Alaska News Nightly: April 3, 2012
Congressman Young Criticizes Federal Oceans Policy at Anchorage Hearing. Derelict Vessel Adrift in Southeast Waters. Koenig's Body Found. Coastal Managment Initiative Worker Charged with Forging Signatures. Senate Oil Tax Bill Moves Out of Committee. Lawmakers Consider FASD Legislation. Alaska Senators Highlight Chronic Underfunding at IHS Health Clinics. 5,600 tons in second Sitka herring opening. Fairbanks Will Have New Co-op Selling Locally Grown Foods. Mediators Will Work to Resolve Fairbanks Teacher Contract Dispute.
April Schedule Highlights
KAKM, Channel 7 television, is pleased to continue bringing quality programming to your home. In this month’s prime time lineup you will find new programming as well as some of your old favorites.
Can America and the Muslim World be Friends?
As a Fellow of Muslim Politics and Societies at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, Haroon Moghul is a world-renown expert on Islam in the modern world.
As a current doctoral candidate at Columbia University, Mr. Moghul’s research focus is Islamic thought in late colonial India. However, he has spoken around the world on topics including Islamic history and culture, contemporary politics in the Muslim world, and radicalism and religious identity.
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Anchorage Municipal Election Results on KSKA
On Tuesday, April 3 Anchorage will elect a Mayor, 3 School Board members and vote 'yes' or 'no' on 8 Ballot Propositions. Polling places close at 8:00 pm.
Results will be posted on the Municipality of Anchorage website after 8:30 pm.
Listen for election results Tuesday evening 9:00 - 11:00 pm on KSKA during World Café and Wednesday morning during Morning Edition.
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Oil Tax Revision Passed by Senate, Anchorage Election Investigation
The stories up for discussion this week are: the oil tax revision passed by the Senate; Anchorage election results and ballot shortage investigation; proposed bill to offset high energy costs; Samantha Koenig body found; legislative session winding down; and "Justice for Ted" rally.
KSKA: Friday, 4/6 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 4/7 at 6:00pm
KAKM: Friday, 4/6 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 4/7 at 5:00pm
An Alaskan Urban Rural Exchange
Nestled on the banks of the Nushagak River lies the village of New Stuyahok with a population of 510. The village is on a hill with three main streets of houses and a school at the top. Chief Ivan Blunka School is home of the Eagles: student population 150.
For a week, five Anchorage students and a teacher had a once in a lifetime chance to experience their amazing model for education.
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Affordable Health Care Act in Plain English
Weeks before he presented oral arguments at the Supreme Court hearing on health care reform, author and filmmaker T.R. Reid visited to Alaska to help breakdown the 3000+ page Affordable Health Care Act. Reid explained the new rules for insurance providers, doctors and even fast food restaurants in his talk entitled "Affordable Health Care Act (Obama's Health Reform) in Plain English" recorded at UAA on March 22.
KSKA: Thursday 4/4 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
A Taste of Open Space
The Alaska Catalysts are delighted to invite you to A Taste of Open Space, and an exciting day for connections and creative conversations that is coming up April 19th from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at the Kincaid Park Chalet in Anchorage.
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Alaska News Nightly: Apriil 2, 2012
Lawmaker predicts uphill battle for oil tax bill. GAO raises questions about Shell's arctic drilling plan. Innovative court program encourages settlment in divorce cases. Anchorage mayoral candidates prepare for election. Bethel residents consider the merits of hydro electricity. Native Youth Olympic teams start competing in Bethel. Otter pelt restrictions anger Native artists. Savoonga residents hear from national expert on environmental human rights violations.
American Experience: Grand Coulee Dam
Watch Grand Coulee Dam Preview on PBS. See more from American Experience.
Grand Coulee was more than a dam — it was a proclamation. In the wake of the Great Depression, America turned from private enterprise to public works — not simply to provide jobs, but to restore faith. KAKM: Tuesday, 4/3 at 7:00pmPolls Say Sullivan Leads Anchorage Mayoral Race, Prop 5 Could Be Close
It's election season in Anchorage and you can't drive around the city without seeing signs for incumbent Mayor Dan Sullivan and challenger Paul Honeman....
Algo Nuevo: April 1, 2012
Here’s the Sunday, April 1, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera...
Running 2012 Anchorage Mayor: Sullivan & Honeman
Four of six mayoral candidates joined host Michael Carey and panelists Grace Jang, KTVA and Daysha Eaton KSKA for Running 2012 in the KAKM studios on March 29. Watch the first hour of the program with candidates Dan Sullivan and Paul Honeman here. Bob Lupo and Phil Isley presented in second video.
American Masters: Margaret Mitchell – American Rebel
Discover the Pulitzer Prize-winning author behind Gone With the Wind, one of the world’s best-selling novels that features two of the world’s great lovers — Scarlett and Rhett — and was adapted into one of the most popular films of all time. No ordinary writer — or woman — Margaret Mitchell was a charismatic force who challenged the stifling Southern social order and struggled with the changing role of women and the liberation of African Americans. She suffered from depression and illness and experienced profound identity shifts during her life, until an accident led to her death in 1949.
KAKM: Monday, 4/2 at 8:00pm
Soul to Soul: March 31, 2012
Here’s the music playlist from the March 31, 2012 edition of Soul ...
Traveling Music: April 1, 2012
Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Foggy...
Finding Your Roots: Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
What’s in a name? Well, a lot, at least when it comes to piecing together family history. For former slaves, choosing a last name was one of their first acts of freedom. For Jewish immigrants, it was a way to fit in in their new country. Whatever the reason for a name change, it can make the process of learning about one’s ancestors difficult, if not impossible. In this episode, Gates unearths missing links in the family histories of media legend Barbara Walters and educational superstar Geoffrey Canada. Walters did not know her father’s real last name. Canada did not know the name of his grandfather. Both had been unable to access their history … until now.
KAKM: Sunday, 4/1 at 7:00pm
Night Music: March 31, 2012
Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Full Moon...
Great Performances: The Thomashefskys
Watch The Thomashefskys on PBS. See more from Great Performances.
“The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater” brings to life the words and music of the American Yiddish theater. The story’s lead characters — Bessie and Boris Thomashefky — are the grandparents of San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas. Bessie and Boris immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe in the 1880s, and while still in their teens, they began to play major roles in the development of New York City’s Yiddish theater. For Jewish immigrants who settled on the lower East Side of Manhattan, the Yiddish theater was central to their lives, and provided a stage for the new ideas that were shaping the transition to an American way of life. KAKM: Saturday, 3/31 at 9:00pmAK: Crime Writing
Eagle attacks, drunken mishaps, and intimate encounters gone horribly wrong: These are just a few of the reasons that people across the state look forward to the Unalaska police blotter. But the joy of the blotter isn’t just in the ridiculous items it contains – it’s in the way that Sgt. Jennifer Shockley writes about them. KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez introduces us to Alaska’s most literary police officer.