Arizona Public Media

[2]: 18  A license was granted on December 9, 1922, for a 250-watt station on 360 meters (833 kHz) with the call sign KFDH;[2]: 18  power was later reduced to 150 watts.

[3][4] However, the equipment was quickly made outmoded by advances in radio technology, and in late 1925, it was reported that nearly $30,000 ($521,214 in 2023 dollars[5]) would be needed to rebuild KFDH.

[9] Its expanding activities as well as an increasing offering of courses to students led to the renovation of the 1903 Herring Hall, once the UA gymnasium, into a facility with radio and television studios.

[12] Initially broadcasting to the immediate Tucson area, regional coverage became a reality on October 1, 1968, with the activation of a transmitter atop Mount Bigelow.

[13][14] Concomitant with this expansion, the status of the radio-television bureau at the university was elevated to a department in 1971,[15] and it began offering its own degree programs the next year.

[19] he university released renderings of the proposed facility, the Paul and Alice Baker Center for Public Media, in September 2023.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, 14 percent of AZPM's operating and non-operating revenues came in the form of appropriations or donated support from the UA.

Both services have translators outside of the Tucson area, expanding coverage to such cities as Nogales, Sierra Vista, Bisbee, and Safford.

[26][27] Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval came at year's end, delayed by issues with a treaty between the United States and Mexico,[28] and when KUAT-FM began on May 19, 1975, the classical and news/jazz services split.