Dearest Alaska: Broadcast

This month’s episode of Dearest Alaska joins the BSSD Student Broadcast Team during the Elementary/Junior High Wrestling and Cheerleading Tournament in Unalakleet.

Hear all about the opportunity to delve into multimedia production provided by this program — and why student broadcasters Alukka and Mason think you should join — by clicking the media player on this page starting on Dec. 4. Or, listen to the show, live, on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2 and 3, during the 12pm and 5pm hours each day.

You can learn more about the BSSD Student Broadcast Team here, follow their Facebook page for updates here, and see their upcoming video streams here.

Student Broadcaster Alukka Ivanoff zooms in on a subject. — Student Broadcaster Alukka Ivanoff uses the touchscreen of the iPod to zoom in on a subject. Photo: Karen Trop/KNOM

Student Broadcasters from the BSSD Broadcast Team set up in the middle of the action. — Spot the BSSD Student Broadcaster: Mason Ivanoff lines up his shot in midst of the event action. Photo: Karen Trop/KNOM

The BSSD Student Broadcast Team monitor their feed. — At the Elementary/Junior High Wrestling and Cheer Tournament in Unalakleet, AK, the BSSD Student Broadcast Team monitor their feed from the Radio Mezzanine. Photo: Karen Trop/KNOM

Dearest Alaska is an experimental audio project; the program will be available on this website and broadcast live on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month at 12noon and 5pm on KNOM (96.1 FM, 780 AM).

If you or someone you know would like to participate in an episode of Dearest Alaska, please contact KNOM at 907-443-5221 or dearest.alaska@knom.org.

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Image at top: Photo: Karen Trop/KNOM.

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