LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR
Your invitation to participate in the opening ceremonies
for Radio Station KICY at Nome is greatly appreciated, even
though the present legislative session makes it impossible for
to be personally present.
We are all familiar with the tremendous impact on public
opinion and public awareness which commercial broadcasting
has made in our country during the past thirty years. National
progress and the opportunity to participate locally have more
closely knit our country has fell that effect, statewide and on a
area of our country has felt that effect, statewide and on a
personal basis, more than Alaska, where the long distances
separating our centers of population, and the difficulties of
travel, formerly made the dispersion of news one that sometimes
took weeks to reach outlying villages.
With the coming of commercial broadcasting all that
changed. Those in the most distant areas, and even the lone
trapper and prospector, usually have their own receiving set.
They are as well informed on national, stale and regional matters
as the residents of the centers in which the events are taking place.
In Alaska, commercial broadcasting stations have become
a vital link in keeping our outlying residents informed on trans
portation schedules which affect them, and in many instances
the cooperation of local stations has resulted in the saving of
human life.
The inauguration of a commercial broadcasting station on the
Seward Peninsula will bring'to your region facilities for both
practical use and amusement. You and the people of your area
are to be complimented on the opening of Radio Station KICY.
WILLIAM A. EGAN.
KICY Equipment
Selection Features
Latest Design
Electronic equipment of the
very latest design is proudly ex
hibited by the engineering de
partment of Radio Station KICY.
Selection of the equipment was
made only after long study of com
parative products by various
manufacturers of broadcast equip
ment. The equipment finally se
lected was that of Gates Radio
Co., outstanding in the produc
tion of units of technical equip
ment for broadcast use. The Gates
BC5P-2 transmitter during the
last two years has far surpassed
all other 5 kilowatt transmitters
in production and sales. KICY
officials visited six different sta
tions where this equipment was in
satisfactory use, and KICY’s chief
engineer, Ralph Fondell, partici
pated in the installation of an
identical transmitter at Radio
Staiion KCFA, Spokane, Wash.
All audio equipment, with the
exception of the tape recorders,
is manufactured by Gates. Two
rack-mounted Ampex 351’s with
remote control feature, and two
Ampex 601 portable units make
up the compliment of tape record
ers. A transistorized battery oper
ated Minitape is also available for
recording where generated elec
tricity is not readily available,
for instance, for “in flight” re
cording.
VISITING NOME for the dedi
cation of Radio Station KICY, are
the Rev. C. B. Michaels, Moravian
Mission, Bethel, and party of six,
by special charter; the Rev. Har
v old Beck, Friends Mission, Noor
vik, and the Rev. Norval Heglund,
Lutheran Mission, Teller.
Noted Engineering
Consultant Advises
KICY Installation
Planning and construction of
Radio Station KICY, The Voice of
The Arctic, has been conducted
with the assistance of the most
highly qualified technical advis
ors available.
Mr. Carl E. Smith, of Cleveland,
Ohio, one of the best known and
most respected engineering con
sultants in America for broadcast
operations, was retained by Arc
tic Broadcasting Association to
outline > the antenna location and
design, and to select the frequen
cy best useable for this area of
the world.
Recently Mr. Smith was selected
to write certain sections of a new
edition of the National Association
of Broadcasters Engineering Hand
book. His special field is antenna
design, and he has had a great
deal of experience in engineering
broadcast installations in Arctic
areas, in Canada, and in Europe.
Shortwave Station
In Liberia Radios
Greetings to KICY
A telegram received today from
Radio Staion ELWA, Monrovia,
Liberia, on the west coast of
Africa, stated that ELWA plans
to have its staff sing a special
dedication song in honor of the
opening of Radio Station KICY.
The program to contain this dedi
cation song will be transmitted by
ELWA in the 25 meter band at
11.986 megacycles, 2:30 P.M. Ber
ing Sea Time. The telegram also
contained greetings to KICY staff
members Fondells and Zylstras,
who have mutual acquaintances
on the ELWA stafff.
s
.
Covenant Leaders Here for KICY Dedication
REV. RALPH P. HANSON
World Missions
Secretary Heads
Arctic Radio Group
The Rev. Ralph P. Hanson,
Executive Secretary of World
Missions for the Evangelical
Covenant Church of America, is
also the executive head of Arctic
Broadcasting Association, which
owns and operates Northwest
Alaska’s new broadcast station lo
cated at Nome. Having served as
a . missionary in Alaska for six
years, Mr. Hanson is well quali
fied for his position, and has a
genuine interest in Alaska and
her people. For a number of years,
Rev. and Mrs. Hanson represented
the Covenant at White Mountain
and their two sons were born
there.
The Rev. Mr. Hanson, who has
served as the Executive Secretary
of World Missions for the Cove
nant Church since 1944, attended
North Park College and Theolo
gical Seminary in Chicago. Under
his leadership, the missionary
program of the denomination has
experienced substantial growth,
and there are now approximately
150 missionaries in Alaska, Africa,
Latin America, Formosa and
Japan.
During recent years, his travels
have taken him to the Covenant
Missionary fields in Ecuador,
South America, Belgian Congo,
Africa, China, Japan and For
mosa. In 1956 he visited a num
ber of these areas during a round
the-world trip. Hanson, who is a
licensed pilot, was one of the first
promoters of missionary aviation.
The Evangelical Covenant Church
introduced missionary aviation on
the Alaskan field while he served
there as a missionary. Mr. Hanson
has also done considerable motion
picture photography, and has as
sisted in the production of a mo
tion picture on Alaska known by
the title, “Call of the Arctic.”
The Evangelical Covenant
Church of America, of which or
ganization Arctic Broadcasting As
sociation is an adjunct, was or
ganized in Chicago in 1885. Today
there are over 500 Covenant
churches in the United States and
Canada, with over 57,000 mem
bers. Headquarters of the Evan
gelical Covenant Church o f
America are in Chicago.
Rev. Hanson is in Nome at the
present time to participate in the
dedication of Radio Station KICY.
Of this event, he is quoted as
saying:
“The vision of our pioneer
Covenant missionaries to Alaska
of over 70 years ago, is now in
the process of fulfillment, as we
gird ourselves to minister to
Northwestern Alaska and also
beam broadcasts in Russian and
native languages t o Siberia
through the medium of a mission
ary radio station.” “For these
thrilling prospects and for God’s
guidance thus far, we praise and
thank God.”
REV. PAUL P. FRYHLING
Chief Dedication
Speaker Has Wide
Radio Background
The Reverend Paul P. Fryhling
is the senior minister of the First
Covenant Church in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. With a church mem
bership of over 1400, and a Sun
day school of over 1150, First
Covenant Church of Minneapolis
is the largest local church within
the Evangelical Covenant Church
of America.
Born and reared in the upper
Midwest, Mr. Fryhling received
h i s undergraduate university
training at the University of
North Dakota, and subsequently
graduated from the North Park
Theological Seminary, Chicago,
111., in 1939. Additional graduate
studies were taken at the Univer
sity of Chicago.
During his seminary training,
'and for two years following, Pas
tor Fryhling taught Bible and
mathematics at North Park Col
lege and Academy, and served for
two years as the Admission Coun
selor of the college. In addition to
his present pastorate, he served
the Bethany Covenant Church in
Chicago from 1941 to 1949, and
the Covenant Congregational
Church of Providence, R. I., from
1949 through 1958.
In all three of his pastorates,
Mr. Fryhling has had abundant
radio and television experience,
particularly in Providence, where
he conducted three weekly radio
■broadcasts and a half-hour weekly
telecast. In Minneapolis, the Mor
ning Worship radio network of
First Covenant Church comprises
three stations in Minnesota and
North Ddkota.
He! has been active in youth
work' and Bible Camp work in
various parts of the country, hav
ing served on the Covenant
Board of Youth Work and also
on its Board of Publication. Both
in Illinois and in New England he
has served on committees which
located, purchased and developed
new Bible Conference sites on
scenic lake front properties. He
has been associated with Evan
gelist Billy Graham in the New
England Mid-Century Crusade,
1950, and also the New York Cru
sade, 1956. He is presently on the
Steering Committee for the pro
posed Upper-Midwest Billy Gra
ham Crusade to be held in the
Minneapolis area in 1961.
iRev. Fryhling’s present church
in Minneapolis has had an in
terest in the construction of 'Radio
Station KICY, in that funds for
the erection .of the studio-office
building have been donated, in a
large measure, by members of the
congregation in memory of two
departed members, Mrs. Amanda
L. Edlund. and Miss Elsie E.
Edlund.
Letters of
Congratulation
FROM THE MAYOR OF NOME
May I at this time express my
wholehearted congratulations on
the completion of your fine
radio station and the future
service it will render to the
cilixens of our City and all the
other people in this iar-flung
area. Your facility will be
another much-needed step in
bringing us all closer together.
At times we are apt to become
discouraged as to the future of
this area, but we gain renewed
faith when associations such as
yours will make investments in
our future.
May I have the privilege of
wishing you all the success pos
sible for the future of KICY.
, for with its success we will all
have a better way of life.
— STEFFEN ANDERSEN.
U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C.
My congratulations go to thes
sponsors of KICY — to the Rev
erend Arthur R. Zylstra and his
associates — as this fine new ra
dio station is dedicated. It will
well serve the people of the vast
area to which its signals will be
directed, I am sure. Its opening
represents a faith in the future of
Nome and the region of which
Nome is the commercial center
that is heartening. It is a faith I
fully share. For KICY I wish a
long life, a constructive life, and
an inspiring life.
BOB BARTLETT.
;
U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C.
My heartiest congratulations on
the occasion of the inauguration
of Radio Station KICY which you
properly entitled “The Voice of
the Arctic.” I am confident that
this radio service for such a large
area, which has been without for '
the past, will prove of great value.
In no part of our country are the
benefits of the two relatively mod
ern inventions so marked as in
Alaska, namely, the airplane and
the radio. Without them Alaska
would never have made such
progress as it has.
While I greatly regret my in
ability because of my official
duties in Washington, to attend
the dedication ceremony, I send
you this message of greetings, of
congratulations, and with the wish
that your station may prove a
great success and render the best
possible service to your wide
audience.
ERNEST GRUENING.
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Greetings and congratulations
upon the inauguration of KICY,
“The Voice of the Arctic,” which
will serve the great Northwestern
area of Alaska, and marks an
other milepost in the progress of
our 49th State.
Because of my inability to be
with you at the dedicatory broad
cast, please accept this expression
of commendation and admiration
for the Arctic Broadcasting Asso
ciation’s achievement, and extend
my warm greetings to all of my
fellow Alaskans who will be your
audience from this day forward.
RALPH J. RIVERS.