KAZM explained

KAZM
City:Sedona, Arizona
Area:North Central Arizona
Branding:KAZM 106.5 fm & 780 am Mellow Mountain Radio
Airdate:November 1, 1974
Frequency:780 kHz
Format:Full-service radio
Power:5,000 watts day
95 watts night
Class:D
Facility Id:64494
Coordinates:34.8606°N -111.8194°W
Owner:Cutter Grind Broadcasting LLC.
Webcast:Listen Live
Website:kazmradio.com
Affiliations:Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona State University
Arizona Diamondbacks
Phoenix Suns
University of Arizona
Northern Arizona University
Licensing Authority:FCC

KAZM 780 AM and 106.5 FM is a full-service radio station in Sedona, Arizona, United States. Transition of Ownership to Cutter Grind Broadcasting LLC. was initiated in September 2023 and was owned prior for nearly 50 years by Tabback Broadcasting Co.

KAZM's skywave signal has been received in Green River, Wyoming,[1] and Salt Lake City, Utah.[2] KAZM can be received across most of northern Arizona during the day, and can be heard in Phoenix under the right conditions.[3]

KAZM is a Class D station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 780 kHz. WBBM in Chicago is the dominant Class A station on this frequency within the lower 48 states. KNOM in Nome, Alaska is also a Class A station.

History

KAZM first signed on the air on November 1, 1974. The station throughout the years ran a couple of formats. First as MOR and then later adult contemporary from 1984 until the 1990s. It would then become a "brokered" News/Talk/Sports/Classic Rock/Oldies station. By the end of 2023, KAZM switched to Mellow Mountain Radio which is a full-service format, consisting of local, state, and national news coverage every hour interspersed with songs within the Soft Oldies music genre (focused more specifically on the subgenre of "Yacht Rock"). KAZM also carries live play-by-play coverage of Arizona-based sports teams, and talk shows such as Coast To Coast AM.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ubstudios.com/grdx.html Green River DX log
  2. http://www.ubstudios.com/slcdx.html Salt Lake City DX Report
  3. http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KAZM&service=AM&status=L&hours=D Radio-Locator KAZM coverage