Announcements

Molly of Denali, a new animated series, will debut nationwide July 15 on PBS stations (including KUAC), the 24/7 PBS KIDS channel and PBS KIDS digital platforms. Produced by WGBH Boston, this action-adventure comedy follows the adventures of feisty and resourceful 10-year-old Molly Mabray, an Alaska Native girl. This is the first nationally distributed children’s series in […]

Merritt Helfferich, 83, a longtime supporter of KUAC, passed away May 2 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A former associate director of the Geophysical Institute at UAF and project director of the International Arctic Research Center building project, Merritt said in the past, “Public broadcasting is important every day. The information brought to the public by […]

The spring fundraiser, held April 12-14 at KUAC, got a healthy financial boost, due to a generous contribution from the estate of Joel Switzer. Switzer, who died in a construction-related accident in August 2017, loved KUAC so much that his family decided to make the station a beneficiary of his estate. “We wanted to celebrate […]

“KUAC is a treasure,” said Patty Kastelic, the public broadcasting station’s volunteer of the year. Kastelic, the 2019 Spirit of KUAC awardee, is not only a volunteer, but a staunch advocate and champion for public broadcasting in Interior Alaska. “I immediately fell in love with KUAC; it became my best friend,” she said. Keith Martin, […]

KUAC FM Program Changes Feb. 22, 2019 TED Radio Hour moves from noon Saturday to Monday night at 7 and Acoustic Accents moves to Saturday noon Saturdays on KUAC FM are for engaging shows for every generation. TED Radio Hour is engaging, but topics are not always comfortable for every generation listening. Acoustic Accents is […]