Arizona Public Media

Arizona Public Media

Arizona Public Media (AZPM) serves as the public broadcasting arm of the University of Arizona, delivering radio and television services along with local news for southern and southeastern Arizona, all from its Tucson studios. AZPM operates two main radio stations associated with NPR: KUAZ and KUAZ-FM, which feature news and talk shows, and KUAT-FM, which plays classical music. Additionally, AZPM runs KUAT-TV, known as "PBS 6," which is the PBS affiliate for the area. The organization is located in the Modern Languages Building on the University of Arizona campus.

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English
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#278086

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#68602

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#2780

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  • 1 week ago | azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

    Items scattered about at a homeless encampment near Golf Links Road in Tucson. The Tucson City Council has approved new ordinance changes that prohibit camping in city washes and parks, adding to existing restrictions on where unhoused residents can sleep. The changes update the city’s definition of “camping” to align with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld similar language used in a Grants Pass, Oregon ordinance.

  • 2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

    U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva sits for an interview at Arizona Public Media in November 2019. Representatives Greg Stanton, Paul Gosar, Yassamin Ansari and Juan Ciscomani, introduced legislation that would rename the downtown Tucson Federal Building as the “Raúl M. Grijalva Federal Building”, after the late congressman.

  • 2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Mark McLemore

    Home AZPM | Southern Arizona's PBS and NPR Station Also on Arizona Spotlight: the connection between Alcatraz prison and the Hopi tribe of Arizona; The Pink Pistols make a comeback; and the former owner of Colette's remembers Tucson's queer nightlife.

  • 2 weeks ago | azpm.org | Paola Rodriguez

    Protests against the Resolution Copper mine near Oak Flat have been going for years, as shown in this 2015 file photo from a rally at the Capitol. A federal judge has denied the San Carlos Apache Tribe’s and environmental groups’ efforts to block the transfer of sacred Apache land to a foreign-owned copper mining venture. The fight over Oak Flat began after Congress tucked the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act into a national defense funding bill in 2014.

  • 3 weeks ago | azpm.org | Katya Mendoza

    Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson. 92 employees from the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System have applied for deferred resignation or early retirement in response to an offer made by the Trump Administration as part of its DOGE initiative to cut the Veterans Affairs workforce by 15%. In Tucson, 79 employees have requested to resign and opt for full pay and benefits through September 30th through the DRP 2.0 program according to a public records request.