Anchorage Economic Information

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Here you can see our sign on to sign off Cume, and Here our sign on to sign off share in this market.
KYES has a significant share of the Anchorage market. In fact, we do quite well where, uh, some other network affiliates might not. If you know of a market with more TV stations per household, plase let me know. Until then, I claim this as the most competitive market in the USA. We will be happly to tell you more. Feel free to contact our management..
To see more economic information see the Anchorage Municipal site from which some of this information was lifted.
Anchorage, a city with a land area greater than Los Angeles, houses over 258,000 people.
The market includes The Municipality of Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Kenai Peninsula Borough, which includes 340,000 persons. These areas can be seen in the map below.
TV Households: Anchorage= 93,940; Kenai=16,130, Matsu=18,210.
City proper is called the Anchorage Bowl. Also within the Anchorage Municipality Boundary is Girdwood and Eagle River.
Anchorage 1996 Retail Sales per Capita was more than twice that of New York City. NYC=$6,083 per capita, Anchorage=$12,128 per capita.
In 1997 (the most recent year available) total annual retail sales in Anchorage were $3,114,874,000 , and $4,612,995 in the DMA.
Alaskans rank #3 in retail sales per household.
Alaskans rank #1 in household income.
Some people think Anchorage cost of living is very high. Not so. For example, New York is nearly twice as expensive as Anchorage!