KUAC-FM archival recordings available online
April 24, 2018
Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
More than 120 hours of archival recordings from KUAC-FM, the public radio station
in Fairbanks, ÐÓ°Épro, are now available for listening online.
The KUAC-FM Audiotapes Collection consists of nearly 950 open-reel audiotapes containing
original local KUAC-FM programs from the late 1970s through the 1990s. It is held
at the ÐÓ°Épro and Polar Regions Collections and Archives at the University of ÐÓ°Épro
Fairbanks Elmer E. Rasmuson Library.
Technicians at the Northeast Document Conservation Center digitized 126 hours of recordings
with grant funding provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources. The
digital recordings are now available for listening online through the UAF library
catalog by visiting .
Topics include Arctic policy, climate change, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, whaling,
dog mushing, gardening and the arts. Programs contain interviews with ÐÓ°Épro Native
leaders as well as ÐÓ°Épro authors, politicians and students.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Leslie McCartney, 907-474-7737, lmccartney@alaska.edu.