KAZM

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title: "KAZM" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-arizona", "radio-stations-established-in-1974", "news-and-talk-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "sports-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "1974-establishments-in-arizona"] description: "Radio station in Sedona, Arizona" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAZM" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Sedona, Arizona ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	KAZM
city	Sedona, Arizona
area	North Central Arizona
branding	KAZM 106.5 fm & 780 am Mellow Mountain Radio
airdate	November 1, 1974
frequency	780 kHz
translators
format	Full-service radio
power	5,000 watts day
95 watts night
class	D
facility_id	64494
coordinates
owner	Cutter Grind Broadcasting LLC.
webcast	Listen Live
website	kazmradio.com
affiliations	Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona State University
Arizona Diamondbacks
Phoenix Suns
University of Arizona
Northern Arizona University

| | licensing_authority | FCC | ::

| name = KAZM | logo = | city = Sedona, Arizona | area = North Central Arizona | branding = KAZM 106.5 fm & 780 am Mellow Mountain Radio | airdate = November 1, 1974 | frequency = 780 kHz | translators = | format = Full-service radio | power = 5,000 watts day 95 watts night | erp = | haat = | class = D | facility_id = 64494 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | owner = Cutter Grind Broadcasting LLC. | licensee = | sister_stations = | webcast = Listen Live | website = kazmradio.com | affiliations = Premiere Networks Westwood One Arizona Cardinals Arizona State University Arizona Diamondbacks Phoenix Suns University of Arizona Northern Arizona University

| licensing_authority= FCC

KAZM 780 AM and 106.5 FM is a full-service radio station in Sedona, Arizona, United States. Transition of Ownership to Cutter Grind Broadcasting LLC. was initiated in September 2023 and was owned prior for nearly 50 years by Tabback Broadcasting Co.

KAZM's skywave signal has been received in Green River, Wyoming, and Salt Lake City, Utah. KAZM can be received across most of northern Arizona during the day, and can be heard in Phoenix under the right conditions.

KAZM is a Class D station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 780 kHz. WBBM in Chicago is the dominant Class A station on this frequency within the lower 48 states. KNOM in Nome, Alaska is also a Class A station.

History

KAZM first signed on the air on November 1, 1974. The station throughout the years ran a couple of formats. First as MOR and then later adult contemporary from 1984 until the 1990s. It would then become a "brokered" News/Talk/Sports/Classic Rock/Oldies station. By the end of 2023, KAZM switched to Mellow Mountain Radio which is a full-service format, consisting of local, state, and national news coverage every hour interspersed with songs within the Soft Oldies music genre (focused more specifically on the subgenre of "Yacht Rock"). KAZM also carries live play-by-play coverage of Arizona-based sports teams, and talk shows such as Coast To Coast AM. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/KAZM_780ESPN_logo.png" caption="Former logo"] ::

References

References

1. [http://www.ubstudios.com/grdx.html Green River DX log]
2. [http://www.ubstudios.com/slcdx.html Salt Lake City DX Report]
3. [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KAZM&service=AM&status=L&hours=D Radio-Locator KAZM coverage]

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