KDAZ (700 AM) is a

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. It airs a combination of syndicated

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shows and

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programming. It is owned by Pan American Broadcasting Co., Inc. Weekdays, most of the shows heard on KDAZ are

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programs: ''Markley, Van Camp and Robbins, The Joe Pags Show,

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'' and ''

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''. Hourly newscasts are from Salem's Townhall Radio News. Christian programming is heard late nights and weekends, along with syndicated shows from

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and

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. KDAZ is a Class D radio station. By day, it broadcasts at 450

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is a

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frequency in the

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, reserved for Class A station

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. So at night, KDAZ reduces power to 55

s to avoid interference. Programming is also heard on

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K245CD at 96.9

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in Albuquerque.

History

Early years

The station first

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as KMGM in . It changed its

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to KVOD in 1962 and to its current call letters KDAZ in 1969. It originally broadcast on

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. Its power was 1,000 watts by day and only 79 watts at night. It needed a complicated

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to prevent it from interfering with other stations on 730 AM. For most of its early years, it broadcast Christian radio shows day and night. KDAZ was acquired by its current owner, Pan American Broadcasting, on November 17, 2003. In 2021, KDAZ moved down the AM dial to 700 AM. The new frequency allowed it to operate with a non-directional antenna using a single

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FM and TV simulcast

In February 2016, a

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was granted by the

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to move FM

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K230BB from

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, into the Albuquerque

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on 96.9 MHz. It would

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KDAZ on the FM band at 70 watts from atop

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. The translator was licensed on October 13, 2016 as K245CD. However it had not begun broadcasting until early 2017. In December 2016, Pan American Broadcasting purchased the translator from Mountain Community Translators for $30,000. The power was upgraded from 70 watts to 160 watts in early March 2017. KDAZ can also be heard on the

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television programming service, located on channel 9773 over

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and channel 229 over

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. Audio can also be heard on television stations

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channel 11.5 in Santa Fe and KNMQ-LD channel 43.6 in Albuquerque.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KDAZ
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