Ketchikan news and services for southern Southeast Alaska
KRBD is the primary source of trustworthy local Ketchikan news, as well as news and content for Saxman, Metlakatla, Craig, Hollis, Klawock, Hydaburg and Thorne Bay.
Tune in at 105.3, 107.1 and 90.7 on Revilla and Annette Islands; and 101.7 or 90.1 on Prince of Wales Island. Stream us through the Listen Live button at the top of this page.
KRBD acknowledges that the land our stations and translators stand on are in Kichx̱áan on the ancestral lands of the Taantʼá Ḵwáan and Saanya Ḵwáan Our broadcasts reach across Taan (Prince of Wales Island), Sháan Séet (Craig), Lawáak (Klawock), Higdáa G̱ándlaay (Hydaburg), and Maxłakxaała/Tàakw.àani (Metlakatla). We would like to thank the Ketchikan Indian Community, the Metlakatla Indian Community, and the Organized Village of Saxman for their ongoing commitment to future generations as Lingít (Tlingit), X̱aadas (Haida), and Ts’msyen (Tsimshian) people are a part of the land and have been since time immemorial. KRBD strives to be an ally in service to the original people of this land, their culture, and values so that each generation will be stronger than the last.
We strive to inform, educate, entertain, and engage our listeners through national, state, and local news broadcasts, with a variety of national shows and an eclectic mix of locally produced music shows. We air daily local interviews during Morning Edition covering a wide range of topics from safety measures to child care, public health concerns to gardening, to events that the public can attend or how they can volunteer their time and skills. Our local City Council meetings, Borough Assembly meetings and school board meeting are covered. During election season we broadcast candidate forums and open our phones so that community members can call in with their questions. All this is broadcast on the air, featured on our website, offered on Facebook and Twitter, and streamed from our website.
Our closest collaboration is with the other CoastAlaska stations where we share news stories, training for our development directors, managers, and programmers, website maintenance and upgrades, and strategies for delivering the best service to listeners. Our news stories are also available for the Alaska Public Radio News’ nightly broadcasts, which reaches listeners across the state.
As the LP1 for our listening area we belong to our Local Emergency Planning Committee-LEPC. Public safety for island communities such as ours is of the utmost importance.
In 2025, Congress defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, effectively removing KRBD’s annual CPB grant representing approximately $172,000 of our annual budget. Although we may be defunded, we are determined to continue services to the community of Ketchikan, the Village of Saxman, the community of Metlakatla on Annette Island, and the communities of Craig, Klawock, Thorne Bay, Hydaburg, and Hollis on Prince of Wales Island. Our broadcasts are the only nightly broadcasts with up to date local, state and national news. We are committed to keeping our citizens informed and your support as a KRBD member is more important now than ever. Thank you!
