KHKA
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| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Blow Up, LLC |
| KKEA | |
| History | |
First air date | March 1, 1963 |
Former call signs | KUMU (1963–2010) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 31600 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Translator(s) | 102.3 K272GC (Honolulu) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | cbssportshawaii.com |
KHKA (1500
baseball
games.
KHKA is powered at 5,000
digital channel 885 for the entire state of Hawaii.History
The station
signed on the air on March 1, 1963.[3] The original call sign was KUMU. In 1967, it added an FM sister station. KUMU-FM 94.7 MHz. For much of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the two stations aired a beautiful music format. They played quarter-hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular adult hits as well as Broadway and Hollywood
show tunes. In the 1990s, to appeal to a younger audience, the stations added more soft vocals and reduced the instrumental music.
In the early 2000s, KUMU had an
Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
format.
On August 2, 2010, Ohana Broadcast Company, LLC, sold KUMU 1500 to Blow Up, LLC, for $250,000.[4] On September 30, 2010, the call sign was changed to KHKA and it returned to a sports talk format. In April 2013, KHKA rebranded as NBC Sports Radio 1500 AM.
On January 1, 2019, KHKA became an affiliate of
CBS Sports Radio as a result of NBC Sports Radio discontinuing its full-time network programming. By May 2020, KHKA rebranded as "CBS 1500" as it added programming from CBS News Radio and Hawaii News Now
to the lineup while retaining CBS Sports Radio programs.
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KHKA
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/K272GC
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-57, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ "Honolulu AM Sold". allaccess.com. August 3, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KHKA
- CBS 1500 website
- KHKA in the FCC AM station database
- KHKA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database