As Chris Tarr points out, Paul B. Walker, Jr. is probably the most enthusiastic supporter of local radio service and programming.  Paul is the Program Director at KSKO-FM in McGrath, Alaska, but he wears almost every hat required for running a full-service FM Public Radio station.  Many TWiRT fans know of Paul through the Facebook group he started, “I Take Pictures of Transmitter Sites.”  Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack talk with Paul about the challenges of broadcasting in rural Alaska, including antenna icing, Internet service, STL connections to outlying villages’ FM transmitters, and even the occasional “moose fade”.

Show notes:

* Paul does just about everything at KSKO-FM, McGrath, Alaska

* The KSKO-FM high-quality web stream is here.

* We think Reeve Air Alaska is pretty interesting as the way to get around in rural Alaska.

* An interactive, real-time map of Starlink satellites is here.

Guest

Paul B. Walker, Jr. - Program Director (and much more) at KSKO 89.5 McGrath, Alaska

Hosts

Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.MediaKirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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