KRAW signed on as KWMD on July 26, 2003, programming a non-commercial modern rock format.
KRAW ceased continuous broadcast on August 2, 2004, pending FCC approval of technical changes between several Alaska Educational Radio System (AERS) stations including a change in frequency.
On March 10, 2008, AERS filed with the FCC for alternative technical changes.
[1] KRAW's license expired on May 18, 2013, due to the station having been dark for more than a year.
The FCC deleted the KRAW call sign from their database on February 5, 2014.