KHCM-FM

KHCM-FM

Broadcast area	Honolulu, Hawaii
Branding	"Hawaii's Country"
Slogan	Same as branding
Frequency	97.5 (MHz)
First air date	March 6, 1962
Format	Country
ERP	80,000 watts
HAAT	14 meters
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	Hawaii's Country Music
Owner	Salem Media Group
Sister stations	KAIM, KGMZ, KGU, KHCM, KGU-FM, KHNR
Website	Station Website

KHCM is a Country music radio station serving Honolulu, Hawaii. The Salem Communications outlet broadcasts at 97.5 MHz with an ERP of 80 kW.

History

KHCM-FM's heritage traces back to the 1970s when it signed on as KHSS, but would change its calls to KDUK in 1979. By 1983 they would flip formats to Active Rock and call letters to KPOI, in honor of its former Top 40 AM sister station. But by 1993 KPOI would evolve to Modern rock as "97.5 The Edge," only to change its moniker back to 97-5 K-POI with the positioning slogan:"The Rock You Live On." In 2004 Salem bought the station and dropped the format, giving Hawaii its first FM News/Talk station. Sister station KAIM became its simulcast after the switch was made.

KHCM's country origins began in 2002 at 940 AM, which had once been home of the market's original Country AM, KDEO. In 2005 KHCM switched signals to 1180. In 2006 Salem and KORL's owners swapped signals, and in the process moved the KHCM calls and Country format over to the 690 from the 1180 frequency, which in turn became the new home for KORL. On Sept. 3, 2007 KHCM switched from 690 AM to both 870 AM to 97.5 FM, keeping its country music format. The former News/Talk format and KHNR calls moved to 690AM.

On July 1, 2009 Salem split up the KHCM simulcast, with the AM flipping to a Chinese-language format. The FM side retains the current format.

External links

KHCM official website

Radio Stations in the Honolulu, Hawaii Market

By AM frequency	590 650 690 760 830 880 940 990 1040 1080 1130 1180♥ 1210 1270 1370 1420 1460 1500 1540

By FM frequency	88.1 89.3 90.3 (89.9/91.3)♠◊ 91.5♦ 92.3 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7‡ 97.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5♣ 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7♦ 107.5♣ 107.9

NOAA WX Radio frequency	162.550

By Digital Cable Audio Channels^*	849 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 880 881 882 883 884 885 888

Digital radio	88.1-1 89.3-1 90.1-1 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.9-1 93.9-2 94.7-1 95.5-1 96.3-1 97.5-1 98.5-1 98.5-2 99.5-1 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 101.1-4 101.9-1 101.9-2 102.7-1 103.5-1 103.5-2 104.3-1 105.1-1 105.9-1 107.9-1

By callsign	K210DX◊ K217AA◊ K244EO‡ K256AS K268BE♣ K298BA KAIM-FM KBA99 KCCN-FM KDDB KDNN KGU KGU-FM KHAI KHCM KHCM-FM KHJZ KHKA KHNR KHPR KHRA KHVH KIKI KINE-FM KIPO KKEA KKNE KKOL-FM KLHT KMKK-FM KNAN♦ KNDI KORL♥ KORL-FM KPHI KPHW KPOI-FM KPRP KQMQ-FM KREA KRTR-FM KSSK KSSK-FM KTUH KUCD KUMU-FM KUPA KWAI KXRG-LP KZOO

Defunct radio stations	KEWA/1320

♣ KORL-FM translator, simulcasting its HD radio subchannel ‡ KPHI translator ♦ both KLHT-FM and KNAN are new stations that has yet to sign on ♥ Currently silent, but will return to air ♠ Moving to 90.1, pending FCC approval ◊ Both 89.9 and 91.3 are KTUH translators ^* Channels operated by Oceanic Time Warner Cable Hawaii radio markets Honolulu Other Hawaii radio regions Hilo Kauai Maui See also List of radio stations in Hawaii

Country Radio Stations in the state of Hawaii

Stations:	KDLX - Makawao KHCM-FM - Honolulu KRYL - Haiku

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Hawaii

Salem Media Group

FM radio stations	KAIM-FM KBIQ KDAR KDIS-FM KFIS KFSH-FM KGBI-FM KGFT KGU-FM KHCM-FM KHTE-FM KKHT-FM KKFS KKLA-FM KKOL-FM KKSP KLTY KPDQ-FM KRKS-FM KRYP KSAC-FM KWRD-FM WAVA-FM WBOZ WFFH WFFI WFHM-FM WFIA WFSH-FM WGTK-FM WORD-FM WRTH WTOH

AM radio stations	KBJD KCBQ KCRO KDOW KFAX KFIA KGBN KGNW KGU KHCM KHNR KKOL KKMS KKNT KLFE KLUP KNTH KNTS KNUS KPDQ KPRZ KPXQ KOTK KRKS KRDY KRLA KSKY KSLR KTEK KTIE KTKZ KTNO KXXT KXYZ KYCR KZNT WAFS WAVA WDDZ WDTK WDWD WDYZ WEZE WFIA WFIL WGKA WGTK WGUL WHIM WHK WHKW WHKZ WIND WKAT WLSS WLTA WLQV WMCA WNIV WNTP WNYM WORL WPIT WRFD WROL WTBN WTLN WTWD WWDJ WWRC WWTC WYLL WZAB¹

Salem Radio Network	FamilyTalk Solid Gospel The Word In Praise Today's Christian Music

Salem Publishing	Eagle Financial Publications Eagle Wellness FaithTalk Homecoming Magazine Preaching Magazine Regnery Publishing Singing News Townhall Xulon Press YouthWorker Journal

Salem Web Network	CCMmagazine.com Christianity.com Crosswalk.com Godtube Hot Air Human Events Oneplace.com RedState Townhall.com

¹ = Co-owned with Florida City Radio under LMA. AaBbCc = Stations owned by Crain Media Group and operated by Salem under LMA. AaBbCc = Acquisition from ABC, Inc. pending.

Coordinates: 21°17′24″N 157°50′20″W / 21.290°N 157.839°W / 21.290; -157.839