KEEP RURAL ALASKANS AND ALASKA NATIVES INFORMED, CONNECTED, AND SAFE.

CALL SENATOR MURKOWSKI AND THANK HER FOR BEING A CHAMPION OF PUBLIC MEDIA.

Call Now

ASK THE SENATOR TO VOTE NO ON THE RESCISSION BILL. CALL (202) 224-3121

SENATOR MURKOWSKI, show your colleagues that public broadcasting is a matter of life and death in Alaska.

Urge them to vote NO on the Rescission Bill that slashes one billion dollars from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


These cuts would gut Alaska’s public media infrastructure, silence Indigenous voices, and cut off critical emergency alerts that save lives.


DON’T LET CONGRESS PULL THE PLUG

“NOT ONLY WOULD A LARGE. PORTION OF ALASKA COMMUNITIES LOSE THEIR LOCAL PROGRAMMING, BUT WARNING SYSTEMS FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, POWER OUTAGES, BOIL-WATER ADVISORIES, AND OTHER ALERTS WOULD BE SEVERELY HAMPERED. WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE A FRIVOLOUS EXPENSE TO SOME HAS PROVEN TO BE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE THAT SAVES LIVES IN ALASKA.”
-SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI
FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS-MINER OP-ED – JUNE TWENTY TWENTY FIVE

Alaska spans one-fifth the size of the Lower Forty Eight, with people living in some of the most remote areas on Earth. In places where bush planes and radios are more reliable than broadband, public broadcasting is often the only signal that reaches communities, connecting people to storm warnings, Native language programming, and PBS Kids shows like Molly of Denali.

#DONTSILENCEALASKA

PUBLIC BROADCASTING IS PART OF ALASKA’S WAY OF LIFE.

THESE CUTS WOULD SILENCE THE VOICES OF ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES, ELDERS, AND RURAL ALASKANS.

JUST WHEN THEY’RE NEEDED MOST.

WE ARE ASKING SENATOR MURKOWSKI TO PROTECT

EMERGENCY ALERTS IN ISOLATED AREAS

PUBLIC RADIO IS PART OF ALASKA’S EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM ESPECIALLY IN REGIONS WHERE THE WEATHER IS EXTREME AND NO CELL OR CABLE SIGNAL EXISTS. WHEN SATELLITE OR BROADBAND GOES OUT, THE RADIO STAYS ON

EMERGENCY ALERTS IN ISOLATED AREAS

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN ALASKA GROW UP IN HOMES WITHOUT INTERNET. PBS KIDS IS A TRUSTED, FREE LEARNING RESOURCE DELIVERED OVER THE AIR IN ENGLISH AND NATIVE LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING SHOW MOLLY OF DENALI

NATIVE VOICES AND LOCAL CULTURE

STATIONS LIKE KYUK (YUP’IK), KOTZ (IÑUPIAT), AND KNBA (ANCHORAGE, NATIVE VOICE ONE) BROADCAST NATIVE NEWS, STORIES, AND PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION IN LANGUAGES AND FORMATS NO COMMERCIAL BROADCASTER OFFERS

#DONTSILENCEALASKA

DID YOU KNOW
  • ALASKA HAS OVER ONE HUNDRED RADIO STATIONS SUPPORTED BY CPB, MANY OF THEM IN TRIBAL AND RURAL VILLAGES 
  • CPB SUPPORTS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TOWERS AND SIGNAL UPGRADES ACROSS THE STATE
  • PUBLIC MEDIA BRINGS LIFE-SAVING ALERTS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TO HOUSEHOLDS WITH NO CELL SERVICE OR WI-FI
  • EVERY DOLLAR ALASKA INVESTS IN PUBLIC MEDIA RETURNS TENFOLD AND HELPS SAVE LIVES

#DONTSILENCEALASKA

WHAT ALASKANS ARE SAYING

KTOO – HERE’S WHAT CUTS COULD MEAN FOR TWENTY SEVEN RADIO AND FOUR TV STATIONS IN ALASKA

PENINSULA CLARION EMERGENCY ALERTS, GAVEL ALASKA UNDER THREAT AS TRUMP SEEKS TO NIX PUBLIC BROADCASTING FUNDS, OFFICIALS SAY

KCAW – KCAW’S FEDERAL FUNDING AT IMMEDIATE RISK

JUNEAU EMPIRE MOLLY OF DENALI AND OTHER PBS CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS ON HOLD AS TRUMP CANCELS FUNDS

KNBA – MOLLY OF DENALI NOT RENEWING FOR SEASON FIVE FOLLOWING FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS – >MOLLY OF DENALI WILL STOP PRODUCING NEW CONTENT AFTER FIFTH SEASON

#DONTSILENCEALASKA

BECAUSE IN THE COLD, QUIET CORNERS OF ALASKA, PUBLIC BROADCASTING IS THE ONLY VOICE THAT’S ALWAYS THERE