KNOM

**KNOM** (780 AM) da **KNOM-FM** (96.1 FM) Tashoshin rediyo ne na Katolika da ba na kasuwanci ba a Nome, Alaska . Masu mallakar tashar suna da lasisi Sunan KNOM Radio Mission, Inc., wani 501 (c) 3 mai zaman kansa tare da mambobi bakwai. Siginar FM tana da tasiri mai ƙarfi (ERP) na 1,000 watts kuma tana rufe birnin Nome da al'ummomin da ke kusa. KNOM AM 780 an dauke shi tashar Class A. Da rana, yana watsawa tare da ,000 watts kuma ana iya jin sa har zuwa arewacin Tsibirin Barter da kuma kudu zuwa Yankin Alaska, tare da ɗaukar hoto na yau da kullun na kimanin murabba'in kilomita 100,000 (260,000 ). Tare da rediyo mai kyau, ana iya jin sa a Gabashin Gabashin Rasha. Da dare, an rage wutar zuwa 14,000 watts.

Baya ga labarai na gida, yanayi, al'amuran jama'a da shirye-shiryen addini, KNOM tana watsa shirye-shirye da yawa a cikin tsari daban-daban. Har ila yau, yana watsa shirye-shiryen da aka haɗa a cikin ƙasa, kamar Kirista 20 The Countdown Magazine da kuma Amurka Top 40: The 70s.

Gidan labarai na tashar yana da ma'aikata daga darektan labarai na cikakken lokaci da kuma mai ba da rahoto na cikakken lokaci. Wani memba na Associated Press tun 1971, tashar ta bar haɗin AP a cikin 2014.

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2015, an ba tashar kyautar "Best Daily News Program, Radio" a Alaska ta hanyar Alaska Press Club . 

## Tarihi
KNOM ita ce tsohuwar tashar rediyo ta Katolika a Amurka, kuma tana watsa shirye-shirye a yammacin Alaska sama da shekaru hamsin.

Manufar gina tashar ta fito ne daga James Poole, S.J. Lokacin da yake aiki a ofishin Jesuit a ƙauyen St. Mary's a shekarar 1959, Poole ya ƙirƙiri wani "tashar rediyo" ta wucin gadi ta hanyar haɗa gidaje 30 tare da lasifika masu alaƙa da tsarin jawabi na jama'a. An sake tura shi zuwa Nome a shekarar 1966, tare da tara kuɗi don tashar tun daga watan Disamba na wannan shekarar.

A shekarar 1970, Tom Busch, wani matashin injiniyan watsa shirye-shirye, ya koma Nome, inda ya zama babban injiniya kuma daga ƙarshe babban manajan tashar. Bayan shekaru da yawa na aiki, Busch da babban ƙungiyar masu sa kai sun tattara kuɗin kayan aikin, suka cike takardu tare da Hukumar Sadarwa ta Tarayya, suka gina tashar, sannan suka haɗa kayan aikin watsa shirye-shiryenta na asali. KNOM ta fara watsa shirye-shirye a ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1971. Busch ya kasance babban manajan KNOM na tsawon sama da shekaru 30.

Poole ya bar KNOM da Alaska a shekarar 1988 lokacin da aka sake tura shi aiki a Tacoma, Washington.  (Ko da yake ba ya da hannu a cikin aikin a wannan lokacin, an yi amfani da sunansa don gode wa masu ba da gudummawa  zuwa ƙarshen shekarun 1990. ) A shekara ta 2004 na farko daga cikin abin da zai zama da yawa  na zarge-zarge ya fara fitowa game da cin zarafin jima'i na Poole  na matan asalin Alaska a lokacin da yake cikin yankunan karkara na Alaska daga shekarun 1960 zuwa 1980. Tom Busch da kansa ya aika da kowane mutumin da ya ba da gudummawa ga tashar, yana bayanin cewa zargin gaskiya ne, kuma yana ba da cikakken bayani game da matakan da tashar za ta yi. Shekaru da yawa bayan haka, tashar ta watsa shirye-shiryen da aka yi niyyar taimakawa wadanda aka yi wa fyade.

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2005, Busch ya zama darektan ci gaba kuma injiniya na ɗan lokaci. Daraktan shirin na dogon lokaci kuma tsohon mai sa kai Ric Schmidt ya zama janar manajan. Tom ya kasance shugaban shekaru biyu na kungiyar masu watsa shirye-shiryen Alaska . Busch ya mutu a ranar haihuwarsa ta 63 a watan Nuwamba 2010 a gidansa a Anchorage, Alaska .

Bayan da Diocese of Fairbanks ta ayyana fatara a watan Fabrairun 2008, Busch (har zuwa rasuwarsa) da Schmidt sun yi aiki don haɗa gidan rediyon a matsayin wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta wacce ba ta da alaƙa da Bishop na Katolika na Arewacin Alaska. A watan Maris na 2010, gidan rediyon ya bayyana a matsayin 501(c)3, a ƙarƙashin sunan "KNOM Radio Mission, Inc.".

A cikin 2019, bayan wata kasida daga Cibiyar Bincike ta Rahoton ta bayyana cewa an ba Poole izinin yin ritaya a harabar Gonzaga bayan an san shi da cin zarafin jama'a,  Kwamitin Daraktocin KNOM ya buga wata sanarwa inda suka sake yin watsi da duk ayyukan Poole kuma suka himmatu ga ci gaba da kai labarai, wahayi, da ƙarfafawa ga Yammacin Alaska.

## Ayyuka na yanzu
KNOM na iya aiki daga keɓewar ma'aikatan cikakken lokaci waɗanda ke zaune a Nome da Anchorage, inda ofishin kasuwanci yake. A baya, masu sa kai ne ke gudanar da KNOM da farko wadanda suka koma Nome kuma suka goyi bayan tashar ta hanyoyi daban-daban a matsayin wani ɓangare na shekara guda na hidima. Wadannan masu sa kai suna zaune a gidan masu sa kai kusa da ginin tashar.

## Kyaututtuka da yabo
KNOM ta lashe kyaututtuka da dama don hidimar al'umma daga Ƙungiyar Masu Yaɗa Labarai ta Ƙasa (NAB). Ta sami kyautar Crystal Service a shekarun 1987, 2000, 2003, 2005 da 2012. A shekarar 2013 ta zama tashar rediyo ta huɗu a Amurka da ta sami kyautar Crystal Heritage Award. Tashar ta kuma lashe kyaututtuka 19 na Gabriel, da kuma kyaututtuka daga Kwalejin Katolika ta Ƙwararrun Fasaha ta Sadarwa (CACAP), Ƙungiyar Masu Yaɗa Labarai ta Alaska (ABA), da sauran ƙungiyoyi.

KNOM ta kuma sami karbuwa daga Jihar Alaska, Birnin Nome, da kuma Alaska National Guard.

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