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Amid the deep winter, 5th graders take their turn in KNOM Studios

The frozen tundra sparkles with many shades of blue; the renewed sunlight shines across the snow covered landscape. The Bering Sea is covered with huge chunks of ice, pushed to the surface as the icepack shifts and thickens in subfreezing temperatures. Steam rises from exposed sea water.

Last week, a local 5th grade class visited the KNOM Radio studios. These excited and energetic young students came in to record public service announcements. Small groups of studious children gathered in Studio C, while KNOM producer Dayneé Rosales recorded their voices for broadcast at a later time. It is always a delight to hear these young voices on KNOM.

In the KNOM lobby, the rest of the class quietly studied their lines, waiting for their turn to read their PSA scripts. When it was time for them to leave, each fifth grader smiled, waved goodbye, and said “thank you.”

Thank you to everyone who makes KNOM possible.

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December 2003: “No more powerful medium…”

December 26, 2003

A board member of Alaska’s Breast Cancer Detection Center writes, thanking the station for its free announcements that help to make a village mammogram program a great success:

Many of the patients reported that they had heard about it on KNOM… This was the first time we had tried to market village trips using radio, and I assure you that we will continue… There is absolutely no more powerful medium in these towns and villages than radio, and KNOM ranks at the top. I do not think any other station can top the respect and trust of your station, and it was an exciting experience for me to finally have proof!

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Summercise comes to KNOM, and a new challenge pledge for our studio construction

Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studio Mockup

An artist’s rendering of the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios: an annex to KNOM Radio’s current studio building.

The days grow longer and, slowly, the temperatures are rising! The remainders of ice and snow are melting away into the ponds and streams.

Alongside the warmth of summer, Nome’s Summercise has returned.

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