Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated

Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated, doing business as KYUK, KYUK-FM and KYUK-TV is a non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the Yup'ik Eskimo and residents of populations of southwest Alaska with local, non-commercial public radio and television. KYUK is a National Public Radio and Alaska Public Radio affiliate and PBS member station through the Alaska One Public Television Network. KYUK is located in Bethel, Alaska, a town situated on the banks of the Kuskokwim River within the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta region of southwestern Alaska.

Broadcast areaYukon–Kuskokwim Delta (Southwestern Alaska)

Frequencies

• KYUK: 640 kHz
• KYUK-FM: 90.3 MHz

Language(s)

• KYUK: English, Yupik languages
• KYUK-FM: English

Format

• KYUK: Public radio, music
• KYUK-FM: Freeform

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KYUK and KYUK-FM

Bethel, Alaska United States
Broadcast area	Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta (Southwestern Alaska)
Frequencies	KYUK: 640 kHz KYUK-FM: 90.3 MHz
Programming
Language(s)	KYUK: English, Yupik languages KYUK-FM: English
Format	KYUK: Public radio, music KYUK-FM: Freeform
Affiliations	Alaska Public Radio NPR PRX Native Voice Communications American Indian Radio on Satellite
Ownership
Owner	Bethel Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	KYUK-FM, KYUK-TV
History
First air date	KYUK: May 13, 1971 (1971-05-13) KYUK-FM: December 2009 (2009-12)
Former frequencies	KYUK: 580 kHz[1]
Technical information[2][3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	KYUK: 4963 KYUK-FM: 172683
Class	KYUK: A KYUK-FM: A
Power	KYUK: 10,000 watts KYUK-FM: 385 watts
HAAT	KYUK-FM: 23 meters (75 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	KYUK: 60°46′54.3″N 161°53′8.3″W KYUK-FM: 60°47′30.3″N 161°46′30.3″W
Translator(s)	KYUK: 91.9 K220EA (Aniak)
Links
Public license information	KYUK: Public file LMS KYUK-FM: Public file LMS
Website	kyuk.org

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KYUK has maintained an archive of their programs and productions. The Archive has over 5,000 audio and video recordings from the mid-1970s to the present. The mission of the Archive is to preserve, organize, store and make accessible moving image and sound recordings produced by KYUK Television and Radio about the culture, language, history and contemporary life of Yup'ik people and residents of the region.

The contents of the Archive include local news footage, newscasts, long form documentaries and documentary production elements, instructional public affairs, feature magazine shows, and Yup'ik dance performance programs. Many programs were produced in both English and Yup'ik languages.