Hawaii Calls

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Hawaii Calls
Photograph of a Hawaii Calls show that was broadcast from the Moana Hotel during World War II.
Genre	Hawaiian music
Running time	30 min
Country	United States
Language(s)	English, Hawaiian
Starring	Webley Edwards
Recording studio	Moana Hotel, Waikiki, Hawaii
Air dates	July 3, 1935 – August 16, 1975
No. of episodes	2083

Hawaii Calls was a radio program that ran from 1935 through 1975 that featured live Hawaiian music. It was broadcast each week from Moana's courtyard on Waikiki Beach and was hosted by Webley Edwards. The first show reached the West Coast of the continental United States through shortwave radio. At its height, it was heard on over 750 stations around the world. However, by 1975, only 10 stations were airing the show. Through its positive portrayal of Hawaii, the show received a subsidy from the State of Hawaii.

In 1992 another program used the name for a one year run, before changing it out of copyright concerns.

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Hawaii Calls (December 29, 1949)

[edit] References

Kanahele, George S. (1979). Hawaiian Music and Musicians : An Illustrated History. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 082480578X.
Ruymar, Lorene (1996). The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians. Anaheim Hills, CA: Centerstream Publishing, p.171. ISBN 1574240218.