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KBBI Announces Political Convention Coverage

KBBI will be broadcasting NPR's Special Coverage of the Republican Convention Monday through Thursday beginning at 4 p.m. as Republicans will meet in Cleveland to nominate Donald Trump for President. Due to this special coverage All Things Considered, National Native News, the KBBI Evening News, Alaska News Night, and Marketplace will not air on those days.

KBBI will also be airing the Democratic Convention beginning the week of July 25th, parts of which will be preempted by the live broadcasts of the Homer City Council meeting on July 25th and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on July 26th.

Scott Waterman joined KBBI in May 2019 as Interim General Manager. For the past 26 years, and until his retirement last year, he served as energy programs manager for the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. Previously he worked in radio in Alaska. He spent six years at KABN Radio in Big Lake, then managed KIYU Galena, served as program director at KRBD in Ketchikan, and was news editor for APRN in Anchorage. Additionally, he hosted the Ninth Alley blues program on KNBA Anchorage for ten years and consulted in fundraising for KBRW in Utgiagvik (formerly Barrow) and KTNA in Talkeetna. He also assisted KTNA in their initial organization and start up.