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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation

Non-profit organisation in the USA

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC) is a nonprofit media center that provides Native radio programming through Alaska Native governance and operation. KBC’s radio programming consists of National Native News, Native America Calling, and Indigefi, some of which can be heard nationally through their Native Voice One service. KBC also owns and operates KNBA (90.3 FM) located in Anchorage, Alaska, the first Native radio station in an urban market, and Rising Indigenous Voices Radio (RIVR), an internet radio station streaming modern Native music.2 Its revenue was $3.3 million in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersAnchorage1
  • Websitekoahnic.org
  • Legal form501(c)(3) organization1

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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC) is a nonprofit media center that provides Native radio programming through Alaska Native governance and operation. KBC’s radio programming consists of National Native News, Native America Calling, and Indigefi, some of which can be heard nationally through their Native Voice One service. KBC also owns and operates KNBA (90.3 FM) located in Anchorage, Alaska, the first Native radio station in an urban market, and Rising Indigenous Voices Radio (RIVR), an internet radio station streaming modern Native music.2

Corporate structure

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Koahnic Broadcast Corporation Anchorage

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

How it started

Background

Cook Inlet Region, Inc., a corporation created under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, was instrumental in developing KBC. KBC was founded in 1996 and is located in Anchorage, Alaska, with a satellite office in Albuquerque, N.M. The word "koahnic" is of Athabascan origin and was chosen for the name of the corporation due to its meaning "live air." KBC is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. On June 28, 2010, KBC aired its first international broadcast broadcasting the 11th Inuit Circumpolar Council's General Assembly from Greenland to North America.

From Wikipedia’s article on Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Koahnic Broadcast Corporation revenue by year1$3.3M in 2023+34% since 2014
0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M2014: $2.5M$2.5M20142015: $2.5M$2.5M2015+2%2016: $2.6M$2.6M2016+2%2017: $2.7M$2.7M2017+5%2018: $2.6M$2.6M2018−3%2019: $2.8M$2.8M2019+8%2020: $2.8M$2.8M2020−1%2021: $3.6M$3.6M2021+30%2022: $4.9M$4.9M2022+36%2023: $3.3M$3.3M2023−33%
  • 2023$3.3M1
  • 2022$4.9M1
  • 2021$3.6M1
  • 2020$2.8M1
  • 2019$2.8M1
  • 2018$2.6M1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$274.2K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $274.2K in all. PPP loans $274.2K.$0$100K$200K$300K2020 · PPP loans: $274.2K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$274.2K$274.2K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA3. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Jun 5, 2020$274.2K PPP loan (first draw) from First National Bank Alaska3To KOAHNIC BROADCAST CORPORATION, Anchorage AK; $276.5K forgiven Apr 20, 2021

Sources

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