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Video: Sarah Palin’s VP acceptance speech

Thu, September 4, 2008
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If you missed Governor Sarah Palin’s speech on PBS this week, here’s the complete video, courtesy of C-SPAN’s online coverage of the Republican convention. (PBS has not made an embeddable version of the video as of yet).

You can also download the audio from Palin’s speech, courtesy of KSKA Public Radio.

Audio: Sarah Palin’s speech at the RNC

Wed, September 3, 2008
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Perhaps the most highly-anticipated speech of the convention, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave her VP nomination acceptance speech Wednesday evening in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Republican National Convention. As a courtesy to our listeners, we’re offering a copy of the speech for online playback and download.

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Hear Palin speech live at 6:30pm on KSKA, see the speech later on KAKM

Wed, September 3, 2008
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Watch KAKM’s Republican National Convention coverage, hosted by the NewsHour team, tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. to see the much-anticipated speech by VP choice Sarah Palin, tape-delayed so folks can be home to see it.

If you want to hear the speech live, tune in to KSKA Public Radio (FM 91.1) around 6:30 p.m. KSKA is carrying National Public Radio’s convention coverage and will have the Palin speech live. Indeed, KSKA has rearranged its afternoon/evening programming for today just to accomodate the live speech.

Republican National Convention on PBS

Tue, September 2, 2008
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Tune in to KAKM Channel 7 tonight starting at 7:00 p.m.

Starting tonight (Tuesday, 9/2) and running through Thursday, KAKM is proud to bring you PBS’ special Republican Convention coverage. NOTE: while the live activities start at 4:00 p.m. Alaska time, we’re tape-delaying the playback to 7:00 p.m.

Anchored by Jim Lehrer of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, this special coverage will include extended, uninterrupted coverage of podium activities and speeches; reporting from the floor of the convention; newsmaker interviews; political analysis and historical perspective. NewsHour senior correspondents Gwen Ifill, Ray Suarez, Judy Woodruff and Margaret Warner will join Lehrer. Political analysis will be provided by New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith will add historical perspective; Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, will update viewers with the latest polling information. (CC, Stereo, HD)

Alaska Weather Extras: September 2008

Mon, September 1, 2008
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Each day during Alaska Weather (5:30pm, 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 September 2008 (and a little into October) if you’d like to plan out your viewing:

Last-minute programming changes: Mon, Sep 1

Mon, September 1, 2008
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As many of you have likely heard, the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota has made some last-minute changes to their schedule, and both NPR and PBS blanket coverage of the first evening of activities and speeches has been canceled. The changes were made in reaction to the arrival of hurricane Gustav in the Gulf Coast area.

In place of the RNC, here’s tonight’s lineup on Channel 7:

7:00pm Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, Arizona
8:00pm History Detectives
9:00pm Most Honorable Son

The NewsHour, including coverage of the RNC and Gustav, will air at the normal time of 6:00pm.

Special coverage of the RNC by the NewsHour team is planned to resume tomorrow night (Tue, 9/2) at 7:00pm.

PBS KIDS programming lineup changes

Mon, September 1, 2008
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As of September 1, 2008, KAKM’s lineup of kids programming from PBS is changing, almost across the board. There are a couple new programs, lots of schedule changes, and some cancellations (at least for now). These were changes made by PBS and KAKM for the fall season. We expect the new schedule to remain stable into the winter.

We recommend parents looking for specific programs download and review the following documents to find our complete schedule as well as a list of the changes themselves.

September 2008 - Kids Programming Changes (PDF)
September 2008 - Daytime, Sep 1-7 (PDF)
September 2008 - Daytime, Sep 8-14 (PDF)
September 2008 - Daytime, Sep 15-30 (PDF)

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TV Schedules at-a-glance: September 2008

Mon, September 1, 2008
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Here are KAKM’s downloadable at-a-glance schedule grids for daytime and prime time programming in September 2008:

September 2008 - Primetime (PDF)
September 2008 - Daytime, Sep 1-7 (PDF)
September 2008 - Daytime, Sep 8-14 (PDF)
September 2008 - Daytime, Sep 15-30 (PDF)
September 2008 - Kids Programming Changes (PDF)

Washington Week’s audio available

Fri, August 29, 2008
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If you missed the broadcast of Washington Week this evening (7:00pm and Midnight), an audio edition of the show is available via the Washington Week web site. They also offer streaming video editions of the program.

Tonight’s topic? The choice of Sarah Palin for the VP slot on the Republican presidential ticket. (Of course!)

For your convenience, we’ve linked to the podcast audio from tonight’s show.

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PBS NewsHour offers strong Palin coverage

Fri, August 29, 2008
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If you missed the NewsHour Friday night at 6:00pm, check out the NewsHour web site, with complete audio from the broadcast, including a fascinating discussion between analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks, offering a national perspective on the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate in the Presidential election.

Picking Sarah Palin (MP3 Audio)
McCain Sees Fellow Reformer in VP Pick Palin (MP3 Audio)
Shields and Brooks Mull Road Ahead for McCain-Palin Ticket (MP3 Audio)

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Anchorage Edition: August 29, 2008

Fri, August 29, 2008
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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. Topics this week include:

National attention turns to Alaska (again) — this time because Sarah Palin was picked as VP candidate alongside John McCain in the race for the White House
Alaskan thoughts on the Obama-Biden ticket, in contrast to McCain-Palin
What happens if Palin goes to Washington as VP and Parnell goes to the U.S. House?
U.S. House race between Republicans Don Young and Sean Parnell is effectively tied until the Division of Elections can perform a recount from this week’s statewide primary election (Young in the lead by 152 votes at the moment)
More primary election results for U.S. House (Berkowitz and Benson) and U.S. Senate (Stevens and Begich) and some of the local items
All statewide ballot measures fail in the primary
Additional results from the state legislative races — largely status quo, despite corruption controversies of the last couple of years

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Audio: John McCain introduces Sarah Palin as his VP choice

Fri, August 29, 2008
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Today in Dayton, Ohio John McCain celebrated his 72nd birthday by announcing his choice for Vice President on the presumptie Republican Presidential ticket: Alaska’s own governor, Sarah Palin.

As a service to listeners, we’re providing the audio from the Palin introduction and her first speech as part of the McCain-Palin campaign.

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