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KYMZ

Radio station in Somerton, Arizona

32°38′31″N 114°33′34″W / 32.64194°N 114.55944°W / 32.64194; -114.55944LinksWebsitewww.kymz.org

KYMZ (99.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Somerton, Arizona, United States, serving the Yuma/El Centro, California area as well as communities on the Mexican side of the border. The station is owned by Campesinos Sin Fronteras and targeted at Hispanics and especially farmworkers in the region.

History

KYMZ received a construction permit in 2015. Campesinos Sin Fronteras worked for nearly three years to obtain the $500,000 needed to build KYMZ and get it on air. Concerns over an agreement to remove antennas from a Somerton water tower clouded CSF's efforts to put its antenna on the tower^[1] In November 2017, with the construction permit deadline months away, CSF held a gala dinner to raise funds to build KYMZ.^[2] Two months later, the group began surveying residents on both sides of the border about potential programs.^[3]^[4]

References

^ César Neyoy (28 September 2016). "Nonprofit wants antenna atop Somerton water tower". Yuma Sun. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Notimex (9 October 2017). "Organismo binacional busca fundar estación de radio en Arizona". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Catalina Navarro (24 January 2018). "Traspasará fronteras radio comunitaria". Tribuna de San Luis (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
^ Notimex (22 January 2018). "Campesinos Sin Fronteras inician consulta comunitaria en frontera Sonora-Arizona". Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2018.