Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated
Public broadcaster in Bethel, Alaska, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated, doing business as KYUK, KYUK-FM and KYUK-TV is a non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the Yup'ik Eskimo and residents of populations of southwest Alaska with local, non-commercial public radio and television. KYUK is a National Public Radio and Alaska Public Radio affiliate and PBS member station through the Alaska One Public Television Network. KYUK is located in Bethel, Alaska a town situated on the banks of the Kuskokwim River within the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta region of southwestern Alaska.
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Broadcast area | Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (Southwestern Alaska) |
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Frequency | 640 kHz |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English, Yupik languages |
Format | Public radio, music |
Affiliations | National Public Radio Public Radio International Native Voice Communications American Indian Radio on Satellite Alaska Public Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bethel Broadcasting, Inc. |
KYUK-FM, KYUK-TV | |
History | |
First air date | May 13, 1971 (1971-05-13) |
Former frequencies | 580 kHz[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4963 |
Class | A (former NARBA I-N) |
Power | 10,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 60°46′54.3″N 161°53′8.3″W (NAD83) |
Translator(s) | 91.9 MHz K220EA Aniak, Alaska |
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Public license information | |
Website | www.kyuk.org/ |
Broadcast area | Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (southwestern Alaska) |
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Frequency | 90.3 MHz |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Freeform |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bethel Broadcasting, Inc. |
KYUK (AM), KYUK-TV | |
History | |
First air date | December 2009 (2009-12) |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 172683 |
Class | A |
Power | 385 watts |
HAAT | 23 meters (75 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 60°47′30.3″N 161°46′30.3″W (NAD83) |
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Public license information | |
Website | www.kyuk.org/ |
KYUK has maintained an archive of their programs and productions. The Archive has over 5,000 audio and video recordings from the mid-1970s to the present. The mission of the Archive is to preserve, organize, store and make accessible moving image and sound recordings produced by KYUK Television and Radio about the culture, language, history and contemporary life of Yup'ik people and residents of the region.
The contents of the Archive include local news footage, newscasts, long form documentaries and documentary production elements, instructional public affairs, feature magazine shows, and Yup'ik dance performance programs. Many programs were produced in both English and Yup'ik languages.