NOW.

Wyclef Jean will join George Clooney and CNN’s Anderson Cooper in hosting MTV Networks’ HOPE FOR HAITI NOW, to air commercial-free across PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT on Friday, January 22.

The telethon will be hosted by Clooney in Los Angeles, Jean in New York and Cooper in Haiti.

All donations will directly benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF and Wyclef’s Yele Haiti Foundation.

Soundstage: The Fray

Mon, January 18, 2010

The Fray packs a punch with an emotion-filled performance featuring songs from 2005’s How to Save a Life and their eponymous 2009 album. Singer Isaac Slade leads an expressive set, always connecting with the audience as he belts out hits including “Never Say Never,” “How to Save a Life,” “You Found Me” and “Cable Car.”

Soundstage.

January’s Complete Schedule:

Masterpiece Classic: Emma

Sat, January 16, 2010

Unmarried and glad of it, Emma Woodhouse (Romola Garai) thinks herself the perfect matchmaker for others. Her friend Mr. Knightley (Jonny Lee Miller) has his doubts. Undeterred, she takes on the matrimonial cause of Harriet Smith (Louise Dylan), with unanticipated results.

Emma.

Part. 1. Sunday, January 24. 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

January’s Complete Schedule:

American Experience: Wyatt Earp

Sat, January 16, 2010

He has been portrayed in countless movies and television shows by some of Hollywood’s greatest actors, including Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart and, more recently, Kevin Costner, but these popular fictions belie the complexities and flaws of a man whose life is a lens on politics, justice and economic opportunity on the American frontier.

As a young man, Wyatt Earp was a caricature of the Western lawman, spending his days drinking in saloons, gambling, visiting brothels and gaining notoriety as the legendary gunman in the shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

Shortly after his death in 1929, distressed Americans down on their luck transformed Wyatt Earp into a folk hero: a central figure in the American narrative of how the west was won, a man who took control of his own destiny.

The program premieres online (pbs.org/video) on the same date.

Watch a Preview.

Monday, January 25. 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.

January’s Complete Schedule:

Anchorage Edition: January 15, 2010

Fri, January 15, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Sarah Palin signs on with FOX news.
Judge rules against state in Pt. Thompson oil exploration case.
The upcoming session of the Legislature.
Gov. Sean Parnell’s (R) interest in eliminating the gas tax at the pump.
Judge rules against former legislator Pete Kott.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) comes under fire for her ties to lobbyists.
A police officer is shot in Anchorage.

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HOST: Michael Carey. Freelance editorial writer. Anchorage Daily News.

GUESTS:

Dermot Cole. Columnist. Fairbanks Daily-News Miner.
Gregg Erickson. Editor-at-Large. AK Budget Report.
Paul Jenkins. Blogger. Anchorage Daily Planet.

KSKA (FM) BROADCAST: Friday, January 15 at 2:30 p.m. and Saturday, January 16 at 6:00 p.m.

KAKM (TV) BROADCAST: Friday, January 15 at 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 16 at 5:00 p.m.

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Soundstage: Tim McGraw

Fri, January 15, 2010

In a record-shattering career, Tim McGraw has sold more than 40 million albums, dominated the charts with 30 number-one singles and received three Grammys, among countless other awards.

The 2009 release of his tenth studio album, Southern Voice, represents a new level of depth and intensity for the seasoned country artist, showcased on this episode. With a commanding stage presence, McGraw croons his reflective and haunting new songs “If I Died Today” and “I’m Only Jesus.” Other highlights include “Live Like You Were Dying,” “Good Girls” and “Still.”

Thursday, January 21. 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Soundstage.

January’s Complete Schedule:

Live From Lincoln Center: Joshua Bell

Thu, January 14, 2010

Celebrated violinist and LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER favorite Joshua Bell and some musical friends, including Sting, Kristen Chenoweth, Regina Spektor, Chris Botti, Nathan Gunn, Marvin Hamlisch, Frankie Moreno, Tiempo Libre and Jeremy Denk, perform in the intimate Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.

Thursday, January 21. 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Live from Lincoln Center.

January’s Complete Schedule:

Great Performances: The Audition

Thu, January 14, 2010

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke, “The Audition” looks at the intense pressures young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the most difficult professions in the performing arts. The feature-length documentary takes viewers behind the scenes at the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, where each year thousands of hopefuls compete for a cash prize, the chance to sing on the Met stage and the opportunity to launch a major operatic career.

The film covers the dramatic week leading up to the finals of the 2007 auditions, focusing on three tenor contestants: Michael Fabiano, a fiery 22-year-old grappling with his inner demons; Alek Shrader, a 25-year-old who attempts to sing nine high Cs in the fiendishly difficult aria that made Pavarotti a star; and Ryan Smith, who at age 30 and with little formal training, is pursuing his dream of an operatic career.

“The Audition” is both a suspenseful competition narrative and a revealing backstage look at what it takes to make it as an opera singer.