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KCAW

Sitka, Alaska
Broadcast area	Alaska Panhandle
Frequency	104.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Raven Radio
Programming
Format	Public Radio
Ownership
Owner	Raven Radio Foundation
History
First air date	March 6, 1982
Technical information
Class	A
ERP	3,600 watts
HAAT	-186 meters
Transmitter coordinates	57°3′13″N 135°21′7″W / 57.05361°N 135.35194°W / 57.05361; -135.35194
Links
Website	www.kcaw.org

KCAW is a non-commercial radio station in Sitka, Alaska, on 104.7 FM, which airs public radio programming. It first went on air in 1982.

History

KCAW first began daily broadcasts on 6 March 1982 after a sign-on broadcast on 19 February. During the Sitka pulp mill years, Raven Radio News broadcast opposing perspectives to those of Alaska's national representatives on the issue of resource development. The Anchorage Times, after at first defending resources developers, eventually investigated the issue and found that Raven Radio was presenting an overall unbiased account of Sitka's issues.

Original materials from KCAW have been contributed to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

Programming

KCAW is Sitka's only public radio station and offers a wide variety of programming. News for the station includes local news coming from Raven Radio's two paid reporters, Southeast Alaska news from CoastAlaska, statewide news from the Alaska Public Radio Network, national news from National Public Radio, and international news from the BBC World Service. KCAW also airs a variety of American Public Media and Public Radio International programming as well as its own variety of locally produced shows, including the critically acclaimed soul and funk show, "Powerful Love".

KCAW also syndicates Encounters, a nature and wildlife-themed show hosted by Richard Nelson, statewide.

Listening area

KCAW has a large listening area, by the means of translators, which include much of the western and northern portions of the Alaska Panhandle including Sitka, Angoon, Elfin Cove and the Fairweather fishing grounds, Kake, Pelican, Port Alexander, Tenakee Springs, and Yakutat. Raven Radio has roughly a 1,200-strong member base (listeners who donate money to the station).

Translators

See also

• List of community radio stations in the United States

References

1. Woolsey, Robert (6 March 2012). "Newscast: Tue Mar 6, 2012". Raven Radio. Sitka, Alaska. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
2. Woolsey, Robert (6 March 2012). "Rich & Suzi McClear: Community radio "is the future", Part III". Raven Radio. Sitka, Alaska. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
3. "KCAW". americanarchive.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

External links

• Official site
• Facility details for Facility ID 55213 (KCAW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KCAW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

• HD Radio stations
• 1982 establishments in Alaska
• Alaska Public Radio Network
• Community radio stations in the United States
• NPR member stations
• Public Radio International stations
• Radio stations established in 1982
• Radio stations in Alaska
• Sitka, Alaska