KCHU-AM 770 is a 10,000-watt full service public radio station in the city of Valdez, Alaska. KCHU’s signal can be heard in an area the size of Ohio, serving a population base of more than 10,000 people. There are currently around 300 members, with a listenership made up of a variety of different communities. The station serves seven communities around Prince William Sound and the Copper River Basin. KCHU is repeated by translators in Cordova, Whittier, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay and Chitina, and is carried by two full-service licensed stations in McCarthy and Glennallen.
KCHU, also known as Terminal Radio, Inc., is a public radio station serving Prince William Sound and the Copper River Valley since 1980. It operates as a listener-supported 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, broadcasting from its main transmitter in Valdez and through translators in Cordova, Whittier, Tatitlek, and Chenega Bay. The station also broadcasts on KXKM in McCarthy and KXGA in Glennallen, providing national, state, and local programming, including content from NPR and Alaska Public Radio.