She says Channel 11's success is a result of long-term planning and professional execution of several factors, like local news, strong syndicated programming, promotional campaigns and heavy community involvement. During that time of the day and increasingly at night, we carry a good part of the city's viewers. Local and national advertisers see that the station is an effective means of advertisement. Though KYUK currently broadcasts few commercial programs, it is the only public station in the country allowed by the FCC to run commercials. Licensed under corporate handle Bethel Broadcasting Inc., it was also the first public television station funded under the Alaska Education Broadcast Commission in 1972.
Television broadcasts are bilingual.
Local programming consists of a weekly magazine program called Delta Digest and hourly news updates produced in both English and Yupik. The production department also, produces many types of training tapes and works with the Distance Delivery Consortium providing in-service training to teachers, remote training for the National Guard and health aid training. Purchasing programming makes up the largest part of the station's budget. As state grants decrease Bethel Broadcasting has become more dependent upon station membership, program underwriting and gaming income. It's a situation that's totally unique to Alaska.