KJZZ (FM)

KJZZ

City of license	Phoenix, Arizona
Frequency	91.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) 91.5HD2 XPoNential Radio
Format	NPR, jazz, blues
ERP	96.000 watts
HAAT	490 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	40095
Callsign meaning	JaZZ
Affiliations	NPR, PRI
Owner	Rio Salado College (Maricopa County Community College District)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	http://www.kjzz.org

KJZZ (91.5 FM, "K Jazz") is a radio station and National Public Radio member station located at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona, United States. KJZZ serves the entire Phoenix metro area with NPR programming from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays, 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays, and 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. At all other times a variety of music programs are available playing jazz and blues. KJZZ is the sister station to KBAQ 89.5.

KJZZ signed on in the early 1970s as KMCR. Rio Salado bought the station in 1985 and changed the calls to KJZZ.

KJZZ produces several programs, including Morning Edition, hosted by long-time journalist Dennis Lambert, and a weekly call-in talk show, Here and Now, hosted by Phoenix journalist Steve Goldstein, which includes calls and e-mails from listeners.

In the Spring of 2008, the station produced The Aaron Brown Show, a pilot program hosted by former CNN news anchor Aaron Brown.

Also heard on KJZZ (as well as several other public radio stations in the southwest and Texas) are unique news stories under its program entitled Fronteras: The Changing America Desk. This entity is one part of an initiative of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that created seven Local Journalism Centers (LJCs) to pool the resources of public media stations across the country in FY2009. These LJCs hire their own reporters and editors and concentrate on a specific area. Fronteras represents the Southwest LJC and focuses primarily on cultural and demographic shifts in the southwest U.S. and stories began airing in 2010. Other topics heard on Fronteras include immigration and the U.S./Mexico border. According to the CPB, Fronteras' Southwest LJC and the remaining LJCs were expected to become self-sufficient after 2 years.

HD Radio

KJZZ's HD Radio signal is multiplexed. The main signal is a simulcast of KJZZ's NPR and jazz programming. The second channel carries XPoNential Radio, Triple A (adult album alternative) service produced by WXPN and distributed by NPR. It features an eclectic blend of blues, rock, world, folk, and alternative country.

Translators

Call sign	MHz	City of license	Power (W)	Class	Additional Information
K242AC	96.3 FM	Bagdad, Arizona	46	D	FCC
K208AA	89.5 FM	Cottonwood, Arizona	137	D	FCC
K208AB	89.5 FM	Flagstaff, Arizona	9	D	FCC
K295AL	106.9 FM	Little Acres, Arizona	15	D	FCC
K211AA	90.1 FM	Prescott, Arizona	146	D	FCC
K219DZ	91.7 FM	Rio Verde, Arizona	10	D	FCC
K255AC	98.9 FM	Tucson, Arizona	10	D	FCC
K221EK	92.1 FM	Silver City, New Mexico	10	D	FCC

External links

• KJZZ's official home page, includes news, program information, and webcasts
• KJZZ's Program Schedule
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KJZZ
• Radio-Locator information on KJZZ
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KJZZ