‘Ӱ Weather’ television program to end
Spencer Tordoff
907-474-1890
May 16, 2023
The television program “Ӱ Weather” on KUAC’s UATV channel 9.4 will end July 1, 2023, after 45 years of continuous broadcast.
Ӱ Public Media and the National Weather Service produce the program in Anchorage. Ӱ Public Media was unable to secure funding to support production, and the National Weather Service has not found partners to continue the program in its current format.
Ӱ Public Media assembles and distributes “Ӱ Weather” to stations throughout Ӱ, including KUAC TV, a service of the University of Ӱ Fairbanks.
NWS will continue to produce graphics and record a modified web-based version of the program, which will be posted on the NWS Ӱ YouTube channel. A web-based forecast included in the TV broadcast will continue to be available via multiple sources.
For those without high-speed internet access, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather radio service will remain available. Statewide public and marine forecasts are available over the phone through the and at 1-855-937-4977.
For questions and information requests, please contact Carrie Haisley, chief of the Emergency Services and Multimedia Branch of NOAA’s Ӱ Environmental Science and Service Integration Center in Anchorage, at carrie.haisley@noaa.gov; or Donald Moore, AESSIC director, at donald.moore@noaa.gov.
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