KTOO (104.3 FM) is a

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to serve

Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...

, United States. The station is owned b
KTOO Public Media
It is the radio sister to KTOO-TV, a PBS satellite member station of KAKM. The station airs

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programming from

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. KTOO also operates KTOO 360TV, a statewide public television service. Programming included Gavel Alaska, the state's legislative and public affairs coverage, and

First Nations Experience First Nations Experience (FNX) is a non-profit television network in San Bernardino, California, owned by the San Bernardino Community College District. The network, created by Executive Director Charles Fox, is broadcast from the KVCR-TV studios ...

programming. KTOO operates two other radio stations,

KXLL KXLL is a non-commercial adult album alternative/modern rock hybrid music radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audi ...

100.7 FM and

KRNN KRNN is a non-commercial (NPR) music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 102.7 FM. KRNN airs a variety of music genres which include, jazz, classical, and adult album alternative Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or ad ...

102.7 FM. All three are members of the regional organization

CoastAlaska CoastAlaska is a nonprofit management service organization for seven public radio stations in Southeast Alaska: KRBD, Ketchikan; KSTK, Wrangell; KTOO, KXLL, KRNN, Juneau; KFSK, Petersburg; and KCAW, Sitka. In the 1990s, when government fundi ...

and the

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. All stations share a broadcasting complex in downtown Juneau at 360 Egan Drive.

Translators

KTOO programming is also carried on

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stations to extend or improve the coverage area of the primary station.

External links

KTOO official websiteListen Live
TOO NPR member stations Community radio stations in the United States TOO Radio stations established in 1963 1963 establishments in Alaska {{JuneauAK-stub