Alaska Rural Communications Service

The Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS) is a statewide network of low-powered television stations, serving 235 communities throughout the Alaskan Bush areas. The network is based in Anchorage, Alaska and is operated by Alaska Public Broadcasting, a joint venture of Alaska Public Media and Alaska's public broadcasters. Programming is beamed via satellite to the rural transmitters owned by the Alaska state government.

Alaska Rural Communications Service
Statewide Alaska,
outside Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau
United States
ChannelsAnalog: various, see below
BrandingARCS
Programming
Affiliations.1: ABC (via KYUR)
CBS (via KYES)
Fox (via KTBY)
Ind. (via KTVA & KYES-DT4)
NBC (via KTUU)
PBS
.2: KSKA (radio)
.3: UAF TV/FNX
.4: 360 North
Ownership
OwnerState of Alaska
(transmitter owner)
OperatorAlaska Public Broadcasting
Links
Websitewww.arcstv.org

Programming on ARCS is a selection of shows from the four commercial broadcast networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox) and syndication, via the Anchorage stations; plus PBS programming from KAKM and other PBS members in the state; occasionally, ARCS produces some of its own programming (including local sports coverage). Anchorage stations provide their programming to ARCS free of charge with the condition that advertising is allowed to remain.

There is currently no CW programming available on ARCS (nor did it air programming from The WB), and though in the past the network carried MyNetworkTV programming from KYES-TV (and previously, UPN), it has not since its 2009 conversion from a network to an all-repeat programming service; it did carry other syndicated programming from that station, mainly on weekends, until KYES-TV took over the CBS affiliation from KTVA on August 1, 2020, which will also be the new station for KTVA's former news operation (KYES-TV's former programming shifted to KYES-DT4 and will continue to air on ARCS on weekends).

Even though much of ARCS' programming contains commercials, the operation of ARCS is partially funded by donations from its viewers, just like member stations of PBS, as well as those of the Christian-based Trinity Broadcasting Network.

List of stations

ARCS is seen on the following low-powered television stations:

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Inactive stations
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