KJZA (89.5
MHz) is a
public FM radio station in
Drake, Arizona
Drake was an unincorporated community on the Verde River in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, and a station on the BNSF Railway's Phoenix Subdivision. Drake is also the junction and western terminus of the Verde Canyon Railroad. Drake is ...
, and the originating station in the ''K-Jazz Radio Network''. It primarily features
Public Radio International
Public Radio International (PRI) was an American public radio organization. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, PRI provided programming to over 850 public radio stations in the United States.
PRI was one of the main providers of programm ...
news and information programming with some local talk shows and
jazz music nights and weekends. It is
simulcast on multiple towers along
Interstate 40 through
Northern Arizona, from the California border to
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has ...
. The K-Jazz Radio Network holds periodic
fundraisers and seeks listener donations to support its
non-commercial programming.
History
The station
signed on
Signing may refer to:
* Using sign language
* Signature
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in 2000 as KRTE. It broadcasts from
Bill Williams Mountain
Bill Williams Mountain is a peak and lava dome volcano located about west of Flagstaff and south of Williams, Arizona in the Kaibab National Forest. It is named for Old Bill Williams, a scout, guide, and mountain man, who lived in the 1800s. ...
to serve the area around
Williams, Arizona. Transmitters in
Kingman and
Prescott were added in 2009. KJZA simulcasts
KOFA 1320 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1320 kHz: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commis ...
in
Yuma on weekdays, extending its coverage to Southwest Arizona.
Effective April 12, 2021, St. Paul Bible College sold KJZA, translator K217EP, and two sister stations to En Familia, Inc. for $325,000.
Transmitters
The K-Jazz Network is heard on these additional stations:
External links
*
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