The Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS) is a statewide network of low-powered television stations, serving 235 communities throughout the Alaskan Bush areas.
In 1995, after state funding cuts, Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated, operators of KYUK, assumed responsibility for the service, at the time called The Alaska Satellite Television Project (ASTP).
Anchorage stations provide their programming to ARCS free of charge with the condition that advertising is allowed to remain.
In late February 2021, KYES's call letters were changed to KAUU, to complement sister station KTUU.
This has also allowed ARCS to add new subchannels, including 360 North, First Nations Experience, and UAF TV via Alaska Public Media's KAKM-TV.