CoastAlaska is the Juneau-based nonprofit that provides financial, fundraising, engineering and news support to public radio stations in Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Unalaska, and contract services to other public media stations across Alaska.
CoastAlaska is a nonprofit service organization for public media stations in Alaska, based in Juneau. It began in 1994 as an informal alliance of public radio stations in coastal Alaska that pooled accounting, payroll and engineering costs, and it was incorporated in 1997 as a fully independent nonprofit.
Its member stations are KTOO in Juneau (with sister stations KRNN and KXLL), KCAW Raven Radio in Sitka, KFSK in Petersburg, KSTK in Wrangell, KRBD in Ketchikan and KUCB in Unalaska. A growing number of other public media stations around Alaska use CoastAlaska's contract services; its own job postings describe support for 26 stations across the state.
CoastAlaska runs the financial systems the stations operate on, including payroll, personnel administration, bank and investment accounts, benefits, bookkeeping and grant administration. It provides fundraising support for underwriting and membership, engineering services that maintain studios, transmitters and translators throughout the region, and regional news reporting, editorial support, coordination and training for news staff at the member stations. The same services are available on contract to other public broadcasting stations.
Its employees work from communities across Alaska. CoastAlaska hires for shared-services roles in development and underwriting, finance and administration, engineering and regional news, and it also posts openings at its member stations, such as station manager positions.
