Welcome to the World, Amos!
![A close-up of infant Amos Collins](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Amos-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
The KNOM family grew by one just a few weeks ago, with the birth of the second son of Program Director Laura Collins and her husband, Jeff.
Meet Michael
![Deejay Michael Burnett, wearing headphones, standing at the microphone and radio sound board in KNOM's main broadcasting studio.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-04-06-static-misc-006-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
This spring, KNOM listeners are keeping company with a new voice on weekday mornings. Meet Michael Burnett.
Trash to Treasure
![Nome Community Baptist Church Pastor Dan Heihn and volunteer Tyler Stup, sorting out the recycled shelves donated to KNOM.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-01-10-shelves-004-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
KNOM stretches operating funds as much as possible, given the high cost of everything in rural Alaska. One example: the salvaged shelves KNOM uses to hold its record library.
Programming and News, By the Numbers
![Margaret, Karen, and Lauren with Nome high school teacher Justin Heinrich](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-09-21-mdm-and-volz-in-classroom-001-2432px-1200x800.jpg)
Through your support, inspiration, education, and news remain the focus of our daily work, as they have been since 1971. Thousands of times each year, KNOM’s broadcasts carry snapshots of our region: of its culture and heritage, its local news and stories, and its faith.
Meet Our ‘16-17 Producers
![Newly-arrived producer Karen Trop, part of our volunteer class of 2016-2017. Photo: Margaret DeMaioribus, KNOM.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-07-26-volz-in-digital-studios-004-2432px-1-1200x800.jpg)
We’re excited to introduce to you Karen Trop and Lauren Frost, the producers of our 2016-2017 class of KNOM volunteers.
Laura, Our Program Director
![Laura Collins](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-11-11-laura-matt-and-goldies-010-1200x800.jpg)
As KNOM’s new program director, Laura Collins is keeping alive a cornerstone of our daily mission: overseeing the many kinds of programming that entertain, inform, engage, and inspire our listeners.
In the wake of the storm
![Storm relief for Kotlik in KNOM lobby](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013-11-22-storm-aid-1-1216px-1200x800.jpg)
Last November, storms brought exceptional damage to some of the communities we serve. Two separate storm systems in the Bering Sea – severe, in large part, because of their strong winds, high seas, and potential for coastal flooding – ripped through our region in less than a week. While Nome saw some relatively moderate damage, […]
Merry Christmas from your KNOM family
The photo above was taken on the future site of the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios, our studio annex project. From left to right: Father Ross Tozzi; Eva DeLappe; Lynette Schmidt; Lucus Keppel; Kelly Brabec; Betsy Brennan; Rolland Trowbridge; Dayneé Rosales; Joshua Cunningham; Laureli Kinneen; Ric Schmidt; Laura Collins; Margaret DeMaioribus; David Dodman. We […]