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Inside the Studios: August 2010
Happy Birthday to KNOM!
On July 14th, KNOM Radio marked a special occasion: the 39th anniversary of our very first broadcast.
To celebrate, we hosted an Open House, and about 200 folks dropped by to share treats, birthday cake and wonderful stories about KNOM’s history.
Starting at 9:00 a.m., KNOM opened the door to welcome loyal listeners. They came by to visit, and some even dropped off birthday cards. One of the cards from a family in Nome really touched our hearts. Here is a part of what they wrote.
“Happy 39th Birthday. Thank you to all the people, past and present, who have made KNOM what it is today. Thank you for being a vital part of life in Rural Alaska. We enjoy the music, we appreciate the fishing reports, we rely on the news, and (we) like all the other programs you make available to us… Please keep up the awesome work… Happy Birthday!!!”
As we conclude our 39th year and venture into our 40th, we are constantly reminded of the many, many generous people who have sustained us through the decades. KNOM owes everything to the supporters and volunteers who created this critical mission and to those who work, pray and donate to keep us going.
The list of professionals that have helped KNOM include broadcast engineer Jack Mullaney, who walks in his father John H. Mullaney’s footsteps by donating all his work to the station.
We give thanks for the incredible generosity of current pro-bono legal counsel Wilkinson, Barker and Knauer in Washington DC; they’ve guided us for over 25 years.
And in the beginning, it was A.G. “Augie” Hiebert who opened his doors and his heart to KNOM to help put the radio station on the air. He was a pioneer in broadcast communications in Alaska. Augie was KNOM’s angel, watching over and helping us.
We gratefully honor their incredible support – and yours.
Meanwhile, it’s been a beautiful summer in Nome. We’ve seen temperatures nearly reaching 80 degrees. Families are hunting, fishing and gathering berries and other edibles at camp while listening to KNOM; we’re thrilled to be their companions for the season.
One of our favorite camp stories is about a bear who wandered into a family’s riverside campsite. There are many theories on how to ‘shoo away’ a bear that has entered a camp to take fish or other digestible items.
The teller of this story was a man who was desperate to repel the bear. Exasperated, he turned his radio all the way up, and KNOM blasted across the tundra. The bear quickly ran off! The man thanked us for being a 25,000-watt bear repellent. Amazing!
Life’s challenges are numerous. We strive to be up to the challenge, and we continue to honor the commitment shown by everyone involved with the Alaska/KNOM Radio Mission to make a positive difference during these very difficult times.
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We are KNOM: 780 AM & 96.1 FM, Yours For Western Alaska. We’re the oldest Catholic radio station in the United States. Welcome!
KNOM strives to entertain, to engage, to inspire, and to inform the listeners of Western Alaska: from the Yukon Delta to the Bering Strait and throughout the villages and rural stretches of the Alaskan Bush. We are a critical communications link: our programming includes point-to-point (“hotline”) messages, daily news and weather, community announcements, call-in shows, and a wide variety of music and entertainment, including the traditional drumming, dancing and storytelling of Alaska Native cultures.
KNOM seeks to be a place where conversations can begin, where communities can be strengthened, and where the human spirit can be celebrated.