KTOO TV Juneau AK

KTOO is the non-profit Juneau-based corporation that provides a variety of telecommunications services to Juneau and statewide audiences.

Founded by community volunteers in 1972, KTOO started service to Juneau on January 27, 1974, with a 10-watt radio station and a commitment to local service, community access and diverse viewpoints. Even before KTOO-FM signed on the air, community volunteers sent Juneau news stories by telephone to the three public radio stations in existence in Alaska. That tiny network eventually became the Alaska Public Radio Network.

KTOO Building in downtown Juneau Alaska
KTOO would like to acknowledge the L’eeneidí of the Áak’w Ḵwáan. Our broadcast studios are on their ancestral homeland. Our building sits on fill that was once tideland and part of what is called the Indian Village. The families of the Juneau Indian Village, like their ancestors, cherish and depend upon their immediate connection to the waterfront. KTOO is working to lift up Lingít voices and the Lingít language. Please excuse us for our mistakes, and gunalchéesh for your patience as we learn.

In 1977, we launched a television production unit to provide daily Legislative coverage, and 18 months later, KTOO-TV signed on the air as a fledgling PBS station on October 1, 1978. By 1983, the TV station was broadcasting on low-power translators through Southeast Alaska.