KJZZ 91.5 FM is Phoenix's NPR member station, a public service of Rio Salado College. Its Division of Public Service also runs classical KBACH 89.5 FM, Jazz PHX, Sun Sounds of Arizona and the SPOT 127 youth media center.
KJZZ is a listener-supported public radio station broadcasting to the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area and the region's NPR member station. It airs local, national and global news, including programming from NPR, the BBC, American Public Media and PRX, along with entertainment and discussion programs. Its own productions include The Show, a daily local news magazine, and the station has run a Mexico City bureau since 2016.
KJZZ is a public service of Rio Salado College and is licensed to the Maricopa County Community College District. It broadcasts from the Rio Salado campus in Tempe and is heard on 91.5 FM in Phoenix, 98.9 FM in Tucson, 91.7 FM in Fountain Hills, 106.9 FM in the Globe area and 92.1 FM in Silver City, New Mexico, as well as online and on its mobile app. The station began in 1951 as KFCA at Phoenix College, joined NPR in 1971 and took the KJZZ call letters in 1985.
The college's Division of Public Service, which runs KJZZ, also manages classical station KBACH (KBAQ 89.5 FM), which the community college district co-owns with Arizona State University and operates day to day; Jazz PHX, a 24-hour jazz service on 91.5 HD2 and online; Sun Sounds of Arizona, a reading service for people who cannot read print because of a disability; and SPOT 127, KJZZ's youth media center.
Hiring runs through the Maricopa Community Colleges jobs system. The division hires reporters, hosts and producers for news and music programming, development and fundraising staff, administrative support and interns.
