KBAQ

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KBAQ
KBAQ-FM logo
City of license Phoenix, Arizona
Broadcast area Phoenix/Tempe, AZ
Branding K Bach
Slogan "Your Classical Companion"
Frequency 89.5 MHz
First air date 1 August 1992
Format Classical
ERP 12,500 watts
HAAT 706 meters
Class C
Facility ID 40096
Callsign meaning K-BACH
Owner Maricopa County Community College District
Sister stations KJZZ
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.kbaq.org/

KBAQ (89.5 FM, "K Bach") is a Phoenix metro area FM radio station that plays classical music twenty-four hours per day. The station transmits from the White Tank Mountains. Translators transmit on 89.3 and 89.7, and a live Internet audio stream is available. It is also simulcast on local PBS station KAET digital channel 8.4. The main office is located in Tempe.

KBAQ's slogan is "Your classical companion". The station's nickname is a play on the name of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

KBAQ is licensed to Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC), and is operated jointly by MCC, Rio Salado Community College, 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 Performance Today, Sunday Baroque, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera.

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, The Fabulous Fritts, and KBAQ's Mozart Buffet with Randy Kinkel. The program features music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his contemporaries.

[edit] Translators

Callsign Frequency City of license Power Class Additional Information
K209DV 89.7 FM Scottsdale, Arizona 10 watts D FCC Radio Locator
K207CO 89.3 Sun Lakes, Arizona 8 watts D FCC Radio Locator

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