KUAZ

KUAZ/KUAZ-FM
City Tucson, Arizona
Broadcast area Tucson metropolitan area
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Slogan "Your NPR News Station"
Frequency 1550 kHz
89.1 MHz(also on HD Radio)
Format Public radio
Power 1550: 50,000 watts day only
ERP 89.1: 1,600 watts
HAAT 89.1: 187.0 meters (613.5 ft)
Class 1550: D
89.1: A
Facility ID 1550: 2723
89.1: 3383
Transmitter coordinates 32°22′21″N 111°5′52″W / 32.37250°N 111.09778°W / 32.37250; -111.09778 KUAZ (AM)
32°12′53″N 111°0′21″W / 32.21472°N 111.00583°W / 32.21472; -111.00583 KUAZ-FM
Callsign meaning K University of AriZona
Affiliations NPR
Owner University of Arizona
(Arizona Board of Regents for the benefit of the University of Arizona)
Sister stations KUAT-FM, KUAT-TV (TV)
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://radio.azpm.org/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.

A translator, K217GI, relays KUAZ to Sierra Vista on 91.3 MHz.

History

1550 AM in Tucson began as KSWC, but changed its calls to KFIF before signing on. 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 July 1, 1967. 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 in 1991. The AM station adopted the KUAZ calls on August 11, 2000; the same day, the FM station became KUAZ-FM.

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