The Big Alaska Show!

05/28/2026

Come have fun at the Merrill Field Aviation Celebration! It's FREE!
Join us and be part of the live audience for recording a Big Alaska Show segment! Come help us make noise! Check out the flyer!

05/05/2026

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival is this week! Check out my interview with Festival Coordinator, Marcy Melville to get a preview of whadup! Fun!

Festival Coordinator, Marcy Melville, joined me for a preview of this week's Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. Lots of fun-filled, cool birding things going on in Homer for experienced birders and rookies - like me!  For more information and online program visit  https://kachemaks

05/04/2026

Just wrapping up a 3 week trek in the RV - going from our Science Guy's cabin in northern Idaho and flying into a still frozen Anchorage - only to be greeted by a flock of seagulls outside our door loudly claiming spring is right around the corner!

From northern Idaho to a still frozen early May Anchorage, AK

04/11/2026

Calli the camping calico cat helps me with our broadcast this morning as we honor Mike Gordon who passed away last week. We;re highlighting his first book Learning the Ropes: An Alaskan Memoir - you'll find it on our book review section.
Airing this morning 9:05a-10a AKT, KFQD Radio - and streamed

04/09/2026

Tune in Saturday morning for our tribute to MIKE GORDON - featuring interviews with Mike sharing stories from his own lips revealing a colorful life with an amazing journey.
You'll find his books on our Big Alaska Show Book Review Section like Learning the Ropes.
Sat, 9:05a-10a, KFQD 103.7 FM / 750 AM, streamed .kfqd.com,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuaEZuuzus

Listen to author interviews, learn about fascinating stories of Alaska and beyond on the Book Reviews page on our website: https://bigalaskashow.com

03/14/2026

Our all time favorite roasters and bagel makers!

02/28/2026

Today the Big Alaska Show will bestow the highly coveted 2026 Fur Trapper Crapper Award upon the privy placing last at the Fur Rondy Outhouse Races!
It should say February 28th instead of the 26th ... did we mention we're the longest running mistake ridden radio show in Alaska's history?!
Join us - 4p-5p Sat, Feb 28 4th avenue!

01/21/2026

Here's an early sneak peek into the Anchorage Folk Festival's packed schedule and their headliner act: Henhouse Prowlers! They will be performing this Fri, Sat, Sun.

Check out our fun interview podcast and links with HP banjo player, Ben Wright, and AFF Board members, Marianne See and Lucy "Two-Ears" Peckham!

Plus, Co-host Mike Ford's reports from On the Trail with Lord Trapper!
Sat 9:05a-10a AKT,streamed at www.KFQD Radio and podcasts at www.bigalaskashow.com

Meet Henhouse Prowlers! These gents are world-wide bluegrass ambassadors having visited over 30 countries spreading the love of bluegrass and returning to share the music they learned from other countries.  Henhouse Prowlers website . Bluegrass Ambassadors website .  Check out

01/17/2026

If you missed today's broadcast, check out or podcast! www.bigalaskashow.com. One new feature is our "Lord Trapper on the Trail!" Co-host Mike Ford is the 2026 Lord Trapper with the Fur Rondy! He's duties include attending tons of Rondy activities, events and visiting businesses involved with Rondy. Busy man! And we're following him! Check out this interview with Mike, Bob Lester with KWHL 106.5 FM and me! https://www.bigalaskashow.com/bas-shows-archive/our-20th-anniversary-show

01/17/2026

Saturday is officially our 20th Anniversary of the Big Alaska Show. And it all started here at the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK where Co-host, Mike Ford and I MC'd the Polar Bear Jump for a number of years to raise awareness and the fight against cancer. Jumpers raise money for the privilege to plunge into the icy waters of Kachemak Bay. Seward residents surround the jumpers at the harbor and cheer them on. For a brief moment, the world is one, standing together in the fight against cancer!
Join us Saturday morning, 9:05a-10a AKT as we air clips from past shows including what it's like with a live rowdy Seward audience for the Big Alaska Show! Designed to raise your spirits - not your blood pressure- just leave your muddy boots and politics at the door!
Saturday, 9:05a-10a AKT, KFQD 103.7 FM / 750 AM , streamed at www.kfqd.com, with podcasts at www.bigalaskashow.com