
Article in Poynter by Liam Scott, 1028/25
Headline: “An Alaska station connects communities across hundreds of miles. Now it’s fighting to survive.”
Subhead: “Federal funding cuts have left KOTZ, the only local news source for much of northwest Alaska, on the brink of closure”
“In the remote Arctic town of Kotzebue, Alaska, some residents still talk about the Dairy Queen that closed several years ago. They also talk about what’s at risk of closing next: the region’s lone radio station.
“Since 1973, KOTZ has delivered the news to Kotzebue, population 3,102, and several other small, sparse villages that collectively are home to about the same number of people. . .”
Read the full article at:
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/alaska-radio-station-kotz-faces-funding-crisis/








