History
Vince Joy, founder of the Central Alaskan Mission, felt there was a need
to reach people living in the bush areas of Alaska. Some people were so remote
that they couldn’t even be reached by airplane. Vince felt this problem could
be solved, by coming to these people by way of radio. This original idea has
developed into the Northern Light Network, a subsidiary of SEND International
of Alaska, consisting of 2 AM broadcast stations (KCAM, Glennallen and KRSA,
Petersburg) and 3 translators from KRSA (in Haines, Sitka and Wrangell).
Early in the morning of March 27, 1964 the engineers gave the final check and
announced that KCAM was ready to begin broadcasting. All they had to do was
to wait for the FCC to finish going through all of the legal red tape before
actually signing on. Twelve hours later the great Alaska earthquake struck.
God had provided people to finish His project and He 
spared KCAM from the earthquake
damage. The station went on the air with emergency power under special authority
to aid rescue and restoration efforts during the five-day crisis. Regular authority
for full time broadcasting was granted on April 16, 1964.
The FCC licensed KCAM as a 5,000 watt, non-directional, commercial AM station. KCAM serves the Copper River Valley.
Due to inquiries from people in Southeast Alaska, who also wanted a Christian radio station, the mission conducted several survey trips to the communities of Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau and Ketchikan. The Lord directed us to file for a radio station in the fishing community of Petersburg.
KRSA signed on the air September 25, 1982. The FCC licensed KRSA as a 5,000 watt, directional, commercial AM station. KRSA serves the island community of Petersburg, the waterways around Petersburg, and by translator, the communities of Haines, Sitka and Wrangell.