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KTOO (FM)
Encyclopedia
KTOO is a non-commercial educational
radio station
licensed
to serve Juneau, Alaska
, USA. The station is owned by Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc.
The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio and CoastAlaska
networks. BirdNote
airs Monday and Tuesday on Juneau Afternoon.
KTOO also operates two other radio stations, KXLL
Excellent Radio and KRNN
Rain Country. All three are collectively known as K3, and all are members of the regional organization CoastAlaska
and the Alaska Public Radio Network.
All stations share a broadcasting complex in downtown Juneau at 360 Egan Drive.
Non-commercial educational
The term non-commercial educational applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements , as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission . NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non-profit uses of the radio spectrum...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...
, USA. The station is owned by Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc.
The station airs public radio programming from the National Public Radio and CoastAlaska
CoastAlaska
CoastAlaska is an umbrella public radio network for five Southeast Alaskan public radio stations: KRBD, Ketchikan; KSTK, Wrangell; KTOO, Juneau; KFSK, Petersburg; and KCAW, Sitka....
networks. BirdNote
BirdNote
BirdNote is a nonprofit radio program dedicated to education and conservation of birds and their habitats. BirdNote shows are two-minute vignettes that incorporate the sounds of birds with stories that illustrate their way of life...
airs Monday and Tuesday on Juneau Afternoon.
KTOO also operates two other radio stations, KXLL
KXLL
KXLL is a non-commercial adult album alternative/modern rock hybrid music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 100.7 FM.-History:Capital Community Broadcasting purchased KXLL and KSRJ from White Oak Broadcasting of Alaska in 2006....
Excellent Radio and KRNN
KRNN
KRNN is a non-commercial music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 102.7 FM. KRNN airs a variety of music genres which include, jazz, classical, and adult album alternative.-History:...
Rain Country. All three are collectively known as K3, and all are members of the regional organization CoastAlaska
CoastAlaska
CoastAlaska is an umbrella public radio network for five Southeast Alaskan public radio stations: KRBD, Ketchikan; KSTK, Wrangell; KTOO, Juneau; KFSK, Petersburg; and KCAW, Sitka....
and the Alaska Public Radio Network.
All stations share a broadcasting complex in downtown Juneau at 360 Egan Drive.