AK Rundown for February 12, 2005

“Communication”

Open/newscast/credits

1. Whistling. Siberian Yupiks on St Lawrence Island can whistle their language as well as they speak it. Host Package/Gabriel Spitzer. (5:01)
2. Button 1 - Twisted Nerve (Kill Bill theme) - Bernard Herrmann
3. Best of Bush Line. Public radio stations are used for communication  - with services such as trap line, bushling,etc – messages re relayed to remote dwellers. Pkg/Ellen Lockyer.
4. 300 villages. Eek, Chuathbaluk, and Adak.

Break #1: Bed – the 300 villages theme - Soulive

5. Takeshi. When Gabriel Spitzer traveled to Shishmaref, he knew there would be some communication challenges, but he didn’t expect them to come from a Japanese tourist. Host commentary. (4:07)
6. Button. Allure - Soulive
7. Grandfather’s Tapes. Sarah Neal’s mother found a set of old tapes in her parents house, with messages for Sarah from her grandfather. Pkg. (4:49, 5:02 with intro)
8. Letters. E-mail and letters to and from active duty military helps keep families connected. An Eagle River military spouse and mom shares a few. Host Wrap/Spitzer (3:42)
9. Button: Three Letters, by Karen Boylan.
10. Ham Radio. Ham radio operators travel the world through their radios – chatting it up with other operators such as King Hussein of Jordon. Pkg/Ashley Gross (3:33)

Break #2: Bed - (Back Home Again) In Indiana - Kerry Maule And The
Snapping Turtle Swing Band

11. Community Web Forum. Sitka’s community web forum is anonymous…and it seems most people want to keep it that way. Pkg/Valerie Lipinski
12. Amundsen. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen found himself struggling across Alaska to communicate big news to the world – using Alaska’s first telegraph station in Eagle. Pkg/Ellen Lockyer. (3:35, 4:00 with intro)
13. Calendar of Events. Bed: Mas que Nada - Sounds Orchestral
14. Love and Mallards. Bonnie Sue Hitchcock tries to understand her daughters unique way of saying I Love You. Commentary. (5:30, 5:55 with intro)

Close. Music bed: Inside - Moby