The last time Hawaii Public Radio was doing their pledge drive, the folks on HPR-2 were reminding listeners when HPR-2 was just KIPO, the small station (3,000 watts) in West Oahu. In the early 1990s, I experienced first-hand how weak the old KIPO was. I couldn't get KIPO in Kaimuki or Kolekole Pass. I'm curious about other places on Oahu where the old KIPO could not be heard.
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Re: When KIPO was a small station
Laie, North Shore was impossible. HPR also had for a while 1380 AM which was KIFO. In 1996 they played a news format.
Here is a dial list from 1996:
Code:THE HAWAII RADIO & TELEVISION GUIDE * Radio Station Frequency Master List Updated November 1996. STATEWIDE FM STEREO DIAL BY FREQUENCY FREQUENCY/CALL LETTERS LOCATION PROGRAMMING FORMAT 88.1 K H P R Honolulu Classical Music & News (NPR) 89.3 K I P O Honolulu Classical, Jazz, World Music 90.3 K T U H Honolulu Free Form Radio (U of H) 90.7 K K U A Maui Classical Music & News (NPR) + 92.3 K S S K Honolulu Adult Contemporary Music 92.7 K A O E Hilo Album rock, jazz & reggae * 93.1 K Q M Q Honolulu Top 40 Contemporary Hits ** 93.5 K P O A Maui Hawaiian Music & Jazz 93.5 K Q N G Kauai Contemporary Hits 93.9 K I K I Honolulu I-94 FM: CHR, Urban, Rap, Dance 93.9 K L U A Kona Adult Contemporary Music 94.3 K D L X Maui Contemporary Country Music 94.7 K U M U Honolulu Easy Listening Music 94.7 K W X X Hilo Contemporary Hits/Island Music 95.1 K A O I Maui Album rock, jazz & reggae * 95.5 K A I M Honolulu Contemporary Christian Music 95.9 K P V S Hilo Adult Contemporary Music 96.3 K R T R Honolulu Krater 96 Adult Contemporary Music 96.9 K F M N Kauai Adult Contemporary Hits/Oldies 97.1 K N W B Hilo "Wave FM": New age & jazz 97.5 K P O I Honolulu Modern Rock/Alternative 97.9 K K B G Hilo Hot Adult Contemporary Hits 98.3 K M V I Maui Arrow 98.3: Classic Rock 98.5 K K L V Honolulu Live 98.5 Classic Rock 99.5 K O R L Honolulu Tourist Information Radio 99.9 K N U I Maui Contemporary Hits 100.3 K C C N Honolulu FM 100 Island Music & Reggae 100.3 K H W I Hilo K-Hawaii: Adult Contemporary Hits 101.1 K L H I Maui Oldies 101.5 K A O Y Kona Album rock, jazz & reggae * 101.9 K U C D Honolulu CD-101.9 Hawaii's "Smooth Jazz" 102.7 K D E O Honolulu Radio Free Hawaii: Alternative Music 103.7 K N U Q Paauilo Contemporary Hits Q-103.7 FM ++ 103.7 K N U Q Maui Contemporary Hits Q-103.7 FM ++ 104.7 K O N I Maui Contemporary Hits 105.1 K I N E Honolulu Hawaiian Music 105.5 K P M W Maui Filipino Music, News, Programs 105.5 K R T R Kona Adult Contemporary music +++ 106.1 K L E O Kona Simulcast from KBIG 106.9 K W Y I Kawaihae Contemporary Hits 107.7 K K O A Hilo Today's Hot Country Hits 107.9 K G M Z Honolulu Album rock, jazz & reggae * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ STATEWIDE AM RADIO DIAL BY FREQUENCY 550 K M V I Maui Oldies; Hawaiian Music 570 K O N G Kauai Adult Contemporary Music 590 K S S K Honolulu Adult Contemporary Music, News 620 K I P A Hilo News & talk; Popular Standards x 620 K I P A Kona News & talk; Popular Standards x 650 K H N R Honolulu CNN Headline News/Hawaii News 670 K P U A Hilo News, talk, & sports 690 K Q M Q Honolulu Top 40 Contemporary Hits ** 720 K U A I Kauai Contemporary, Oldies, Hawaiian 760 K G U Honolulu News, talk & sports 790 K K O N Kona News, Talk & Sports xx 830 K H V H Honolulu News, talk & sports 850 K H L O Hilo Goodtime Oldies 870 K A I M Honolulu Religious Programming 900 K N U I Maui Oldies / Hawaiian Music; News 940 K J P N Honolulu Japanese Programming 1040 K L H T Honolulu Religious Progamming 1060 K A H U Hilo Hawaiian Music 1080 K W A I Honolulu News, talk & sports 1110 K A O I Maui News, Talk & Sports xx 1210 K Z O O Honolulu Japanese Programming 1270 K N D I Honolulu Ethnic & Religious Programming 1380 K I F O Honolulu 24 hour news and talk radio 1420 K C C N Honolulu Hawaiian Music; U.H.Sports 1460 K U L A Honolulu Adult Contemporary Music 1500 K U M U Honolulu Popular Standards of the 40s, 50s, 60s 1540 K I S A Honolulu (off the air)
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Re: When KIPO was a small station
Very interesting, Mel. This was before the huge consolidation tsunami hit the islands. I don't think Capstar purchased KSSK until 1997. After that, the big guys started gobbling up everyone in sight.
Radio in the state really got hit hard after this, with AM stations basically reduced to insipid satellite-fed political and/or sports talk and pay-for-play programs. FM has fared better on Oahu than here on the Neighbor Islands. There are a few live and local programs on some of the music FMs, but after 6PM, auto pilot takes over. Hard to believe that 20 years ago most stations in the state were still live 24/7.
One boneheaded move that still irks me involves KMVI-AM on Maui, which once possessed an impressive signal that covered all of Maui and beyond. The station has been reduced to a fraction of its coverage area. In 2011, their 450 ft. tower was replaced with a 180 ft. structure that now supports a number of cell and communications antennas (which probably bring in a lot of monthly rental revenue). The new signal is horrid. This past Fall, trying to listen to the World Series on KMVI while driving from Kahului to Hana, the signal was so bad by the time I reached Huelo (a distance of only 17 air miles), I turned off the radio.
For years, KMVI-AM was the EBS and, later, the EAS primary station for Maui. If there was an emergency, you could tune 550 anywhere on the island and get information. That is no longer the case. Fortunately, here in Hana, HPR has added transmitters for both of their stations.
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Re: When KIPO was a small station
Dale I echo your sentiment about KMVI 550 AM. When I was growing up on the Big island in Honokaa that was one of the most powerful AM stations I could receive. They had a great mixed music format and the KMVI Top 35 every week... all locally produced with live announcers on all shifts.
Seems like most AMs that were powerful and all reaching in the 1960s and 70s have all reduced their power output and are quite lame to receive over the air in many rural areas. Sad.I'm still here. Are you?
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