KIPA (AM)

For the Hilo, Hawaii radio station that held the call sign KIPA at 620 AM until 2008, see KHNU. For the Holualoa, Hawaii radio station that held the call sign KIPA at 92.1 FM from 2008 to 2009, see KHWI.
KIPA
City of license Hilo, Hawaii
Broadcast area East Side Big Island
Branding Hawaii's Original Radio Station
Slogan Home of the Mynah Bird
Frequency 1060 kHz
First air date 1984-12-27 (as KAHU)
Format Variety
Power 5,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 33324
Transmitter coordinates 19°41′48.00″N 155°3′5.00″W / 19.6966667°N 155.0513889°W
Callsign meaning "Welcome"
Former callsigns KAHU (1984-2003)
KHBC (2003-2009)
Affiliations CNN Radio
Owner Resonate Hawaii, LLC
Sister stations KHWI, KHBC

KIPA (1060 AM) is a radio station on the Big Island of Hawai'i whose call sign dates back to 1947, and now broadcasts an eclectic mix of Hawaiian Music, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Oldies and a variety of special programs including a Japanese show early mornings. Licensed to Hilo, Hawaii, USA, the station serves the Hilo market and surrounding areas. Long-time local personality, Mel Mederios, also known as the "Mynah Bird" hosts the morning show, with local and regional news, events and community affairs information. The station is currently owned by Parrott Broadcasting Limited Partnership and features programing from CNN Radio. It also has two sister FM stations: KHBC 92.7 FM[1] and a second FM station on the west side of the Big Island known as "KONA-FM" with the FCC call sign KHWI 92.1 FM (formerly known as "K-Hawaii"), licensed at Holualoa, HI, serving the Kailua-Kona market, and broadcasting from studios at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa.

History

The 1060 AM frequency went on the air as KAHU on 1984-12-27. On 2003-03-19. The station changed its call sign to Hilo's original call letters est. 1936, as "KHBC." In June 2009, the station changed its call sign to relaunch the heritage station, KIPA (call letters est. 1947), and reassigned "KHBC" to its FM sister station on 92.7 FM in Hilo (formerly KHWI). The calls "KHWI" were later moved to its new sister station in Kailua-Kona at 92.1 FM.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "KHBC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "KHBC Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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