FCC OKs KSTK license transfer

WRANGELL -The Federal Communications Commission last week approved the transfer of licenses from Wrangell Radio Group to CoastAlaska.

A nonprofit radio and television service based in Juneau, CoastAlaska provides administrative and technical support for public broadcast stations in Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg and Ketchikan. Citing financial difficulties, last December Wrangell Radio Group – the entity which manages local radio station KSTK – filed a petition with the FCC to allow a transfer of its four licenses as part of a larger consolidation. Pending that approval, the station's ass...