KAWC Colorado River Public Media

KAWC Colorado River Public Media is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a non-commercial, educational radio station. KAWCs licensee is the Arizona Western College District Governing Board. With studios and transmitters located on the main campus of Arizona Western College in Yuma, KAWC AM 1320 began broadcasting on July 11, 1970. KAWC FM 88.9 was added in 1992. In early 2006, KAWC began simulcasts of the FM service on kawc.org. In the summer of 2008, simulcasts of KAWC AM began. In November 2013, KAWP FM 88.9 in Parker went on the air thanks to listener support and funding from our licensee, Arizona Western College, and broadcasts our NPR and BBC News programming stream. In late 2014, KAWC relocated the primary FM transmitter to Telegraph Pass, east of Yuma, thanks to a generous contribution from Timothy Conovaloff, funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and listener support. This move significantly improved our coverage of both east and wes...