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Don Megga Returns To KFAT
Ohana Media Group Anchorage continues to make changes to the cluster this week as it announces the return of former PD/morning host Don Megga to Rhythmic CHR 92.9 KFAT Anchorage. Megga previously spent 25 years at KFAT from its launch in 1999 until exiting last year. During that run he...
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Diné Artist Jenabah Yazzie Featured in Sept. Books and Blankets Collab
The NDN Girls Book Club and Eighth Generation are bringing together Indigenous art, storytelling and literacy through a new blanket collaboration designed to celebrate Native communities and support Indigenous youth. The “Stories Woven in Bloom” blanket was created by artist Jenabah Yazzie in collaboration with the NDN Girls Book Club...
Barrett Media
Rock 102.1/KRAK Anchorage Names New Program Director Scotty Simmons
"Scotty's experience, creativity and genuine connection with our listeners make him the perfect person to lead KRAK," The post Rock 102.1/KRAK Anchorage Names New Program Director Scotty Simmons appeared first on Barrett Media .
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‘It’s our dump, we love it’: Anchorage artist talks about the history of Spenard and why he makes sandwiches every day
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - When Duke Russell is asked to describe himself, he doesn’t start by talking about his artwork. Work that is prolific, documenting Alaska, with a heavy focus on Spenard, that started decades ago. There are his comic books, stickers, triptychs of mountains, treasure maps, paintings of people, neighborhood bands and images from a bygone era of Alaska.
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Movie review: 'The Sun Never Sets' navigates a well-balanced love triangle
Filmmaker Joe Swanberg might be known as one of the pioneers of the 2000s low-budget indie film movement known as “mumblecore,” but he’s established a signature, deeply humanist style all his own in the two decades since his directorial debut, “Kissing on the Mouth,” premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
Mat-Su Sentinel
Two longtime Mat-Su librarians leave after decades of service
What you need to know: * Two longtime Mat-Su librarians left their posts in August. Geri Denkewalter retired after 40 years at the Talkeetna Library, while Julie Mitchell left the Willow Library after 16 years there and about 30 years in the profession. * Both librarians helped make their libraries community
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‘He would be very proud’: Waterskiing squirrel act carries on family legacy at fair
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) -For the first time at the Alaska State Fair, “Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel” is performing at Alaska’s News Source Corral. “I think everybody loves coming out to see Twiggy because since this has been going on almost 50 years,” Toni Tedesco, one of Twiggy’s handlers, said. “It’s now generational where some people are like, ‘Oh, I’ve seen this when I was a kid. I’m taking my kids.’”
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Russell Merrill blazed trails in Alaska skies
On Sunday, Sept. 25, 1932, the Russell Hyde Merrill Memorial Beacon was dedicated at Merrill Field. Bought with money raised by the Anchorage Women's Club, it was a memorial to a pioneer airman. Three years before, he had disappeared almost without a trace. Merrill, a pivotal figure in Alaska's early...
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Alaska Broadcasters Association Names Kim Williams Broadcaster Of The Year; Inducts J.R. Lewis Into Hall of Fame
The Alaska Broadcasters Association announced today that it has named iHeartMedia Anchorage/Fairbanks Area President Kim Williams as its Broadcaster of the Year and will induct J.R. Lewis into its Hall of Fame. Williams has spent her entire career at iHeartMedia and its predecessors starting her career as an account executive...
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Cat Okegawa Named VP/GM Of Ohana Media Group Alaska.
Ohana Media Group has promoted Cat Okegawa to Vice President and General Manager of its Alaska operations, effective Sept. 1. Okegawa will oversee the day-to-day operations and strategic direction of the company’s six Anchorage and Mat-Su stations: country “96.3 The Moose” KXLW, adult hits “92.1 Bob FM” KBBO, rhythmic CHR KFAT (92.9), hot AC “Q99.7” KMBQ, “Rock 102.1” KRAK and talk KBYR-AM (700). She will also continue leading the company’s sales division.
TheWrap
‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: Dakota Fanning Anchors a Sensitive Love Triangle in Joe Swanberg’s Return
Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith match Fanning's exceptional performance The post ‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: Dakota Fanning Anchors a Sensitive Love Triangle in Joe Swanberg’s Return appeared first on TheWrap .
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New documentary draws back curtain on life as an Alaska National Guard member
The film’s premiere will include two showings in Anchorage on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 11 a.m. and noon at the Regal Tikahtnu. The movie will also have a showing on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 11 a.m. at Regal Goldstream in Fairbanks.