KSEW (Seward, Alaska)

For the former station in Sitka, Alaska, see KSEW (Sitka, Alaska).

KSEW (950 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Seward, Alaska. The station was owned by Seward Media Partners, LLC, and aired an adult contemporary music format.^[3]

DKSEW

Seward, Alaska
Broadcast area	South Central Alaska
Frequency	950 kHz
Programming
Format	Defunct (was Adult Contemporary)
Ownership
Owner	Seward Media Partners, LLC
Sister stations	KKNI-FM
History
First air date	1972
Former call signs	KRXA (1972–1991)[1] KSWD (1991–2008)[2]
Call sign meaning	SEWard
Technical information
Facility ID	72209
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	60°05′27″N 149°20′20″W

The frequency was previously used by KIBH, which began on December 27, 1948, on 1340 AM before moving to 950 AM in August 1965, was a radio station licensed to Seward, Alaska, before shutting down on July 26, 1969, with its license deleted on August 15, 1969. ^[4]

The station was first licensed as KRXA on June 21, 1971, and was assigned KSEW by the Federal Communications Commission on May 14, 2008.^[2]

Under a previous owner, the station simulcasted with KYSC in Fairbanks for several years.

KSEW's license expired and was deleted on February 1, 2014, after the application for renewal of the station's license was not filed on time. In addition it had not paid FCC fees for a number of years and efforts to collect the debt were unsuccessful.^[5][6]