KBAQ

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KBAQ

City of license	Phoenix, Arizona
Broadcast area	Phoenix/Tempe, AZ
Slogan	Your Classical Companion
First air date	1 August 1992
Frequency	89.5 MHz 89.3 (South Mountain) 89.7 (McDowell Mountains)
Format	Classical
Power	12,500 watts (89.5) 8 watts (89.3) 10 watts (89.7)
ERP	12,500 Watts ERP
Class	C
Callsign meaning	K-BACH
Owner	Maricopa County Community College District
Webcast	www.kbaq.org/listen/ontheweb/
Website	www.kbaq.org

KBAQ, or K Bach—a play on the composer's name—is a Phoenix metro area FM radio station that plays classical music twenty-four hours per day on 89.5 MHz FM transmitting from the White Tank Mountains. Translators transmit on 89.3 and 89.7, and a live Internet audio stream is available. The main office is located in Tempe. KBAQ's slogan is "Your classical companion".

KBAQ is operated jointly by Rio Salado Community College, the Maricopa Community Colleges, and Arizona State University. KBAQ is the sister radio station to 91.5 FM KJZZ.

[edit] Programs

KBAQ carries many different programs from NPR. As of 2006, KBAQ carries:

KBAQ also features programs from the KBAQ Production Studio. As of 2006, KBAQ features:

Arizona Opera
The Phoenix Symphony
ASU in Concert
Southwest Season Ticket

Weekdays at 12:00 MST (19:00GMT) is KBAQ's Mozart Buffet with Randy Kinkel. The program features music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his contemporaries.