Hello world! Lets talk about the mail. We all know how nice it is to receive a piece of mail that isn’t junk or a bill, especially if it is a package. And you can generally expect to receive mail within a couple of days after is was sent. In Nome things move at a [...]
Dial it in
When you’re in an urban area, you can scan the radio and stumble across dozens of stations. As a big radio fan, I love working the dial, and can fumble around for hours. But in a remote area like Nome with very few radio stations, it’s a bit more interesting (and thrilling) to pick up [...]
The Play is the Thing
January and February got a little tedious this year. I don’t want to sound like I didn’t appreciate life for those two months, but I certainly got tired of the constant below zero temperatures, the cars that wouldn’t start, and the need to wear four layers just to stay warm when going outside. To help [...]
Let’s Touch(Stone) Some Seals
You’ve read about Sounding Board, KNOM’s weekly call-in show. Hosting Sounding Board is both a nice change of pace from, and a bucketful of extra work on top of, your normal duties at KNOM. And as the focus of the show is on the callers, a good show lives or dies by how many listeners [...]
Village Detour
This past week I had the opportunity to visit one of the native villages in our listening region. The village of Wales is just about 45 minutes away from Nome by plane, and its population numbers around 150 people. I stayed overnight, sleeping at the public school, which has about 40 students, 13 in Junior [...]
Want to volunteer? Apply today.
So you’ve been reading through this blog for awhile, thinking, “Wow, this looks like an amazing opportunity. I wish I’d put in an application.” Well, it is. And you can still apply! We have one position open on our volunteer team for 2012-2013. APPLY TODAY. Join KNOM’s small team of volunteers and staff. Take part in the [...]
It’s Melting
After a couple false starts, spring is in full swing. With light until midnight and temperatures hitting 40 degrees, the snow is rapidly disappearing. I took the opportunity to hike a nearby hill with my friend Wes. The hike is pretty straightforward: walk uphill and try to avoid the deep snowfields. That said, we were [...]
Will this computer last five years? Obsoletely!
I was comfortable growing up in the 1990′s because technology was simple enough then. At the rate that technology advances, I’m fearful we’ll all be living in space ships by sometime next week -I’m not really cool with that. I don’t own a cell phone, I’ve never sent a text message (other than the occasional disasterous [...]
Regional Conference A-Go-Go
The Kawerak Regional Conference is happening this week in Nome. It’s when a lot of residents from the Norton Sound and Bering Strait meet up to talk about a whole host of issues that affect their lives and communities. It’s also a time when people and organizations operating in the region – the Coast Guard, [...]
Sounding Board
This week I was the first mic on Sounding Board, a weekly call-in talk show that we do here at KNOM. First mic means that I was responsible for choosing a topic, doing research and interviews, and for leading the show. As a volunteer who is not in the news department, and thus does not [...]
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