It’s a time of transition at KNOM. Volunteers are packing up and leaving, their rooms a blank canvas of bed, desk, and dresser, awaiting a new occupant to make it his or her own. Schedules at work are shifting as people segue into new positions while awaiting new faces. Even the weather is changing, from [...]
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Alumni Memories: Telling Stories, by Rev. Jesse Zink
KNOM Radio Mission stands on the shoulders of all the volunteers that have come before. For one, two or three years they give of their time and talents to enrich the airwaves and the mission of KNOM Radio. As they move on, volunteers take with them a wealth of experiences, memories, and relationships. Former volunteer [...]
Out With the Old & On Toward the New
Today at KNOM I helped replace a banner in front of the station. After celebrating KNOM’s 40th anniversary last year, the banner announcing the 40 years was getting a little out of date, what with year 41 just a few days away. As I took the old banner down and helped raise the new one [...]
Family Visit
My family is here!!!! I know that I have been counting down to this visit for awhile. My family visiting me has been a major event for me to look forward to for months. Now that they are here, along with one of my best friends, Alexandra, I have been crazy busy entertaining, giving tours, [...]
Alumni Memories: Big Skies, Big Light, the Sun and the Moon, by David Dodman
KNOM Radio Mission stands on the shoulders of all the volunteers that have come before. For one, two or three years they give of their time and talents to enrich the airwaves and the mission of KNOM Radio. As they move on, volunteers take with them a wealth of experiences, memories, and relationships. Former volunteer [...]
Collecting Two Years
You can collect a lot of stuff in your year(s) at KNOM. Coming up to the homestretch here – less than three months before my second year ends and I make my own exit – I’ve reflected on some of the things I’ve accumulated since arriving in August of 2010. First up, books. Nome is [...]
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 [...]
Far From Home for the Holidays
Sunday was Easter, and like most holidays in Nome – Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years – the KNOM volunteers are far from their loved ones by virtue of their, well, being KNOM volunteers. In my year and a half as a volunteer, I’ve learned that there’s one silver lining to not being able to spend that [...]
Solar Storms, Crab Cleaning, and Iditarod
Hi! Bekah here, The past few nights have been predicted to have massive amounts of solar activity, and that means the potential for great Northern Lights is significantly increased! Hopefully a Aurora viewing expedition will be in the works tonight or tomorrow night, and that it will also be successful! I heard that as far [...]
Get Your Tickets to the Northern Lights Show
The recipe for a good northern lights show is pretty simple. All you need to do is find a clear night, get away from the city lights, live near the magnetic north pole, and time it such that a giant explosion on the sun sprays the atmosphere with highly energized particles. You can achieve all [...]
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