KSEW (Sitka, Alaska) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: KALA on Air. 23 September 2014. Broadcasting. December 19, 1949.
  2. News: Wilber . Del Quentin . Lisa Rein . May 3, 2012 . The sleuth, the Babe and a radio mystery . The Washington Post . A1 . ProQuest.
  3. News: Klas. Stolpe. Noted Tlingit elder Walter Soboleff dies . . 2011-06-22 . 2011-06-19.