Podcast #288 – Eagle vs. Transmitter
Radio Survivor
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 1 seconds
This week we share more evidence of how broadest radio is an important informational lifeline and human connection for so many people. As most of the country enters year two of the pandemic, we catch up again with Becky Meiers, General Manager of community radio station KCAW-FM in Sitka, Alaska. We last spoke with Becky at the end of March 2020, before any cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed in this remote community, though she shared the station’s preparedness plan.
KCAW serves a vital communications role in Southeastern Alaska where small communities are spread out without overland connections, and the only travel is by air or by sea. Becky tells us how the station has gotten through the last year, bringing local broadcasters back to the air as possible, while also growing its local news coverage. Becky also regales us with stories from her journeys to isolated “translator communities” where local repeater transmitters (a/k/a “translators”) required emergency repairs and maintenance.
Show Notes:
- KCAW-FM Raven Radio
- Podcast #239 – Hunkering Down with Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska
- Touring KCAW, Sitka Alaska’s Raven Radio
- Podcast #197 – Raven Radio in Sitka, Alaska
- Report for America
- Mt. Edgecumbe High School
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