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KOTZ in the News

Some Republicans want to reverse GOP cuts to rural and tribal radio stations
An Alaska station connects communities across hundreds of miles. Now it’s fighting to survive.
Rural stations hit hardest by Trump’s ‘life or death’ public media cuts
Lenora Ward, general manager at KOTZ radio station, listens to a musher interview while on-air at the station in Kotzebue on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
Alaska fund raises $3.5M for public media as federal cuts begin
Report for America Steps In to Support Alaska Public Radio Amid Federal Funding Cuts
The KOTZ radio station in Kotzebue photographed on April 6, 2022.
Kotzebue Public Broadcaster Warns of Looming Closure After Federal Funding Cut
TWiRT 620 — KOTZ Is in Kotzebue with Pierre Lonewolf