Special Programming on Depression

360 North offers special programming Monday night, November 17. Two unique public television programs over two hours look at the topic of depression.

8:00 pm - Depression: Out of the Shadows
9:30 pm - Take One Step: Caring for Depression, with Jane Pauley

The programs will be followed by contact information for Alaskans to get more information about the resources available in our state.

This 360 North special is made possible by a grant from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.

Become a Member

360 North is a public broadcasting service. We don't sell advertising. Funding for public broadcasting in Alaska comes from various sources... including you, our viewers.

The greatest benefit of "joining the circle" is the Alaska programming you receive 24-hours a day throughout the year. 360 North provides more Alaska programing than any other television service. Our mission is to broadcast as much programming as possible about Alaska and of interest to Alaskans.

If you watch Gavel to Gavel Alaska or our many other government meetings and public affairs offerings please consider joining the 360 Circle to help support the programs you use.

If you enjoy Alaska documentaries and outdoor programs think about helping to keep 360 North on the air and continuing to thrive.

If you learn from the history programs or appreciate the programs that show the diversity of our state please consider supporting 360 North.

Members of the 360 Circle will be thanked on the air each week during prime-time (7-11 pm) for a year. See your name on the screen on statewide television along with other Alaskans who support 360 North.

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Candidates Talked, People Listened

On Thursday, October 30th, 360 North teamed up with public broadcasting partners from around the state to provide the final broadcast candidate debates of the election season. In the case of the race between Senator Ted Stevens and Mayor Mark Begich it was the only forum both candidates attended. An hour was dedicated to the candidates of that race and another hour directed toward Congressman Don Young and his opponent Ethan Berkowitz.

KTOO produced the coverage collaborating with KAKM and the Alaska Public Radio Network in KAKM's Anchorage studio. AlaskaOne, 360 North, KAKM and ARCS broadcast the debates on television and the audio feed was available to 26 APRN public radio member stations.

On Sunday, November 2nd, Hays Research Group asked Alaskans if they saw or heard the programs. 603 Alaska households were called at random.

35 percent watched or listened to the public broadcasting debates.

28.4 percent of those people said YES when asked if the debates helped them make up their mind or influenced the way they would vote on November 4.

The candidates talked and the people listened.... on Alaska Public Broadcasting.

More Great Documentaries

Nomads of the Yukon
Follow 150,000 caribou on the long migration through Canada's Yukon Territory and Alaska.

Wednesday at 8:00 pm

Throwbacks to a Golden Age of Northwest Boats
A tribute to the designers who penned the lines, the builders who bent the frames and the owners who labor in their care.

Thursday at 9:00

Election Results

Watch live election results on 360 North with
commentary and analysis by the Alaska Public Radio Network.

Find out how your favorite candidates are doing as the votes are counted.

Tuesday, November 4
starting at 9:00 pm

Did You Miss the Debates?

If you would like to watch the candidates for U.S. House and U.S. Senate in their final debate before the election you still can!

Gavel to Gavel Alaska
Video On Demand
Click HERE

Candidate Debates

The candidates for Alaska's hotly contested Congressional and Senatorial races will face off LIVE on Thursday, October 30th.

Moderated by former KTUU news director John Tracy, the forums will begin with republican Don Young and democrat Ethan Berkowitz who are vying for Alaska's only congressional seat. That will be followed by republican Ted Stevens facing democrat Mark Begich.
Each program will run for one hour and will be conducted before a studio audience.

Thursday, October 30th

8:00 pm - U.S. Congress
9:00 pm - U.S. Senate

Debate for the State 2008 is sponsored by the Alaska Public Broadcasting Stations and will be televised over 360 North, Alaska One, ARCS and will be heard on 26 Alaska Public Radio Network stations.

Running

Running programs repeat on Monday and Tuesday
3:00 - 7:00 pm

Whenever there are elections that affect the people of Southcentral Alaska, KAKM produces the series they call Running.

This year KAKM is covering the candidates for the municipal and statewide general elections. 360 North will make these programs available to viewers across the state. We'll join in learning about the issues that are important to Southcentral residents and meet the candidates, both challengers and incumbents.

Watch the Running candidate forums and meet the candidates
all day Sunday, October 26

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Running programs repeat on Monday and Tuesday
3:00 - 7:00 pm

AFN Convention Week Schedule

360 North will be broadcasting the AFN Convention all week.

Go to http://www.nativefederation.org/convention/index.php to find out more about the convention.

To learn more about the production company that produces the convention coverage go to http://www.blueberryproductions.com/

Watch all of the events scheduled below on 360 North television or at www.360north.org

THURSDAY, OCT. 23	AFN Convention	8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 23	Quyana Alaska I	7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 24	AFN Convention	9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 24	Quyana Alaska II	7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 25	AFN Convention	9 am - 3:30 p.m.

Don't Miss AFN 2008
on 360 North

Great Documentaries

This week don't miss great documentaries about the North on 360 North.

Land of the Ice Bear

Wednesday at 8:00 pm


Sockeye and the Age of Sail
Thursday at 9:00 pm

AFN on 360 North

In collaboration with the Alaska Federation of Natives and Blueberry Productions, we are excited to broadcast the AFN Annual Convention on 360 North.
From October 20 to 25 we will be bringing live events from Anchorage to our viewers around Alaska.

Find out more about the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Convention and see the schedule at: http://www.nativefederation.org/

Learn more about the company that has produced the AFN Convention television coverage for years: http://www.blueberryproductions.com/

And, go to www.360north.org for the 360 North AFN convention broadcast schedule.

Films From John Sabella

Thursday nights are going to be fun. Beginning this week we will be highlighting films about boats, fishing, maritime activities and the towns and ports around the Pacific Northwest and Alaska that are home to vessels and people who fish.

Centuries of Fish: Seattle's Dynamic High Seas Fishing Fleet will start the series that will be seen weekly at 9:00 pm. On Thursday, October 16 we will bring you Sockeye and the Age of Sail: the History of the Alaska Packer's Association. After a break on Thursdays to bring you the 2008 AFN Convention and candidate debates you will see the following John Sabella productions:

The Days of Salmon Traps and Fish Pirates

The Longline Pioneers

Anacortes, The Perfect Port

Syd Wright's Alaska

Petersburg, The Town that Fish Built

Pots of Gold, The Profit and the Sorrow

Great Age of Salmon

and more...

Thursday Nights

9:00 pm

Sanibel to Siberia

The documentary Sanibel to Siberia chronicles the creation of a monumental bronze sculpture by Alaska artist R.T. "Skip" Wallen to commemorate Alaska’s little-known role in the Lend-Lease program of World War II. The sculpture, commissioned by the Alaska-Siberia Research Center, portrays an American and a Russian pilot in cold-weather gear.

From 1942-45, the United States sent almost 8,000 newly-minted warplanes to the Soviet Union. The planes were flown from their points of manufacture around the U.S to Fairbanks where Soviet pilots trained on them and flew them across Bering Strait and Siberia to the war fronts.

Sanibel to Siberia chronicles the historical background for the memorial and Alaska’s little-known role in the top secret undertaking. . It goes on to document the process of creating the bronze sculpture in a studio on Sanibel Island, Florida, where the artist went to work when his Juneau studio proved too small for the production. The dedication in a park along the Chena River in Fairbanks, attended by dignitaries from five nations, concludes the film.

The documentary was produced by WGCU-TV, Fort Myers.

Sanibel to Siberia
Wednesday 10/8 at 9:00 pm
Saturday 10/11 at 3:00 pm
Sunday 10/12 at noon

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