KRTR-FM
City of license | Kailua, Hawaii |
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Broadcast area | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Branding | Krater 96 |
Slogan | "The Best Mix of The '90s, 2-K & Today" |
Frequency | 96.3 (MHz) |
First air date | 1978 |
Format | Adult Contemporary |
ERP | 75,000 watts |
HAAT | 645 meters |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 50118 |
Callsign meaning | KRaTeR (reference to Diamond Head, whose location is shaped like a crater hole) |
Owner |
Summit Media LLC (SM-KRTR-FM, LLC) |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | krater963.com |
KRTR-FM (96.3 FM, "KRATER 96") is an Adult Contemporary music formatted radio station serving Honolulu, Hawaii. The Summit Media outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 74 kW and is licensed to Kailua, Hawaii.
History
KRTR signed on the air on October 31, 1978, as a locally-owned soft adult contemporary outlet with the call letters KSHO, but by 2003 they would evolve to an Adult Top 40 direction after Cox acquired the station. By 2010 it returned to a Mainstream AC direction. KRTR-AM/FM are now owned and operated by Summit Media LLC, which acquired the stations (along with 21 others) from Cox Radio effective May 3, 2013, at a purchase price of $66.25 million.
External links
- KRTR official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KRTR
- Radio-Locator information on KRTR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KRTR
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Coordinates: 21°19′37″N 157°45′14″W / 21.327°N 157.754°W