Special Haiti Program on Monday

On Monday, February 1st from 8am to 10am, Gavel to Gavel will air a live two hour on-air fundraiser to benefit Partners in Health's Haiti efforts. This Alaskan effort will include conversations with Alaska Gov. Parnell, reporters stationed in Haiti, Alaskans in the armed forces assisting with aid efforts and some of our elected officials.

Alaskan History

On this day in Alaska history for January 27:

1905 - The bill creating the Alaska Road Commission was signed into law by President Teddy Roosevelt.

1925 - The first dog team left Nenana in the relay of serum to combat the diphtheria outbreak in Nome.

1969 - The University of Alaska began its first major oceanographic expedition to the Bering Sea.

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To find our daily Gavel to Gavel schedule, go to our website! Listen live or hear past meetings - our improved archive search makes it easier than ever!

* On this day in Alaska history for January 26:

1917 - The Canadian steamer Prince John was wrecked in Wrangell Narrows, but was later salvaged.

1959 - The first Alaska State Legislature convened in Juneau.

1974 - KTOO-FM , Alaska's first non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, signed on the air.

HOPE FOR HAITI NOW

360 North will be joining countless other networks to bring you HOPE FOR HAITI NOW, a global telethon to air commercial-free on Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m.

Wyclef Jean will join George Clooney and CNN's Anderson Cooper in HOPE FOR HAITI NOW. The telethon will be hosted by Clooney in Los Angeles, Jean in New York and Cooper in Haiti. All donations will directly benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF and Wyclef's Yele Haiti Foundation. HOPE FOR HAITI NOW will feature performances and celebrity appearances to be announced as well as live news reports from CNN.

Gavel to Gavel History

Gavel to Gavel Alaska is produced by KTOO-TV in Juneau, and started on the first day of the legislative session, January 19th. Cameras in the state capitol televise unedited, start-to-finish coverage of House and Senate floor sessions, key committee hearings, news conferences and other state government activity. The television service, which began in 1994, is broadcast over the air in Anchorage and Juneau, and is carried by cable systems statewide and streamed live on the Internet. Live Legislative coverage is scheduled from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. each weekday, with expanded coverage when legislative activity warrants. The City and Borough of Juneau has once again provided a major grant to support the coverage. GCI Cable carries Gavel to Gavel Alaska in every GCI cable market in Alaska. Alaska Communications Systems provides the Internet service.

Gavel to Gavel Alaska began as a two-week demonstration project during the First Session of the Nineteenth Alaska Legislature in 1995. The next year, the legislature allowed full-time coverage and honored Gavel to Gavel Alaska with a Legislative Citation. We began full-time coverage our tenth Regular Legislative Session in January 2005, and the Governor marked our tenth anniversary with an Executive Proclamation.

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This is a test, this is only a test!

The Federal Government and the State of Alaska will conduct a statewide exercise of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in Alaska on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at 10 am. Radio and television broadcast stations and cable television systems across the state of Alaska will participate in the exercise aimed at testing the capabilities of the EAS system.

Please remember, this is an exercise only. When the exercise is over, regular programming will resume.

JUNEAU ALASKA ONE OUTAGE

We’ve had some wind damage to the satellite dish in Juneau that receives Alaska One and APRN, and it looks like it will take some time to repair. We’re looking into getting temporary feeds, but for now, Alaska One on KTOO-TV is off the air and off cable, and APRN isn’t available. We apologize for any inconvenience, and we are working on it as fast as we can.

Happy Halloween!

From everyone at 360 North!

Did you miss The National Parks series?

If you missed the Ken Burns National Parks series that aired on 360 North, here's your chance to watch it now. Starting on Tuesday, October 27 at 8pm and airing every Tuesday night for six weeks we are airing The National Parks series again. Enjoy!

2009 Elders & Youth Conference

Celebrate Alaska Native intellect! As part of AFN the 2009 Elders & Youth Conference stimulates dialogue between young people and Elders and encourages them to maintain traditional Native values and practices while thriving in the modern world.

Watch the 2009 Elders & Youth Conference LIVE during our AFN Convention coverage on Monday Oct. 19 from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM and on Tuesday Oct. 20 from 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM.

AFN Convention 2009

360 North is proud to be airing the 2009 AFN Convention.

Coverage will begin on Thursday October 22 and will broadcast live from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.

Friday Oct 23 and Saturday Oct 24, live convention coverage will air from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

Alaska's History - It's Magic!

What does a psychic duck have in common with Alaska’s governors? Plenty, especially when they’re all a part of Alaska’s History – It’s Magic, a magical presentation highlighting various moments in Alaska’s history. Watch Alaska’s History – It’s Magic on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 8pm!

The program has been presented to thousands of young people and their families in schools and libraries in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and other Southeast Alaska communities, stimulating lots of laughter and wonder as Alaskan history comes alive through the medium of magic.

“Magic can help give meaning to historical events and facts, supplying kids with another way to enjoy their studies,” said Jeff Brown, a Juneau-based magician who developed the show. “It helps provide another handle to support their education, while at the same time providing a healthy dose of entertainment.”

The show features magical effects highlighting Alaska’s Native cultures, its Russian heritage, the Gold Rush and more, taking a live studio audience of kids and their families on a wild ride full of audience participation, amazement and plenty of amusement, gathering praise from kids, families, and educators.

The program was made possible with the help of the Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Humanities Forum, and the Douglas-Dornan Foundation, and was recorded before a live studio audience.

Fundraiser Success!

360 North's first ever on air fundraiser was a big success!! We'd like to thank everyone who helped make it possible. Our on air people - Marc Wheeler, Scott Foster, Beth Weigel, John Kelly and Peter Griffin really helped get people to call in and support 360 North.

And we had great volunteers from SAGA, NCADD, Bob Poe for Governor, and AmeriCorps to help answer the phones. The staff at 360 North would like to thank everyone who helped out! Thanks for watching!

TONIGHT ON THE NATIONAL PARKS!

Starting tonight at 8pm!

“Great Nature” (Episode Five)

To battle unemployment in the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Civilian Conservation Corps, which spawns a “golden age” for the parks through major renovation projects. In a groundbreaking study, a young NPS biologist named George Melendez Wright discovers widespread abuses of animal habitats and pushes the service to reform its wildlife policies. Congress narrowly passes a bill to protect the Everglades in Florida as a national park — the first time a park has been created solely to preserve an ecosystem, as opposed to scenic beauty. As America becomes entrenched in World War II, Roosevelt is pressured to open the parks to mining, grazing and lumbering. The president also is subjected to a storm of criticism for expanding the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming by accepting a gift of land secretly purchased by John D. Rockefeller Jr.

360 North Fundraiser!

This week, we are bringing you the latest series from Ken Burns that tells the story of our National Parks. And we are taking this opportunity to let our viewers contribute to 360 North! We have been on the air for 2 years now and this is our first on-air fundraiser. And everyone who donates $90 or more will receive a year subscription to Alaska Magazine!

If you watch 360 North, you know how unique our channel is. We air Alaskan programs and cover statewide events. Please consider donating to 360 North today and help ensure that we continue to bring relevant programming to Alaskans all across the state!

TONIGHT ON THE NATIONAL PARKS!

Starting tonight at 8pm!

“Going Home” (Episode Four)

While visiting the parks was once predominantly the domain of Americans wealthy enough to afford the high-priced train tours, the advent of the automobile allows more people than ever before to visit the parks. Mather embraces this opportunity and works to build more roads in the parks. Some park enthusiasts, such as Margaret and Edward Gehrke of Nebraska, begin “collecting” parks, making a point to visit as many as they can. In North Carolina, Horace Kephart, a reclusive writer, and George Masa, a Japanese immigrant, launch a campaign to protect the last strands of virgin forest in the Smoky Mountains by establishing it as a park. In Wyoming, John D. Rockefeller Jr. begins quietly buying up land in the Teton Mountain Range and valley in a secret plan to donate it to the government as a park.

TONIGHT ON THE NATIONAL PARKS

Starting tonight at 8pm!

“The Empire of Grandeur” (Episode Three)

In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. The conservation movement, after failing to stop the Hetch Hetchy dam, pushes the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks, leading to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916. Its first director, Stephen Mather, a wealthy businessman and passionate park advocate who fought vigorously to establish the NPS, launches an energetic campaign to expand the national park system and bring more visitors to the parks. Among his efforts is to protect the Grand Canyon from encroaching commercial interests and establish it as a national park, rather than a national monument.

All This Week: KEN BURNS!

This 12-hour, six-part documentary series by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan tells the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. From Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, the series explores the stories of people, from every conceivable background, who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so, reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

Every night this week starting at 8pm!

Rain Country is Back!!

Looking for your favorite 360 North program?

Perhaps you'd like to order a copy of Rain Country? Rain Country was a very popular series produced by KTOO from 1985 to 1995. Now you can enjoy Rain Country Reflections, a retrospective look at the series, Thursday nights at 8 p.m. through the end of the year.

And if you are interested in purchasing a 360 North program, check out our new shop at: http://www.shop.360north.org/.

Are You Ready For Unbiased News?

Check out 360 North week nights at 7pm for the BBC WORLD NEWS!

Why do humpbacks sing?

Find out on Monday, August 17 at 8pm only on 360 North!

Dr. James Darling, renowned whale researcher and co-founder of the West Coast Whale Research Foundation, sheds light on the reasoning behind whale vocalization. Whales sing to one another over hundreds of miles and use their songs to navigate across oceans. Humpback whales travel thousands of miles as a group, singing to each other as they go. They can also communicate with each other over thousands of miles of ocean. The presenter explains how singing is part of their social system and community.

Stories from Alaskan Veterans

Starting at 9pm on Thursday, August 13 tune in to 360 North for stories on some of Alaska's World War II veterans: Harold Wheaton, Tom Stewart, and Jack Culbreath. Wheaton served on the Aleutian Islands, loading and unloading cargo ships. Stewart served on Kiska during the Aleutian Campaign and in the Northern Italian Campaign with the legendary 10th Mountain Division. Culbreath was also in the 10th Mountain Division, which broke through the German line and paved the way for Allied victory in Italy.

Breath of Fresh Air World Premiere!

Thursday August 6 at 9pm

In the 1990's, street skateboarding was on the rise, it even overshadowed the once dominant type of skateboarding called "vert" - as the preferred style. As street skating was quickly progressing, so was the small town Wasilla Alaska. By some statistics during this time frame, Wasilla was the fastest growing city in the United States. This movie tries to capture the surge of skateboarders that mirrored the growth of this frontier city during the 1990's.

Changes Coming

360 North, as part of KTOO in Juneau, along with KUAC-Fairbanks and APTI-Anchorage (KAKM), recently released a study to determine the feasibility of a unified statewide public broadcasting organization.

This new report notes opportunities offered under a unified public broadcasting model:
• A statewide, cross-platform production team
• An increase in public broadcasting’s reach in rural communities
• A unified voice in support of public broadcasting statewide
• The ability to invest in emerging media for content delivery
• The continuation of high-quality PBS and NPR programming throughout the state

The KTOO, KUAC, and APTI boards will then make a final decision on the unification this year and if approved, the transformation could begin as soon as July 2010.