KHKA

KHKA
City Honolulu, Hawaii
Branding "NBC Sports Radio 1500AM"
Slogan "NBC Sports Radio 1500AM Honolulu"
Frequency 1500 (kHz)
First air date 1963
Format Sports Talk
Power 5,000 watts
Class B
Facility ID 31600
Former callsigns KUMU (1963-2010)
Affiliations NBC Sports Radio
Owner Blow Up, LLC
Webcast http://player.listenlive.co/27961
Website http://www.nbcsportsradiohawaii.com/

KHKA (1500 AM) is a radio station located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station is owned by Blow Up, LLC and broadcasts a sports talk format. KHKA also retransmits on Oceanic Time Warner Cable digital channel 885 for the entire state of Hawaii.

On February 23, 2017 KHKA was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to reduce both day and night powers from 10,000 watts to 5,000 watts.[1] The license to cover for the lower power was granted on April 21, 2017.[2]

History

The station, which signed on the air on March 3, 1963, was part of a simulcast with FM sister KUMU during its days as a beautiful music outlet throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. More recently it was adult standards, and later on, sports talk as an affiliate of Sporting News Radio. In 2010 KUMU-AM once again became a simulcast of KUMU-FM. On August 2, 2010, Ohana Broadcast Company, LLC sold KUMU-AM to Blow Up, LLC, for $250,000(USD).[3] On September 30, 2010 the call sign was changed to KHKA and the station started broadcasting a sports talk format. In April 2013, KHKA rebranded as NBC Sports Radio 1500AM.

References

  1. ↑ Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station - Federal Communications Commission
  2. ↑ KHKA License to Cover - Federal Communications Commission
  3. ↑ "Honolulu AM Sold" from All Access (August 3, 2010)

Coordinates: 21°20′10″N 157°53′33″W / 21.33611°N 157.89250°W / 21.33611; -157.89250


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