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[RadioBill]

KAZM loses state land lease:

KAZM loses state land lease - Sedona Red Rock News

Radio station closed in March due to violations Since losing its land lease with the Arizona State Land Department radio stations KAZM 780 AM and 106.5 FM have been off the airwaves since March. The station had been in operation since 1974 and is located at 3400 W. State Route 89A, and its...

www.redrocknews.com

 

[fusejockey]

KAZM 780 provided a valuable news service for Yavapai & Coconino Counties vicinity with its strong daytime signal. This is a sad loss for our small towns in Arizona.

 

[K.M. Richards]

KAZM 780 provided a valuable news service for Yavapai & Coconino Counties vicinity with its strong daytime signal.

Maybe so, but according to the article, they were either ignorant of the terms of their lease or just weren't interested in complying with them.

 

[ted chittenden]

There is another thread on this station at

KAZG not at full power and KAZM not on the air

As of 6:47AM MST on Saturday, March 28, 2026, KAZG has *not* gone to its day power though everyone else locally has. Looking at https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=kazg&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=ELMFA&latd=&lond=&lang=en I don't see any requested...

radiodiscussions.com

and the last few posts on that thread on both page 1 and page 2 deal directly with this matter. Apparently, KAZM's new owners (as @K.M. Richards indicated) were not paying as much attention to detail as they should have.