Can I still listen to police scanners in Alaska?
FCC license data only. We haven't confirmed police radio encryption anywhere in Alaska yet. From FCC license data (29 counties): it differs by county: some have mostly analog licenses, others mostly digital licenses. Licenses show analog or digital, not encryption, so there's no Yes or No here until we confirm a place. Check your county or city below.
Other cities in Alaska
Not yet confirmed by the agency. Each page shows what the FCC licenses say: whether local police and fire radio is analog or digital, and which scanner hears it.
- Adak
- Akutan
- Alcan Border
- Anchorage
- Angoon
- Bethel
- Buffalo Soapstone
- Cantwell
- Chena Ridge
- Chenega
- Chevak
- Chisana
- Cordova
- Covenant Life
- Delta Junction
- Dillingham
- Ester
- Fairbanks
- Fort Yukon
- Gustavus
- Homer
- Hoonah
- Hooper Bay
- Juneau
- Kachemak
- Kake
- Kenai
- Ketchikan
- King Cove
- King Salmon
- Klawock
- Kodiak
- Kotzebue
- Kupreanof
- Kwethluk
- Loring
- Nenana
- Nikiski
- Nome
- North Pole
- Old Harbor
- Palmer
- Savoonga
- Saxman
- Selawik
- Seldovia
- Sitka
- Skagway
- Soldotna
- Tenakee Springs
- Thorne Bay
- Togiak
- Toksook Bay
- Unalakleet
- Unalaska
- Utqiaġvik
- Valdez
- Wasilla
- White Mountain
- Wrangell
- Yakutat
Counties in Alaska
- Aleutians East Borough
- Aleutians West Census Area
- Anchorage Municipality
- Bethel Census Area
- Bristol Bay Borough
- Chugach Census Area
- Copper River Census Area
- Denali Borough
- Dillingham Census Area
- Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Haines Borough
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
- Juneau City and Borough
- Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Kodiak Island Borough
- Kusilvak Census Area
- Lake and Peninsula Borough
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Nome Census Area
- North Slope Borough
- Northwest Arctic Borough
- Petersburg Borough
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
- Sitka City and Borough
- Skagway Municipality
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
- Wrangell City and Borough
- Yakutat City and Borough
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
How the state answer works: we combine the answers of the counties we've checked and the cities we've confirmed. If they all agree, the state gets that answer; if they disagree, it shows “Partly”. With none checked, the map uses FCC license data the same way (analog, mixed or digital per county, lighter colour), labelled “based on FCC license data, not yet confirmed”. How we check