KSEW (1400 AM) was a radio station in
Sitka, Alaska
Sitka (; ) is a municipal home rule, unified Consolidated city-county, city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian America, Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Ba ...
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The frequency began in 1949 as KALA.
On September 13, 1954, The 1400 AM frequency was reactivated as KSEW. KSEW was a low-power, multilingual radio station that broadcast in both English and
Tlingit
The Tlingit or Lingít ( ) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. , they constitute two of the 231 federally recognized List of Alaska Native tribal entities, Tribes of Alaska. Most Tlingit are Alaska Natives; ...
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One of the employees of KSEW was
Tlingit
The Tlingit or Lingít ( ) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. , they constitute two of the 231 federally recognized List of Alaska Native tribal entities, Tribes of Alaska. Most Tlingit are Alaska Natives; ...
scholar
Walter Soboleff
Walter Alexander Soboleff (; ; November 14, 1908 – May 22, 2011) was a Tlingit scholar, elder and religious leader. Soboleff was the first Native Alaskan to become an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Early life
Soboleff was born in Killisnoo, A ...
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It was shut down on June 2, 1969, with its license deleted one week later on June 9, 1969.
In its early years, KSEW simulcasted programs with
KIFW.
References
{{Alaska Panhandle Radio
SEW (Sitka)
Defunct radio stations in the United States
SEW (Sitka)
Radio stations disestablished in 1969
1969 disestablishments in Alaska