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| area = [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]
| area = [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]
| branding = ''Oldies 92.7''
| branding = ''Oldies 92.7''
| slogan = The Best Music from the 50s and 60s
| frequency = 1440 [[kHz]]
| frequency = 1440 [[kHz]]
| translator = 92.7 K224CJ [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
| translator = 92.7 K224CJ [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
| repeater = 93.3-2 KDKB-HD2
| repeater = 93.3-2 KDKB-HD2
| airdate = 1956 (as KPOK)
| airdate = {{start date|1956}} (as KPOK)
| format = [[Oldies]]
| format = [[Oldies]]
| power = AM: 5,000 [[watt]]s day<br>52 [[watt]]s night
| power = {{ubl|AM: 5,000 [[watt]]s day|52 watts night}}
| erp = FM: 250 [[watt]]s
| erp = FM: 250 watts
| haat = FM: {{convert|449|meters}}
| haat = FM: {{convert|449|meters}}
| class = AM & FM: D
| class = AM & FM: D
| facility_id = AM: 11272
| facility_id = 11272
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33|28|43.00|N|111|56|24.00|W|region:US-AZ_type:landmark}}
| coordinates = {{coord|33|28|43.00|N|111|56|24.00|W|region:US-AZ_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = '''K''' '''A'''ri'''Z'''ona '''G'''old (previous branding)
| callsign_meaning = "Arizona Gold" (previous branding)
| former_callsigns = KPOK (1956–1961)<br>KWBY (1961–1964)<br>KDOT (1964–1976)<br>KSGR (1976–1978)<br>KOPA (1978–1980)<br>KXAM (1980–1982)<br>KOPA (1982–1996)<br>KSLX (1996-2001)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KPOK (1956–1961)|KWBY (1961–1964)|KDOT (1964–1976)|KSGR (1976–1978)|KOPA (1978–1980)|KXAM (1980–1982)|KOPA (1982–1996)|KSLX (1996–2001)}}
| affiliations =
| affiliations =
| owner = [[Hubbard Broadcasting]], Inc.
| owner = [[Hubbard Broadcasting]], Inc.
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| sister_stations = [[KSLX-FM]], [[KDKB]], [[KDUS]], [[KUPD]]
| sister_stations = [[KSLX-FM]], [[KDKB]], [[KDUS]], [[KUPD]]
| webcast = [http://live.oldies927az.com/listen/ Listen Live]
| webcast = [http://live.oldies927az.com/listen/ Listen Live]
| website = [http://oldies927az.com oldies927az.com]
| website = [http://oldies927az.com oldies927az.com]
}}
}}
'''KAZG''' (1440 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting an [[oldies]] format. Licensed to [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], United States, the station covers the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]. KAZG is owned by [[Hubbard Broadcasting]], Inc. and licensed to Phoenix FCC License Sub, LLC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KAZG |title=KAZG Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> The station's studios are located in North 52nd Street west of [[Papago Park]] and its AM transmitter is in Scottsdale. KAZG can also be heard on 92.7 FM via an [[FM translator]] and brands itself as "Oldies 92.7."
'''KAZG''' (1440 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting an [[oldies]] format. Licensed to [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], United States, the station covers the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]. KAZG is owned by [[Hubbard Broadcasting]], Inc. and licensed to Phoenix FCC License Sub, LLC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KAZG |title=KAZG Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref> The station's studios are located in North 52nd Street west of [[Papago Park]] and its AM transmitter is in Scottsdale. KAZG can also be heard on 92.7 FM via an [[FM translator]] and brands itself as "Oldies 92.7".


==Call letters==
==History==
KAZG signed on in 1956 as KPOK ("Cowpoke") in Scottsdale. Like many stations in the Phoenix area at the time, it originally ran a country-music format. KPOK became KWBY in 1961.
KAZG signed on in 1956 as KPOK ("Cowpoke") in Scottsdale. Like many stations in the Phoenix area at the time, it originally ran a country-music format. KPOK became KWBY in 1961.


Beginning in 1964, AM 1440 was known as KDOT; it aired an adult-standards format until 1976, when it changed calls to KSGR ("K-Sugar") to fit an oldies format. This lasted until 1978 when it became KOPA. Beginning in the 1960s, it simulcasted on FM 100.7, which continued under various formats and call letters until the mid-1990s.
Beginning in 1964, AM 1440 was known as KDOT; it aired an adult-standards format until 1976, when it changed calls to KSGR ("K-Sugar") to fit an oldies format. This lasted until 1978 when it became KOPA. Beginning in the 1960s, it simulcasted on FM 100.7, which continued under various formats and call letters until the mid-1990s.


The station was assigned the call letters KOPA on April 24, 1978. On September 1, 1980, the station changed its call sign to KXAM, and adopted an urban format. On March 25, 1982 they reverted to KOPA, then on February 19, 1996 to KSLX, and on April 1, 2001 to the current KAZG. For about a year in the mid-1990s, the format was [[CNN Headline News]].<ref>{{cite web |title=KAZG Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=11272&Callsign=KAZG |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
The station was assigned the call letters KOPA on April 24, 1978. On September 1, 1980, the station changed its call sign to KXAM, and adopted an urban format. On March 25, 1982, they reverted to KOPA, then on February 19, 1996, to KSLX, and on April 1, 2001, to the current KAZG. For about a year in the mid-1990s, the format was [[CNN Headline News]].<ref>{{cite web |title=KAZG Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=11272&Callsign=KAZG |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>


==Programming==
==Programming==
KAZG currently programs an [[broadcast automation|automated]] format of [[oldies]] from the 1950s and 1960s, taken via RCS system feed. Features include "14 in a row" song sweeps without commercials, and usage of the branding slogan "Arizona Gold".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixairchecks.com/KAZG |title=Phoenix Airchecks' 1440 KAZG fan page|accessdate=2009-03-31}}</ref>
KAZG currently programs an [[broadcast automation|automated]] format of [[oldies]] from the 1960s and 1970s.


In 2018, Steve Goddard, a well-known local radio host, became the afternoon host for KAZG, bringing his two nationally syndicated radio shows, "The 70's with Steve Goddard" and "Goddard's Gold", with him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Goddard Joins Oldies 92.7 Phoenix|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168762/steve-goddard-joins-oldies-92-7-phoenix/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=RadioInsight|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2009, two Phoenix-based talk shows from the defunct radio station [[KIHP (AM)|KXAM]] made the move to KAZG: the food-themed "Culinary Confessions with Kim and Don" (11am-1pm, weekdays),<ref>{{cite web
| title=KXAM/Phoenix Goes Dark
| url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite20/Members/ShowHeadLine.aspx?ContentID=48664&ContentTypeID=101&Archive=0&FormatId=0
| accessdate=2009-04-15
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421074146/http://www.radioandrecords.com/rrwebsite20/Members/ShowHeadLine.aspx?ContentID=48664&ContentTypeID=101&Archive=0&FormatId=0
| archive-date=2009-04-21
| url-status=dead
}}</ref> and sports-talk show "The Positive Side, Sports and Entertainment" that airs from 7-10AM Monday-Friday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixairchecks.com/KAZG |title=Phoenix Airchecks' 1440 KAZG fan page|accessdate=2009-03-31}}</ref> "Culinary Confessions" was [[simulcast]] on KXAM and KAZG from April 10, 2009 through KXAM's final day of broadcasting on April 15, 2009.<ref>{{cite web
| title=Scottsdale radio station KXAM to shut down
| url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/14/20090414sr-kxam0416.html
| accessdate = 2009-04-15 }}</ref>


Steve Goddard's local radio show can be heard every weekday from 3PM-7PM, "The 70's with Steve Goddard" can be heard every Saturday morning from 7AM-10AM, and "Goddard's Gold" can be heard every Sunday morning from 9AM-12PM.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shows – Oldies 92.7 – KAZG|url=https://oldies927az.com/shows/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Oldies 92.7 - KAZG|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Transmitter==
KAZG is popularly referred to as "The Lumberyard" or "Lumberyard 1440" due to the location of its transmitter, directly behind an actual [[lumber yard]] at the corner of 64th Street and Thomas Road in south Scottsdale. From this intersection, the transmitter building is accessible via a dirt path bordering the eastern side of the [[Salt River Project]]'s Crosscut Canal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixairchecks.com/KAZG |title=Phoenix Airchecks' 1440 KAZG fan page|accessdate=2009-03-31}}</ref>


Occasionally, KAZG 1440 AM serves as an overflow station for coverage of NAU Men's Basketball, ASU Women's Basketball, and ASU Baseball games that would otherwise air on [[KDUS]] AM 1060.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-16 |title=ASU Sun Devils |url=https://kdus1060.com/sundevils/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=KDUS AM 1060 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-16 |title=NAU Men’s Basketball |url=https://kdus1060.com/nau-mens-basketball/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=KDUS AM 1060 |language=en-US}}</ref>
The station transmits at 5,000 watts daytime, and is thus listenable throughout much of the Phoenix metro area. It has a single-tower, non-directional antenna.

== Transmitter ==
KAZG is popularly referred to as "The Lumberyard" or "Lumberyard 1440" due to the location of its transmitter, directly behind an actual [[lumber yard]] at the corner of 64th Street and Thomas Road in south Scottsdale. From this intersection, the transmitter building is accessible via a dirt path bordering the eastern side of the [[Salt River Project]]'s Crosscut Canal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixairchecks.com/KAZG |title=Phoenix Airchecks' 1440 KAZG fan page|access-date=2009-03-31}}</ref>

The station transmits at 5,000 watts during daytime hours, and is thus listenable throughout much of the Phoenix metro area. At night, however, the station broadcasts at a much lower 52 watts, thus making the station barely listenable outside of the East Valley during nighttime hours. It has a single-tower, non-directional antenna.


Since AM 1440 was originally licensed as an AM [[daytimer]] before the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) abolished the designation, it had been required to turn off its transmitter at local sundown, and allowed to turn it back on at local sunrise. Although KAZG was now licensed by the FCC to transmit at 52 watts of power at night, former owner Sandusky Radio usually opted to turn off the transmitter, apparently to avoid the electricity expense of transmitting at such an unusable power level. On rare occasions, such as when it carried Arizona State baseball or University of Arizona football as an "overflow" station of [[KDUS]], the station would switch to its nighttime power.
Since AM 1440 was originally licensed as an AM [[daytimer]] before the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) abolished the designation, it had been required to turn off its transmitter at local sundown, and allowed to turn it back on at local sunrise. Although KAZG was now licensed by the FCC to transmit at 52 watts of power at night, former owner Sandusky Radio usually opted to turn off the transmitter, apparently to avoid the electricity expense of transmitting at such an unusable power level. On rare occasions, such as when it carried Arizona State baseball or University of Arizona football as an "overflow" station of [[KDUS]], the station would switch to its nighttime power.


Radio observers liked to refer to the station's regulator of sunrise/sunset power switches as the "lamp timer," since the times of switching were irregular and tended to drift away from FCC specifications over time, as if the switches were driven by a cheap mechanical lamp [[timer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Phoenix Airchecks|url=http://www.phoenixairchecks.com/kazg/|work=AM 1440 KAZG|accessdate=16 June 2011}}</ref>
Radio observers liked to refer to the station's regulator of sunrise/sunset power switches as the "lamp timer", since the times of switching were irregular and tended to drift away from FCC specifications over time, as if the switches were driven by a cheap mechanical lamp [[timer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Phoenix Airchecks|url=http://www.phoenixairchecks.com/kazg/|work=AM 1440 KAZG|access-date=16 June 2011}}</ref>


In March 2012, KAZG began transmitting at its fully licensed 52 watts of power during nighttime hours, becoming a 24/7 station for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite web|title=A day in the life of a lamptimer|url=http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=113344.msg1871378#msg1871378|work=Radio-info.com Phoenix forum|accessdate=31 March 2012}}</ref> When the Sandusky Radio stations were purchased by Hubbard in 2013, this practice continued.
In March 2012, KAZG began transmitting at its fully licensed 52 watts of power during nighttime hours, becoming a 24/7 station for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite web|title=A day in the life of a lamptimer|url=http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=113344.msg1871378#msg1871378|work=Radio-info.com Phoenix forum|access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> When the Sandusky Radio stations were purchased by Hubbard in 2013, this practice continued.


On January 25, 2016 KAZG rebranded as "Oldies 92.7" (the 92.7 in the branding is for FM translator K224CJ 92.7 FM Phoenix).<ref>{{cite news|work=RadioInsight|url=https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/96371/kazg-relaunches-as-oldies-92-7/|title=KAZG Phoenix Relaunches as Oldies 92.7|first=Lance|last=Venta|date=27 January 2016|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref> K224CJ had been independently owned and had simulcast several stations in its history. It was not until 2017 that Hubbard bought the translator for $1.8 million, setting a record for the highest sale price ever commanded by an FM translator.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/hubbard-makes-biggest-translator-deal-in-u-s-history/article_977f2502-2fa9-11e7-bad5-fb90786c1e72.html|work=Inside Radio|date=3 May 2017|title=Hubbard Makes Biggest Translator Deal In U.S. History|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref>
On January 25, 2016, KAZG rebranded as "Oldies 92.7" (the 92.7 in the branding is for FM translator K224CJ 92.7 FM Phoenix).<ref>{{cite news|work=RadioInsight|url=https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/96371/kazg-relaunches-as-oldies-92-7/|title=KAZG Phoenix Relaunches as Oldies 92.7|first=Lance|last=Venta|date=27 January 2016|access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref> K224CJ had been independently owned and had simulcast several stations in its history. It was not until 2017 that Hubbard bought the translator for $1.8 million, setting a record for the highest sale price ever commanded by an FM translator.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/hubbard-makes-biggest-translator-deal-in-u-s-history/article_977f2502-2fa9-11e7-bad5-fb90786c1e72.html|work=Inside Radio|date=3 May 2017|title=Hubbard Makes Biggest Translator Deal In U.S. History|access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{AM station data|KAZG}}
{{AM station data|11272|KAZG}}
*{{FMQ|K224CJ}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|6445|K224CJ}}


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[[Category:Radio stations in Arizona|AZG]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Arizona|AZG]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1978]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Arizona]]
[[Category:Oldies radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Oldies radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Hubbard Broadcasting]]
[[Category:Hubbard Broadcasting]]

Latest revision as of 05:02, 12 July 2024

KAZG
Broadcast areaPhoenix metropolitan area
Frequency1440 kHz
BrandingOldies 92.7
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
Owner
KSLX-FM, KDKB, KDUS, KUPD
History
First air date
1956 (1956) (as KPOK)
Former call signs
  • KPOK (1956–1961)
  • KWBY (1961–1964)
  • KDOT (1964–1976)
  • KSGR (1976–1978)
  • KOPA (1978–1980)
  • KXAM (1980–1982)
  • KOPA (1982–1996)
  • KSLX (1996–2001)
Call sign meaning
"Arizona Gold" (previous branding)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11272
ClassAM & FM: D
Power
  • AM: 5,000 watts day
  • 52 watts night
ERPFM: 250 watts
HAATFM: 449 meters (1,473 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°28′43.00″N 111°56′24.00″W / 33.4786111°N 111.9400000°W / 33.4786111; -111.9400000
Translator(s)92.7 K224CJ Phoenix
Repeater(s)93.3-2 KDKB-HD2
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteoldies927az.com

KAZG (1440 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, the station covers the Phoenix metropolitan area. KAZG is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. and licensed to Phoenix FCC License Sub, LLC.[2] The station's studios are located in North 52nd Street west of Papago Park and its AM transmitter is in Scottsdale. KAZG can also be heard on 92.7 FM via an FM translator and brands itself as "Oldies 92.7".

History

[edit]

KAZG signed on in 1956 as KPOK ("Cowpoke") in Scottsdale. Like many stations in the Phoenix area at the time, it originally ran a country-music format. KPOK became KWBY in 1961.

Beginning in 1964, AM 1440 was known as KDOT; it aired an adult-standards format until 1976, when it changed calls to KSGR ("K-Sugar") to fit an oldies format. This lasted until 1978 when it became KOPA. Beginning in the 1960s, it simulcasted on FM 100.7, which continued under various formats and call letters until the mid-1990s.

The station was assigned the call letters KOPA on April 24, 1978. On September 1, 1980, the station changed its call sign to KXAM, and adopted an urban format. On March 25, 1982, they reverted to KOPA, then on February 19, 1996, to KSLX, and on April 1, 2001, to the current KAZG. For about a year in the mid-1990s, the format was CNN Headline News.[3]

Programming

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KAZG currently programs an automated format of oldies from the 1960s and 1970s.

In 2018, Steve Goddard, a well-known local radio host, became the afternoon host for KAZG, bringing his two nationally syndicated radio shows, "The 70's with Steve Goddard" and "Goddard's Gold", with him.[4]

Steve Goddard's local radio show can be heard every weekday from 3PM-7PM, "The 70's with Steve Goddard" can be heard every Saturday morning from 7AM-10AM, and "Goddard's Gold" can be heard every Sunday morning from 9AM-12PM.[5]

Occasionally, KAZG 1440 AM serves as an overflow station for coverage of NAU Men's Basketball, ASU Women's Basketball, and ASU Baseball games that would otherwise air on KDUS AM 1060.[6][7]

Transmitter

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KAZG is popularly referred to as "The Lumberyard" or "Lumberyard 1440" due to the location of its transmitter, directly behind an actual lumber yard at the corner of 64th Street and Thomas Road in south Scottsdale. From this intersection, the transmitter building is accessible via a dirt path bordering the eastern side of the Salt River Project's Crosscut Canal.[8]

The station transmits at 5,000 watts during daytime hours, and is thus listenable throughout much of the Phoenix metro area. At night, however, the station broadcasts at a much lower 52 watts, thus making the station barely listenable outside of the East Valley during nighttime hours. It has a single-tower, non-directional antenna.

Since AM 1440 was originally licensed as an AM daytimer before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) abolished the designation, it had been required to turn off its transmitter at local sundown, and allowed to turn it back on at local sunrise. Although KAZG was now licensed by the FCC to transmit at 52 watts of power at night, former owner Sandusky Radio usually opted to turn off the transmitter, apparently to avoid the electricity expense of transmitting at such an unusable power level. On rare occasions, such as when it carried Arizona State baseball or University of Arizona football as an "overflow" station of KDUS, the station would switch to its nighttime power.

Radio observers liked to refer to the station's regulator of sunrise/sunset power switches as the "lamp timer", since the times of switching were irregular and tended to drift away from FCC specifications over time, as if the switches were driven by a cheap mechanical lamp timer.[9]

In March 2012, KAZG began transmitting at its fully licensed 52 watts of power during nighttime hours, becoming a 24/7 station for the first time in its history.[10] When the Sandusky Radio stations were purchased by Hubbard in 2013, this practice continued.

On January 25, 2016, KAZG rebranded as "Oldies 92.7" (the 92.7 in the branding is for FM translator K224CJ 92.7 FM Phoenix).[11] K224CJ had been independently owned and had simulcast several stations in its history. It was not until 2017 that Hubbard bought the translator for $1.8 million, setting a record for the highest sale price ever commanded by an FM translator.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KAZG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KAZG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "KAZG Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ "Steve Goddard Joins Oldies 92.7 Phoenix". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. ^ "Shows – Oldies 92.7 – KAZG". Oldies 92.7 - KAZG. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  6. ^ "ASU Sun Devils". KDUS AM 1060. 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  7. ^ "NAU Men's Basketball". KDUS AM 1060. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  8. ^ "Phoenix Airchecks' 1440 KAZG fan page". Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  9. ^ "Phoenix Airchecks". AM 1440 KAZG. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  10. ^ "A day in the life of a lamptimer". Radio-info.com Phoenix forum. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  11. ^ Venta, Lance (27 January 2016). "KAZG Phoenix Relaunches as Oldies 92.7". RadioInsight. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Hubbard Makes Biggest Translator Deal In U.S. History". Inside Radio. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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