KBAQ

Infobox Radio station
name = KBAQ


city = Phoenix, Arizona
area = Phoenix
branding = "K Bach"
slogan = "Your Classical Companion"
airdate = 1 August 1992
frequency = 89.5 MHz
format = Classical
erp = 12,500 watts
haat = 706 meters
class = C
sister_stations = KJZZ
facility_id = 40096
callsign_meaning = K-BACH
owner = Maricopa County Community College District
webcast = [http://www.kbaq.org/listen/ontheweb/ Listen Live]
website = http://www.kbaq.org/

KBAQ (89.5 FM, "K Bach") is a Phoenix metro area FM radio station that plays classical music twenty-four hours per day. The station transmits from the White Tank Mountains. Translators transmit on 89.3 and 89.7, and a live Internet audio stream is available. It is also simulcast on local PBS station KAET digital channel 8.4. The main office is located in Tempe.

KBAQ's slogan is "Your classical companion". The station's nickname is a play on the name of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

KBAQ is licensed to Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC), and is operated jointly by MCC, Rio Salado Community College, and Arizona State University. KBAQ is the sister radio station to 91.5 FM KJZZ.

Programs

KBAQ carries many different programs from NPR. As of 2006, KBAQ carries Performance Today, [http://www.sundaybaroque.org/ Sunday Baroque] , Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Metropolitan Opera.

KBAQ also features programs from the KBAQ Production Studio. As of 2006, KBAQ features Arizona Opera, The Phoenix Symphony, ASU in Concert, Southwest Season Ticket, The Fabulous Fritts, and KBAQ's "Mozart Buffet" with Randy Kinkel. The program features music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his contemporaries.

Translators

RadioTranslators
callsign =
call1 = K209DV
freq1 = 89.7 FM
watts1 = 10
class1 = D
city1 = Scottsdale, Arizona
call2 = K207CO
freq2 = 89.3
watts2 = 8
class2 = D
city2 = Sun Lakes, Arizona

External links

* [http://www.kbaq.org KBAQ-FM official website]
* [http://www.azpbs.org/kbaq/ Website of the KBAQ Production Studio]
*FMQ|KBAQ
*FML|KBAQ
*FMARB|KBAQ

* [http://www.kbaq.org/listen/ontheradio/ Coverage maps]
*Transmitter|KBAQ-FM_89.5|33.592500|112.580278
*Transmitter|K207CO-FM_89.3|33.3328|112.0647
*Transmitter|K209DV-FM_89.7|33.6442|111.8114