KUAZ

KUAZ/KUAZ-FM
KUAS-FM

Tucson, Arizona Sierra Vista, Arizona
Broadcast area	Tucson metropolitan area Sierra Vista, Arizona
Frequency	1550 kHz 89.1 MHz(HD Radio) KUAS-FM: 88.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	NPR
Ownership
Owner	University of Arizona (Arizona Board of Regents for the benefit of the University of Arizona)
Sister stations	KUAT-FM, KUAT-TV (TV)
History
Call sign meaning	K University of AriZona
Technical information
Facility ID	1550: 2723 89.1: 3383 88.9: 173449
Class	1550: D 89.1: A 88.9: C2
Power	1550: 50,000 watts day only
ERP	89.1: 1,600 watts 88.9: 1,700 watts
HAAT	89.1: 187.0 meters (613.5 ft) 88.9: 675.1 meters (2,215 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	32°22′21″N 111°5′52″W KUAZ (AM) 32°12′53″N 111°0′21″W KUAZ-FM 31°28′51.7″N 109°57′31.3″W (KUAS-FM)
Translator(s)	K283DC (104.5 MHz, Catalina) K202EM (88.3 MHz, Bisbee-Douglas, rebroadcasts KUAS-FM)
Links
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.

KUAZ also broadcasts over KUAS-FM on 88.9 MHz in Sierra Vista, as well as three translators that fill in service gaps in Tucson and southeastern Arizona., K217GI on 91.3 MHz, that serves the immediate Sierra Vista area. An additional translator, K227DE on 93.3 MHz (now K283DC on 104.5 MHz), was commissioned to provide service to the Catalina and Saddlebrooke areas.

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.

Repeaters

On October 11, 2018, after an 11-year process, KUAS-FM 88.9 came to air for the first time, broadcasting to Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Benson, Huachuca City, and Douglas; previously, Sierra Vista received KUAZ via translator K217GI (91.3 MHz). A second dependent translator, K283DC at 104.5 MHz, fills service gaps in the Catalina and Saddlebrooke areas to the north of Tucson and began operating in 2019.

Broadcast translators for KUAZ-FM

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
K217GI	91.3 FM	Sierra Vista, Arizona	82	D	FMQ
K283DC	104.5 FM	Catalina, Arizona	250	D	FMQ

External links

• KUAZ official website
• KUAZ in the FCC AM station database
• KUAZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• KUAZ in the FCC FM station database
• KUAZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• KUAS in the FCC FM station database
• KUAS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• K217GI in the FCC FM station database
• K283DC in the FCC FM station database
• K202EM in the FCC FM station database