KUCB History

KUCB is a nonprofit community media organization with a mission to inform, educate, entertain and engage.

Our signals first went live in 1974, and we became an independent nonprofit in 1984. Since our earliest broadcasts, we’ve offered front-row seats to important news and cultural stories in the region.

This series tells the station's history from some of the people who helped build our organization into what it is today.

Jim Paulin

You’re listening to KIAL AM 1450: Unalaska DJs launch station’s first local radio shows

Lauren Adams

In the sixth episode of “Amplifying the Aleutians,” we talk to early radio volunteers and learn about the station’s first local music shows.
Channel 8's doors open, uniting Unalaskans across the airwaves

Lauren Adams

Episode Five of "Amplifying the Aleutians" talks about Channel 8 Television under the leadership of Lynn Fitch, and the beginning of live programming, including a new TV show called "Flash! Unalaska."

KUCB History

Unalaskans reflect on the foundation of local TV and radio

Lauren Adams

In this episode, we set the stage with descriptions of 1970s Unalaska, and talk about how residents found news and information before the arrival of TV, Radio, and internet.