KAWC earns Local News Initiative grant for $15K
March 25, 2024Radio station and college faculty collaborate to establish student newsroom
Yuma, AZ (March 25, 2024) – KAWC received one of six inaugural grants from the Local News Initiative of Southern Arizona to support a new KAWC Student Newsroom.
KAWC/KOFA presents film screening of 35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio
March 13, 2024Yuma, AZ (March 14, 2024) – Join KAWC/KOFA-Border Radio for a free screening of 35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio on Tuesday, March 26.
KAWC presents Pavlo in concert on Feb. 27
February 20, 2024Yuma, AZ (February 20, 2024) – Internationally renowned Mediterranean guitarist and PBS star Pavlo is coming to Yuma for the first time as part of The Santorini Tour. The concert will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Yuma Civic Center outdoor Sunset Terrace, 1440 W. Desert Hills Dr.
Arizona Western College launches new FM service in Yuma
February 12, 2019Yuma, AZ (February 12, 2019) – Music fans in Yuma now have a new way to hear the eclectic sounds emanating from Arizona Western College’s Border Radio. AWC has been on the air at 1320 AM for nearly 50 years, originally as KAWC-AM and for the past year as KOFA-AM. Now that same service is being simulcast on 94.7 FM in Yuma.
KAWC Announces More Music with Border Radio
May 2, 2018Student voices, creative shows to bolster AM format shift
Yuma, AZ (May 2, 2018) – The station known for more than 45 years as “KAWC-AM,” at 1320AM in Yuma, is now “Border Radio – KOFA.”
Border Radio is a return to our roots: a “college radio” station that gives Arizona Western College students and other community members a chance to host music programs.