KUAZ

KUAZ is a radio station operated out of The University of Arizona that serves the Tucson, Arizona, metropolitan area. It operates on 1550 on the AM dial (during the daytime) and 89.1 on the FM dial with a combination of news and National Public Radio format during the day and jazz in the evenings.

KUAZ/KUAZ-FM
KUAS-FM
CityTucson, Arizona
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Broadcast areaTucson metropolitan area
Sierra Vista, Arizona
FrequencyKUAZ: 1550 kHz
KUAZ-FM: 89.1 MHz (HD Radio)
KUAS-FM: 88.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Slogan"Your NPR News Station"
Programming
FormatPublic radio
AffiliationsNPR
Ownership
OwnerUniversity of Arizona
(Arizona Board of Regents for the benefit of the University of Arizona)
KUAT-FM, KUAT-TV (TV)
History
First air date
KUAZ: June 26, 1961 (as KFIF)
KUAZ-FM: April 27, 1992
KUAS-FM: October 11, 2018
Former call signs
KUAZ:
KFIF (1961-1968)
KUAT-AM (1968-2000)
Call sign meaning
KUAZ/KUAZ-FM:
University of AriZona
KUAS-FM:
KUAZ Secondary
Technical information
Facility ID1550: 2723
89.1: 3383
88.9: 173449
Class1550: D
89.1: A
88.9: C2
Power1550: 50,000 watts day only
ERP89.1: 1,600 watts
88.9: 1,700 watts
HAAT89.1: 187.0 meters (613.5 ft)
88.9: 675.1 meters (2,215 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°22′21″N 111°5′52″W KUAZ (AM)
32°12′53″N 111°0′21″W KUAZ-FM
31°28′51.7″N 109°57′31.3″W (KUAS-FM)
Translator(s)K283DC (104.5 MHz, Catalina)
K202EM (88.3 MHz, Bisbee-Douglas, rebroadcasts KUAS-FM)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitehttp://radio.azpm.org/kuaz/

KUAZ also broadcasts over KUAS-FM on 88.9 MHz in Sierra Vista, as well as three translators that fill in service gaps in Tucson and southeastern Arizona., K217GI on 91.3 MHz, that serves the immediate Sierra Vista area. An additional translator, K227DE on 93.3 MHz (now K283DC on 104.5 MHz), was commissioned to provide service to the Catalina and Saddlebrooke areas.

History

1550 AM in Tucson began as KSWC, but changed its calls to KFIF before signing on the air on June 26, 1961.[1] It was owned by the Southwest Broadcasting Corporation.

In 1967, John B. Walton, who had bought KFIF in 1965, bought a station at 580 AM, which he would christen KIKX. The station on 580 could operate 24 hours a day. 1550 AM was donated to the University of Arizona and became KUAT on October 7, 1968.[2] KUAT initially held a format of classical and jazz music, going all-jazz when KUAT-FM was built in 1975.

The U of A put 89.1 FM on the air on April 27, 1992 under the call sign of KUAZ-FM, so as to distinguish itself from KUAT-FM.[3] The AM station adopted the KUAZ calls on August 11, 2000.

Repeaters

On October 11, 2018, after an 11-year process, KUAS-FM 88.9 came to air for the first time, broadcasting to Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Benson, Huachuca City, and Douglas; previously, Sierra Vista received KUAZ via translator K217GI (91.3 MHz).[4] A second dependent translator, K283DC at 104.5 MHz, fills service gaps in the Catalina and Saddlebrooke areas to the north of Tucson and began operating in 2019.

Broadcast translators of KUAZ-FM
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
K217GI91.3Sierra Vista, Arizona82DFCC
K283DC104.5Catalina, Arizona250DFCC

References
  1. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1961-62/section%20B%20All%20Radio%20%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201961-1962-9.pdf
  2. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20Radio%20All%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf
  3. https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1993/B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1993-B&W.pdf
  4. "AZPM Launches New Radio Station in Southeast Arizona". Arizona Public Media. October 30, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2019.


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