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Inside the Studios: June 2010
May was an eventful month.
KNOM helped locate a 43-year-old woman and a nine-year-old girl who had disappeared from sight on their way to the village of Teller. After repeated announcements, the two travelers were found: cold and tired, but in “O.K. condition,” according to the Alaska State Troopers.
Light snow fell on the tundra, the ice pack on the Bering Sea started to move, and ice chunks from the rivers began their trip to the sea. Then, after two earthquakes struck 170 miles south of St. Matthew Island (6.3 and 6.0 on the Richter scale, respectively), KNOM aired an alert that a shock wave (of water) was expected at St. Lawrence Island. The shore-bound ice was predicted to move up on to the beach. The warnings went out and nobody was injured. The people on the island are always tuned in to KNOM.
About a week later, the Alaska Earthquake Information System (AEIS) confirmed that on Thursday, May 13th at 10:30 a.m. Alaska time, a 4.36 magnitude earthquake hit 71 miles north-northwest of Nome. No tsunami resulted from the earthquake, and there were no injuries. KNOM broadcast the latest information from AEIS and the National Weather Service. Listeners heard up-to-date emergency information. From the calls we received, it was obvious they really appreciated KNOM’s reporting.
Recently, a long-time Nome resident who had been living in Poulsbo, Washington passed away at age 87. His wife, Joyce, contacted us and asked that KNOM be added to the list of preferred donations in his memory. We thanked her for her kind and generous gesture. She said, “Richard loved Nome, and in the aviation business, your stations were the lifeline for western Alaska: sometimes literally.” We pray for Richard, Joyce and their family.
On Memorial Day, KNOM provided live coverage of city-wide memorial services honoring the great Americans who served our country in the Armed Forces. We joined with our friends in the American Legion in saying, “Those of us who are still breathing cannot repay the sacrifice of those who gave their lives defending us, but at the very least, we can and we must remember them.” The Memorial Day parade started on Nome’s Front Street and moved to the Nome Cemetery, where citizens spoke about our soldiers’ bravery and sacrifice. Then, the parade moved down to the waterfront for a special laying of a wreath honoring those who lost their lives at sea.
Life can be a real challenge at times. We continue to honor the commitment of everyone involved with the Alaska/KNOM Radio Mission to make a positive difference during these very difficult times.
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KNOM strives to entertain, to engage, to inspire, and to inform the listeners of Western Alaska: from the Yukon Delta to the Bering Strait and throughout the villages and rural stretches of the Alaskan Bush. We are a critical communications link: our programming includes point-to-point (“hotline”) messages, daily news and weather, community announcements, call-in shows, and a wide variety of music and entertainment, including the traditional drumming, dancing and storytelling of Alaska Native cultures.
KNOM seeks to be a place where conversations can begin, where communities can be strengthened, and where the human spirit can be celebrated.