KOFA (AM)
KOFA (1320 AM) is a public radio station airing a wide variety of music programs, along with a few news and talk programs. Licensed to Yuma, Arizona, United States, the station serves the Yuma area. The station is currently owned by Arizona Western College and features programming from National Public Radio and Public Radio International.[1]
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| City | Yuma, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| Branding | Border Radio 94.7 FM - 1320 AM |
| Slogan | Voices of the Border, Fresh from Yuma |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public Radio, Full service |
| Affiliations | BBC World Service |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Arizona Western College |
| KAWC-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 6, 1959 (as KBLU) |
Former call signs | KBLU (1959-1970) KAWC (1970-2017) |
Call sign meaning | King OF Arizona silver mine |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 2758 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 730 watts day 106 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°41′22″N 114°30′0″W |
| Translator(s) | 94.7 MHz (K234CZ, Yuma) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live music |
| Website | borderradioaz.org |
History
1320 AM began life as the original KBLU, signing on September 6, 1959. When Eller Telecasting and Combined Communications merged in 1969, the newly formed group had to divest one of KBLU or KYUM at 560, choosing to keep the latter and donate the former to Arizona Western College. On January 1, 1970, the donation took effect, and 1320 AM signed off with the callsign changing to KAWC; 560 AM changed to KBLU.
Arizona Western College immediately relocated the transmitter to its campus and instituted a public radio format, which signed on for the first time on July 11, 1970.
In 2009, the K-Jazz Radio Network with its transmitters in northwestern and northern Arizona entered into agreement with Colorado River Public Media, by which those transmitters simulcast 1320 AM on weekdays.
The station changed its callsign to the current KOFA on July 13, 2017.
References
- "KOFA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- KOFA in the FCC's AM station database
- KOFA on Radio-Locator
- KOFA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database