AM 1440 KAZG is Scottsdale’s little daytimer that could!
Arizona Gold KAZG is the Valley’s lone remaining oldies station with constant gifts of “14 in a Row” commercial-free music. Where else can you hear more Turtles, Four Tops, and Tommy James– as well as the Beau Brummels and Herb Alpert? This “Arizona Goldmine” has it all.
Recently, a few shows have been added to the station’s daily programming. The long-running Valley food and restaurant show, “Culinary Confessions with Kim & Don”, air weekdays 11am to 1pm. A sports-talk show called “The Bandwagon”, air weekdays 4pm to 7pm. Both shows have been rescued from AM 1310 KXAM, which went dark in mid-April 2009.
KAZG’s real secret fanbase, however, has been compiled of those oldies-lovers. They commonly refer to the station as the “Lumberyard”, for its radio tower location that only they would likely know off the top of their heads. The tower is directly behind a lumberyard on the southeast corner of 64th St. and Thomas Rd., and the transmitter building is accessed from a dirt path parallel to the canal.
The PhoenixAirchecks’ YouTube KAZG video:
Aside from being referred to as the “Lumberyard” by some, the station is also criticized for being run on a lamptimer. The fact that the station is a daytimer, means that the station needs to go on the air at sunrise, and off the air at sunset. Every month designates different times, and KAZG is not always right on time– and sometimes, not even close.
Local analysts note the station’s frequent incorrect power-down times, as well as discovering a long-running 11 second drift day-after-day. Inquiring minds believe this to be a very indisputable case for an existence of a lamptimer.
KAZG building is the smaller light-colored building at the bottom left-hand corner. The tower can be seen at the top right-hand corner. Photo courtesy of Google Maps: Satellite (5/1/09)
Photo courtesy: Google Maps
Transmitter building accessed from the dirt path along canal. Photo by Lauren Polanski (1/21/09)
Monthly Sunrise/Sunset times
Jan. 7:30am / 5:45pm
Feb. 7:15am / 6:15pm
Mar. 6:45am / 6:30pm
Apr. 6:00am / 7:00pm
May 5:30am / 7:15pm
Jun. 5:15am / 7:45pm
Jul. 5:30am / 7:45pm
Aug. 5:45am / 7:15pm
Sep. 6:15am / 6:30pm
Oct. 6:30am / 6:00pm
Nov. 7:00am / 5:30pm
Dec. 7:30am / 5:15pm
