Alaska Rural Communications Service

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Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS)
Statewide Alaska, outside Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau
Branding	ARCS
Channels	Analog: various, see below
Affiliations	various
Owner	Alaska Public Broadcasting (transmitters owned by the State of Alaska)
Website	ARCS

The Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS) is a statewide network of low-powered television stations, serving 235 communities throughout the Alaskan Bush areas. The network is based in Anchorage, Alaska and is operated by Alaska Public Broadcasting, a joint venture of Alaska Public Media and AlaskaOne. Programming is beamed via satellite to the rural transmitters owned by the Alaska state government.

Programming on ARCS is a selection of programming from four broadcast networks (NBC, CBS, Fox, MyNetwork TV) and syndication, via the Anchorage stations; plus PBS programming from AlaskaOne and KAKM. Anchorage stations provide their programming to ARCS free of charge with the condition that advertising is allowed to remain. There is currently no ABC or CW programming available on ARCS due to the fact that KIMO has declined to participate, citing an unwillingness to give their programming away for free.

Even though much of ARCS's programming contains commercials, the operation of ARCS is partially funded by donations from its viewers, just like member stations of PBS.

[edit] List of stations

ARCS is seen on the following low-powered television stations:

• K13SH Adak
• K12NS Akiak
• K04LK Akutan
• K04ND Alakanuk
• K02KB Allakaket
• K11QI Ambler
• K09RS Anaktuvuk Pass
• K07SS Angoon
• K11QN Aniak
• K06LG Chuathbaluk
• K06LK Clarks Point, Etc.
• K06LP Circle Hot Springs

[edit] Inactive stations

• K04KS Barrow
• K11NN Barrow

[edit] External links

• ARCS official website
• Alaska Public Broadcasting

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Alaskan Bush  (Nielsen DMA #unranked) areas of Alaska that are not part of any market([1]) K02JZ 2 (The CW, Stony River) - KYUK 4 (PBS/AK1, Bethel) - KIAL 81 (PBS/AK1, Unalaska) - KMXT 9 (PBS/AK1, Kodiak) - KUBD-LP 11 (CBS/ION, Kodiak) 1-- Unlicensed station; article links to radio station that operates this channel Regionwide: ARCS See also Broadcast television in the Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau markets