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[update], 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[update], KBAQ features Arizona Opera, The Phoenix Symphony, ASU in Concert, Southwest Season Ticket, The Fabulous Fritts with Guy Whatley, and KBAQ's Mozart Buffet with Randy Kinkel. The program features music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his contemporaries.
[edit] HD Radio
KBAQ's HD Radio signal is multiplexed. The main signal is a simulcast of KBAQ's classical programming. The second channel carries Ahora!, a mix of classical and contemporary music, arts and cultural programming and news for Spanish speaking listeners. The third carries the Sun Sounds of Arizona, a reading and information access service for people who cannot read print because of a disability.
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