KTOO (104.3
FM) is a
non-commercial educational
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radio station
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licensed
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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
public radio
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programming from
NPR
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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
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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
Alaska Public Radio Network
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.
All stations share a broadcasting complex in downtown Juneau at 360 Egan Drive.
Translators
KTOO programming is also carried on
broadcast translator
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stations to extend or improve the coverage area of the primary station.
External links
KTOO official websiteListen Live
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NPR member stations
Community radio stations in the United States
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Radio stations established in 1963
1963 establishments in Alaska
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