Company Profile

Company Description:

KYUK Public Media’s mission is to serve the rural Alaska and Alaska Native population of our region and respond to issues that affect the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Our mission is to educate, stimulate and inform as well as provide cultural enrichment, entertainment, and opportunity for public access and language maintenance for cultural survival.

KYUK is an NPR-member public radio station, broadcasting in English and Yup’ik. In 2021, KYUK celebrated 50 years on the air. KYUK is the nation’s oldest Native owned public radio station, serving approximately 22,000 predominately Yup’ik listeners across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The region is home to 56 Alaska Native tribes and spans an area about the size of Illinois. The region is not connected to North America’s road system and is only accessible by plane or ship.