KABN-FM is a non-commercial

Non-commercial

Non-commercial refers to an activity or entity that does not in some sense involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis...

 College radio station in Kasilof, Alaska

Kasilof, Alaska

Kasilof is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 549.-Geography:Kasilof is located at ....

, broadcasting to the Kenai, Alaska

Kenai, Alaska

Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464...

, area on 89.5 FM

Frequency modulation

In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...

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Translators

In addition to the main station, KABN-FM is relayed by the following translator:

History

The call letters KABN were previously used by a station owned by Valley Radio Corporation. That station was licensed to Long Island, Big Lake, Alaska

Big Lake, Alaska

Big Lake is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, broadcasting at 830 AM. The station's studios and transmitter were actually located northeast of Big Lake proper, off of Johnson Road. This version of KABN operated from 1979 to 1988, when it was sold to Chester Coleman and subsequently shut down.