Entries Tagged as 'Radio'

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Clear Channel’s Radio Free Hawaii Signed On

At around 9:00 a.m. today, Clear Channel Communications activated their version of Radio Free Hawaii at KUCD 101.9-2 HD digital. Kathy with a K, who is a full time personality on KSSK FM and one of the original RFH deejays from the 1990s, started the broadcast by playing music selections from the 50 ballots the […]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Former TV Journalist Bill Bigelow Dies

Bill Bigelow, a former Hawaii journalist, actor and marketing executive died yesterday (May 18) after a long fight with cancer. He was 75. From HawaiiReporter.com’s story:
A former U.S. Navy officer, he lived in Hawaii for over 40 years and is a well known local radio and TV journalist, having been a reporter and news […]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Honolulu Winter Radio Ratings

The latest Arbitron ratings for the Winter period is reported today in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. There are no suprises as the morning show team of Michael W. Perry & Larry Price on Clear Channel’s KSSK FM & AM lead the pack of prime-time morning shows.
Overall the top 5 radio stations in the Honolulu market are:

KSSK […]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

South Kohala’s KWYI Launches Website

South Kohala’s KWYI at 106.9 FM recently launched their new website which can be found at http://www.kwyi.com/. The site features tabs for contact information, music charts, advertising, links and station information. KWYI plays an adult contemporary music format and has been under the same local ownership for more than 10 years. Their chart link features […]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

“Radio Free Hawaii” Coming Back as a Clear Channel Brand

Erika Engle reports in her Buzz column that Clear Channel radio is ressurrecting the “Radio Free Hawaii” brand with a new HD broadcast of the format.
Radio Free Hawaii coming back, in HD
Radio Free Hawaii, which prided itself as the island’s anti-corporate radio station in the 1990s, is being resurrected — by the ultimate […]

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

News Tidbits

Some of the items listed here may be dated, but then again, this is the first post since I updated the site today. The last official news post occurred in mid November 2007. Consider this post the official re-start of the News Over The Air section of this site.
HawaiiMagazine.com has a profile on KIPO’s weekly […]