It’s time again for the annual Channel 8 Auction! This year’s event will take place February 11th and 12th from 6 PM – 10 PM nightly, live on Channel 8 TV. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and we need your participation. We have lots of great items – and more showing up every day! Items are donated by businesses, artists, and viewers in Unalaska and beyond.
Highlights from our Big Board include:
a 42″ flat screen TV from Alyeska Trading
a 30 minute flight-seeing tour on board Pen Air’s Grumman Goose
a Martin guitar (anonymous donor)
a private wine tasting/small plate pairing for 8 from the Grand Aleutian Hotel
a sofa sized quilt handmade by Judi Ruder
Gravel from Northern Mechanical
a 1 year family pass from the PCR
a dental exam and whitening from IFHS Clinic
a 40 lb. luau pig from Peterkin
a 4 hour island tour for up to 6 people from Extra Mile Tours
and more still coming in!
The Big Board will close at 10 PM on Friday, February 12. Don’t miss your chance to bid on these fabulous items!
In addition to the Big Board, there are auction items for you, no matter what your interests or price range! These include boxes of crab, various clothing items from local businesses, services such as snow removal, therapeutic massage, car rental, subscriptions, welding, and dirt work, art, pottery, photography, hand crafted items, overnight stays in Anchorage, gift cards to local and Anchorage restaurants, signed books from Alaska authors, boxes of organic produce, a sea kayaking trip out of Whittier, specially made cakes, a baby quilt, a firetruck ride, and much, much more!
A highlight of this year’s event is the WORLD PREMIERE of Channel 8’s original soap opera Dutch Harbor, 99692. The soap opera was a collaboration between dedicated volunteers and Channel 8 staff. The
plot follows a series of dramas surrounding the crew of the fishing vessel Merlin. Dutch Harbor, 99692 will air between auction segments. Tune in for lots of fun as you follow the antics of our soap opera cast.
AND, in an exciting twist, you, our viewers, will vote for the soap opera’s conclusion. Potential endings will be posted here on our blog on Feb. 11 and you will be able to vote for your favorite scenario until 8 PM on Feb. 12. The ending with the most votes will be broadcast after the Big Board closes.
In addition to a live on-air auction, this event is our only television pledge drive of the year! If you enjoy the services that Channel 8 provides, it’s time to pledge your support. Memberships are good for one year from date of purchase, so if you pledged during our radio drive in October, your membership with UCB is current. If you joined or renewed your membership during the auction last year, it’s time to renew! Once again, we’ll be offering all pledges of $125 or higher a limited-edition KUCB sweatshirt featuring the artwork of Suzi Golodoff. Pledges of $125 or higher will also be entered into a drawing for a roundtrip Alaska Airlines ticket to Anchorage or Seattle. Memberships must be paid by 5 PM on Wednesday, Feb. 17th in order to be eligible for the plane ticket! Drawing will take place on LIVE television at 8 PM on the 17th.
Online pledging is quick and easy on our website at www.kucb.org. If you prefer, call us any time this week (581-1888) or during the auction and we will be happy to take your information by phone. If you’d like to donate an item or volunteer to help us during the auction, give us a call! Otherwise, be sure to tune in from the comfort of your home, pledge, and bid high!
As always, we appreciate your support and know that we could not continue to provide services to the community without you! Thanks!












