Creating Alaska: The Framers of the Alaska Constitution

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Constitutional Convention, former convention delegates Victor Fischer, George Sundborg, Sr. and Jack B. Coghill join convention economic consultant and temporary Secretary George Rogers and Chief Clerk Katie Hurley in looking at the Constitution as a living document and asking whether it has fulfilled their intentions.

The program was recorded at the University of Alaska Southeast in 2006.

Friday at 8:00 pm
repeats Sunday at 10:00 pm

360 North on ARCS

Tuesday, September 30, the Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS) will begin re-broadcasting the 360 North program stream. Our Tuesday evening broadcasts will now reach the additional communities that ARCS serves with low power transmitters. ARCS is seen in over 200 communities across Alaska, primarily in more rural areas.

For almost a year now, prime time on Tuesday has been a dedicated spot for Alaska Native and Native American programming. The 360 North programs that ARCS will be sharing with rural residents include Northwest Indian News, Native Report and Alaska documentary and cultural specials.

Economic Forum Airs Saturday

The Permanent Fund Annual Meeting that 360 North broadcast Monday night included a question and answer discussion with representatives from some of the nations top fund managers and investment strategists.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Economic Forum:
Subprime Crisis and Lessons Learned

This very timely event gave Alaskans the opportunity to hear the thoughts, advice and discussions being provided to the people who manage the Alaska Permanent Fund. It was a rare opportunity to hear information and a perspective that is not always reflected in the mainstream press.

360 North will be repeating the Alaska Permanent Fund Annual Meeting this weekend. That broadcast will include the Economic Forum which lasts 90 minutes.

Permanent Fund Annual Meeting (Day 1)
Saturday 1:00 pm

*Economic Forum*
Saturday 5:15 pm

Permanent Fund Annual Meeting (Day 2)
Sunday 1:00 pm

Heroes of the Slopes

Heroes of the Slopes is a one hour film on some of the top enabled skiers of our time. It was produced and hosted by Marc Romero, a former one-leg US Disabled Ski Team member turned top free-skier. The film contains a grass roots and inside perspective displaying many different and unique stories and characters. The people highlighted in this film are true mentors, leaders and heroes to those who watch.

Wednesday
9:00 pm

Permanent Fund Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation trustees will be broadcast on 360 North. This same-day meeting coverage will include:

The Alaska Permanent Fund Economic Forum: Subprime Crisis and Lessons Learned

The September 22nd and 23rd meetings, including the Economic Forum, will be shown each evening in their entirety.

Monday and Tuesday - Sept. 22 and 23
8:00 pm

repeat broadcast
Saturday and Sunday - Sept. 27 and 28
1:00 pm

Good Music on a Saturday Night

This month 360 North added a little bit of music to the schedule.

Throughout the fall you can enjoy good old public broadcasting music from Song of the Mountains and Mountain Stage.

We have a collection of older programs with great artists and will be running new programs later in the year.

Saturday Nights
9:00 to 11:00 pm

Passage of Migrants

Shadows passing across the moon, a soft beating of unseen wings in the dark, distant cries blown back by the wind, a line of geese flying high… these are some of the familiar fragments that are part of the mystery of migration. Waterfowl, shorebirds and cranes are linked by a love of water. Since the Ice Age retreated, arctic nesting birds have travelled immense distances every fall to overwinter and every spring to return. Their passage marks the seasons, and is a mystery that still fascinates man.


Witness the Passage of Migrants, a Karvonen Films special.

Wednesday at 8:00 pm

The Events of World Ocean Day

If you missed World Ocean Day 2008 you have a chance to see the events of the Juneau, Alaska event on 360 North.

See experts talk about invasive species, whales, birds, climate and fish. Take a tour of the new Southeast Alaska NOAA labs. Learn more about the ocean ecosystem.

World Ocean Day 2008

Monday, September 15
8:00 pm

(repeats several times throughout the week)

Only on 360 North.

Three Way River

A Play by David Hunsaker


Three Way River combines myths from Tlingit, Appalachian, and Russian cultures into an original play in the tradition of Beauty and the Beast. The play was performed and recorded in the outdoor pavilion on the University of Alaska campus in Juneau against the backdrop of Auke Lake and Mendenhall Glacier.

Friday at 8:00 pm

Country of the Musk Ox

A new series begins this week. Twenty great natural history films by Karvonen Films will air each week through the end of the year. These programs were selected with the help of the filmmaker, Albert Karvonen, specifically for the Alaska audience that watches 360 North.

Subjects over the next weeks include Denali, bears, grouse, moose, owls, caribou, wolves and more. These are wonderfully photographed productions by a world-class cinematographer.

Wednesday at 8:00 pm

The Last Lecture

On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.

The Last Lecture
Wednesday, September 10
9:00 pm
(repeats several times through 9/14)

Palin - Republican Convention Coverage

Wednesday Convention Coverage on 360 North

We will be providing Republican National Convention coverage on Wednesday, September 3.
With the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, now nominated for Vice President on the Republican party ticket in the national election, 360 North will bring live coverage of the evening events that include the Palin address.

The broadcast from Minnesota is scheduled to kick off at 4 pm on Wednesday and last approximately three hours. We will bring that broadcast to Alaskans live. Then, we will present a selection of programs recounting the rise of Governor Palin from a collection of historical public television news events provided by 360 North's Gavel to Gavel Alaska.

Wednesday night will be full of Alaska public affairs programs about Governor Palin that will run for eight hours. See the most recent events LIVE from PBS, then view a little of the history behind the governorship of Alaska's governor-turned national candidate.

Wednesday, September 3
Live Convention - 4:00 pm
BBC World News - 7:00 pm
Palin Historical Broadcasts - 7:30 pm