The Nome Static, July 2018 Archives

New AM Transmitter & Tech Tune-Ups

By KNOM Radio | June 28, 2018

Two men look on while a Catholic priest prepares to read a blessing at the remote site of KNOM Radio's AM transmitter.

The KNOM mission is benefitting this summer from recent maintenance work. From its AM transmitter site, new hardware and a newly realigned tower are beaming positive programming throughout 100,000 square miles of Western Alaska.

Education Successes

By KNOM Radio | June 28, 2018

A high school graduate walks on a gymnasium floor in her graduation gown, wearing traditional, Alaska Native mukluks.

Hand-built computers, berry-picking as a metaphor for success, and grads with advanced degrees in reindeer herding: recent KNOM News stories have highlighted examples of academic achievement with a distinctively Western Alaska flair.

In Nome, a Legacy of Service

By KNOM Radio | June 28, 2018

Color guard, bearing flags, leads the 2018 Memorial Day parade through Nome.

Along Nome’s main thoroughfare, Front Street, there stands a bronze statue of a man wearing a traditional parka and holding a rifle. It’s a silent reminder of Alaska’s unique military history, a history that stretches back for decades before statehood.

Sun That Never Ends

By KNOM Radio | June 28, 2018

Man holding two recently-caught fish, standing on a riverbank in rural Alaska.

Summer in the sub-Arctic: sunlight that stretches on for months.

Gifts from Retirement Funds

By Lynette Schmidt | June 28, 2018

Did you know? Folks who are 70 ½ years and older can make pre-tax donations directly to charity from IRA or other retirement plans. Doing so may help reduce taxable income.

From the GM’s Desk (July 2018)

By admin | June 28, 2018

“We are renewed in our mission connecting the individual, the family, and each village, united in faith,” says Margaret DeMaioribus in the end-note to the July newsletter.