Anchorage Radio and Television Stories

Remember your favorite Anchorage TV and radio personalities and your favorite shows?

Ruben Gaines and Chilkoot Charlie 
How many people did he have in his radio studio? When you listened to his radio program, you heard Ruben, Doc, a fellow named "Six-Toed Mordecai", Mrs. …

Anchorage Radio Personalities - Where Are They Now? 
Who were your favorite Anchorage Radio personalities? We all remember listening to our radios at home, in the car and on those small portable transistor …

Herb Shaindlin: An Anchorage Broadcasting Legend  
Herb handed my friend Bob Martin a small cardboard match from one of those flip up match packs you carry in your pocket. Then Herb told Bob to hold the …

KWKO Fm Stereo 102.1 Anchorages home of "Night Flight" 
My broadcast career started with Chet and Jo Gordon, owners of KBYR AM/FM in 1965. Chet tried to sell the FM side. There were no buyers, so he shut …

The Anchorage Film Caper 
There was someone just down the empty McKinley basement corridor... or was there? With my 16mm film can clutched tightly under my left arm and a 357 …

Bill Kelley - KTVA News Anchor 
Back in 1965, not long after the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, when I first began working at KTVA channel 11 in Anchorage, one of the first on-camera staff …

Koko's Karnival of Klowns 
The Cotton Candy Picture In the picture above, looking from the ground up to the top of the stairs is Karla Fetrow's (the author of this post) oldest …

1964 Alaskan Earthquake at KTVA Channel 11 
It was March 27, 1964. I had just finished hosting "The Buckaroo Show" on KTVA from the ground floor of the McKinley Building. And as the host "Deputy …

President Nixon Meets Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage, Alaska 
On September 26, 1971 Anchorage, Alaska television professionals showed the world an historic event. Scroll down to see the video. President Nixon met …

Norma Goodman and Theda Comstock 
They were our friends, whether you knew them or not - Norma Goodman and Theda Comstock came into our homes Monday through Friday to tell us what was happening …

Theda Comstock and the Emerald Ring 
"It was a cold and snowy night " in Spenard, Alaska, 1969. Along with her husband, Daryl Comstock (D.M. as he was known on KENI -TV), Theda was a business …

Anchorage Radio Personalities 
Do you remember listening to your favorite Anchorage, Alaska radio personalities while at home, traveling in your car or truck, or at work? How would …

Hi-Teens, Mukluk Telegraph & the Coke Show 
Those early days of broadcasting in Anchorage were memorable. It was a time when we had little more than our imaginations with which to work. KENI …

Breakfast in Bedlam 
It may have been the most creative and interesting way for Alaskan's to wake up in Anchorage television history - "Breakfast in Bedlam", with hosts …

Mukluk Telegraph 
In 1960, I was the Mukluk editor on KENI radio. I was 16, and it was my first job. It was really early Face Book with a twist. Folks would call …

Anchorage Television was Two Weeks Old 
Do you remember when television in Anchorage brought you Christmas and holiday shows two weeks later? When I was a senior at East high school in 1965, …

Anchorage Romper Room Memories 
"Romper stomper, bomper, boo, tell me, tell me, tell me do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?" Those words were spoken …

The Mother Moose TV Show 
In the 1970's, "Mother Moose" premiered on KTVA channel eleven and Anchorage Alaska TV screens were never the same. Later moving to KENI-TV, channel …

The Royal Coachman Theme 
The Royal Coachman Theme was written while I was in the Army and an accident placed me in the hospital and recovery area so I was watching TV in the Day …

Norma Goodman Said What? 
Norma made a face on live TV and said - Before I tell you what she said, let's start at the beginning. Starting with a show called "Hostess House" …

Miss Northern Lights and Mother Moose Not rated yet
Remember this? "It's Mother Moose, It's Mother Moose, there by the cabin in the spruce. Miss Northern Lights the eye delights into the cabin the gang …

Anchorage Radio DJ - Les Snow Not rated yet
The following is from an interview with Anchorage radio personality Les Snow, who's real name is Gene Miner. Anchorage Memories - Mike and Mary: …

Ruben Gaines and Ed Stevens Not rated yet
These comments were written by my adopted uncle, Robert Knox. He and his wife, Wilma, were journalists in Anchorage between 1951 and 1984. In spite …

Daryl and the Missing Link Not rated yet
It must have been in the fall of the early 70s, as I recall it was dark in the early evening hours. My husband, Bob, and Daryl Comstock were partners …

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Anchorage's First Live Network Television Broadcast Not rated yet
On Sunday July 20, 1969 at 6:56pm, Anchorage experienced an amazing event, right along with the rest of the world. It was the very first, satellite …

Anchorage Radio Days - with Jerry Rose Not rated yet
The following is an interview with one-time Anchorage Alaska radio DJ, Jerry Rose (who's real name is Peter Bie). Anchorage Alaska Memories - Mike and …

The Anchorage Alaska Rock Jocks Not rated yet
Back in the 1970s in Anchorage Alaska, KAKM channel 7 was producing a local television magazine show called "Southcentral." Besides local issues, we also …

The Clumsy Anchorage TV Sports Anchor Not rated yet
The KTVA director yelled "where's Bob?" With just 10 seconds before he was to begin his live TV sportscast, Bob, our TV sports anchor, had fallen backwards …

An Interview with Marcus in the Morning Not rated yet
For years, Marcus Lewis was Marcus in the Morning on Anchorage, Alaska radio. Anchorage Alaska Memories interviewed Marcus to find out his deepest, …