Radios, lunch runs and a pickup truck: Walapai 100.9 is the heartbeat of the community

PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. — “Do we have the radios?” Rachael DeFord asks. Four girls, all members of Walapai Media’s youth radio club, have piled into a blue Chevy Silverado. They plan to loop around Peach Springs, an enclave of 1,100 people and the largest town on Hualapai Tribal land in northwest Arizona. They cross Hualapai […] The post Radios, lunch

By: Shannon Conner

Outlets: Arizona Luminaria

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 2,359

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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PEACH SPRINGS, Ariz. — “Do we have the radios?” Rachael DeFord asks.

Four girls, all members of Walapai Media’s youth radio club, have piled into a blue Chevy Silverado. They plan to loop around Peach Springs, an enclave of 1,100 people and the largest town on Hualapai Tribal land in northwest Arizona.

They cross Hualapai Way onto Historic Route 66. The Tribal land spans a million acres in three counties.

In places, roads are …

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