KTOO Public Media

KTOO Public Media is a nonprofit public media organization based in Juneau, Alaska's capital city. Founded by community volunteers in 1972, KTOO signed on the air on January 27, 1974, as a 10-watt radio station with a commitment to local service, community access and diverse viewpoints. Its volunteers' early practice of phoning Juneau news to Alaska's other public radio stations grew into the Alaska Public Radio Network. KTOO-TV followed as a PBS station on October 1, 1978. The license holder is Capital Community Broadcasting, Inc., and the studios stand on the ancestral homeland of the Áak’w Ḵwáan.

KTOO owns and operates three public radio stations in Juneau: KTOO News at 104.3 FM, an NPR news and music service and the most listened to station in the Juneau market; KRNN, Rain Country Radio, with a broad mix of music and arts programming; and KXLL, Excellent Radio, which plays alternative pop, soul, rock, R&B and hip-hop and spotlights new Alaskan artists. KTOO-TV brings PBS to Southeast Alaska through a partnership with Alaska Public Media.

KTOO 360TV, known as 360 North until 2021, is Alaska's statewide public affairs channel, carried on cable, satellite, public television subchannels and the Alaska Rural Communications Service. It is the home of Gavel Alaska, KTOO's unedited live coverage of the Alaska Legislature, the Alaska Supreme Court and state government, produced from a robotic camera system in the Capitol; Gavel Alaska aired more than 850 hours of coverage in 2025. KTOO also publishes news at ktoo.org, produces audio and video for government, agency and nonprofit clients, and collaborates with Alaska Public Media, KUAC, CoastAlaska and other stations to extend public broadcasting across the state.

KTOO's mission is connecting its community to trusted news, arts and culture regardless of ability to pay. It hires reporters, editors, hosts and producers, video and broadcast operations staff, fundraising and sponsorship staff, and seasonal Gavel Alaska crew members who run the control room during each legislative session. Benefits include employee and dependent health coverage, 20 weeks of parental leave and a 403(b) retirement plan.