Branding AM 730 Frequency 730 (kHz) | Slogan "Ignite Your Life" Translator(s) K245CD 96.9 | |
City Albuquerque, New Mexico Broadcast area Albuquerque and Northern New Mexico | ||
KDAZ (730 AM, "AM 730") is a Christian radio station based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, broadcasting to the Albuquerque area.
It broadcasts Christian and conservative talk programs including Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Janet Parshall and Michael Medved. Most of the content including hourly news updates are from Salem Radio Network. KDAZ also features live local talk programs including the AM 730 Morning Show (hosted by Birga Alden and Jim Sandell), heard weekday mornings from 7-9am MT, and 11 O'clock Live (hosted by Jim Sandell).
KDAZ broadcasts on a Class D broadcasting license with a directional antenna towards the north, to protect Class-A clear-channel station XEX-AM Mexico City at all hours, as well as broadcasts at low power at night, to additionally protect CKAC Montreal.
KDAZ can also be heard on the Sky Angel television programming service, located on channel 9773 over satellite and channel 229 over IPTV. Audio can also be heard on television stations KCHF channel 11.5 in Santa Fe and KNMQ-LD channel 43.6 in Albuquerque.
FM broadcast
In February 2016 a construction permit was granted by the FCC to move translator K230BB out of Fowler, Colorado into the Albuquerque market on 96.9 MHz rebroadcasting KDAZ on the FM band at 70 watts from atop Sandia crest. 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.