KSEW (Sitka, Alaska)

For the former station in Seward, Alaska, see KSEW (Seward, Alaska).

KSEW (1400 AM) was a radio station in Sitka, Alaska.

The frequency began in 1949 as KALA.[1] On September 13, 1954, The 1400 AM frequency was reactivated as KSEW. KSEW was a low-power, multilingual radio station that broadcast in both English and Tlingit.[2] One of the employees of KSEW was Tlingit scholar Walter Soboleff.[3]

References

  1. ^ "KALA on Air" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 19, 1949. Retrieved 23 September 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Wilber, Del Quentin; Lisa Rein (May 3, 2012). "The sleuth, the Babe and a radio mystery". The Washington Post. p. A1 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Stolpe, Klas (2011-06-22). "Noted Tlingit elder Walter Soboleff dies". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 2011-06-19.