KUBT
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First air date | January 14, 1979 |
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Call sign meaning | "Beat" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 34592 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 599 meters (1,965 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 21°19′37.5″N 157°45′14.1″W / 21.327083°N 157.753917°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Website | 939beat |
KUBT (93.9
History
KUBT, which signed on in January 1979 as KPIG (a
The KIKI calls and Top 40 music format date back to the early 1970s, when KIKI 830 AM changed to Top 40 (as "Gold Key Radio") from a middle of the road format. The Top 40/CHR format moved to the FM dial as rhythmic-leaning I-94 in 1986 as the AM station went to an oldies format; the AM station is now KHVH.
KIKI was locally famous in the 1980s for its "Brown Bags to Stardom" contest which gave up-and-coming local Hawaii artists a chance at stardom. Some notable winners of the contest have included the female vocal trio Na Leo Pilimehana (1984) and Glenn Medeiros (1986), who would go on to national prominence with hits such as "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" and "She Ain't Worth It."
On September 2, 2010, at Noon, KIKI-FM changed their format to rhythmic adult contemporary, branded as "93.9 Jamz" and picked up the new calls KHJZ (previously used on a
On September 2, 2016, at 9:39 a.m., nearly six years to the day after the launch of "Jamz", the station flipped back to rhythmic contemporary, this time branded as "93.9 The BEAT."[5] Billing itself as "Hawaii's #1 Hit Music Station," the playlist features a broad mix of Rhythmic Pop/Dance currents, the same type of presentation also played at rivals KDDB and KPHW.[6] On September 9, 2016, KHJZ changed their call letters to KUBT, and added its air staff on September 12. The air staff included the former KDDB morning team of Sam The Man and Hawaiian Ryan.
In 2018, the station changed their slogan to "Hawaii's #1 for Hip Hop and Hits" due to rivals KDDB and more specifically, KPHW, leaning back towards a Top 40 (CHR) format. In 2020, the station altered their slogan to a more focused "Hawaii's #1 for Hip Hop."
KUBT-HD2
In September 2006, KIKI added an HD2 subchannel that offers an Old School R&B format (Originally it was supposed to have offered Trancid, an Electronica/Dance format, but changed those plans at the last minute). It would be replaced in 2008 by the teen-targeted Top 40/Dance channel "KiWi Radio." After KIKI's flip to Rhythmic AC, its former Rhythmic Top 40 format moved over to its HD2 channel.
On June 27, 2014, the Rhythmic format was replaced with the EDM/Dance "Evolution" platform, which also replaced sister station KDNN's Traditional Hawaiian format at its translator at 99.1, billing itself as "Evolution 99.1."[7] The format follows the national "Evolution" format but customized for Honolulu with local liners (which also includes targeting its Rhythmic Top 40 rivals) and local traffic updates.
On September 9, 2016, KUBT's Rhythmic Adult Contemporary format moved over to the HD2 and FM translator, where it was relaunched as "99.1Jamz", with more emphasis on recurrents and Classic Hip-Hop tracks.[8] The move was to eliminate the duplication of Dance/EDM tracks that have incorporated into KUBT's playlist and direction.
On November 22, 2019, K256AS dropped the "Jamz" format; however, it continues on KUBT-HD2, rebranded as "Jamz Hawaii".
Previous logos
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KIKI's previous "Hot 93.9" logo
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Previous 93.9 Jamz logo, 2010-2015
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KUBT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Digital Cable Program Guide / Lineups Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Oceanic Time Warner Cable (accessed March 20, 2011)
- ^ Hot 93.9 Honolulu Becomes 93.9 Jamz
- ^ Ross, Sean (September 4, 2010). "First Listen: KHJZ (93.9 Jamz) Honolulu". Radio-Info.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ iHeart Launches 93.9 The Beat Honolulu
- ^ "KHJZ (93.9 Jamz)/Honolulu Flips To Top 40/Rhythmic As '93.9 The BEAT'" from All Access (September 2, 2016)
- ^ Evolution Comes to Honolulu
- ^ Jamz Quickly Returns to Honolulu
External links
- KUBT in the FCC FM station database
- KUBT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database