Assignment Alaska

Every Friday at the station we air a segment in the Newshour titled "Assignment Alaska". It is the opportunity for us at the station to get out into the community, digging for the stories that make Alaska so unique.

This video aired in March 2009, as part of the "sweeps" period - a time period to set advertising prices based upon viewer ratings.

The story is about the effects of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake (measuring 9.2/Richter Magnitude Scale) on the port city of Seward in Southcentral Alaska.

It forever changed the landscape and souls of those who lived through it.

copyright KTUU-TV, 2009
Reporter: Jason Moore