KKCR
City | Hanalei, Hawaii |
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Broadcast area | island of Kauaʻi |
Branding | Kauaʻi Community Radio |
Frequency | 90.9 MHz |
First air date | 1997 |
Format | Variety |
ERP | 900 watts |
HAAT | -94.0 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 33827 |
Transmitter coordinates | 22°13′2″N 159°28′53″W / 22.21722°N 159.48139°WCoordinates: 22°13′2″N 159°28′53″W / 22.21722°N 159.48139°W |
Callsign meaning | Kauaʻi Community Radio |
Former callsigns | KAQA (1996-present) |
Owner | Kekahu Foundation, Inc. |
Webcast | listen live |
Website | kkcr.org |
KKCR (90.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format including Hawaiian, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Reggae, Classical and World artists as well as locally produced talk programs. Licensed to Hanalei, Hawaii, USA, the station serves the island of Kauaʻi. The station is currently owned by Kekahu Foundation, Inc.[1]
KKCR also broadcasts on radio station KAQA 91.9 MHz for southern Kauaʻi, KAQA's FM booster KAQA-FM1 on 91.9 MHz in Kilauea, Hawaii and 92.7 MHz via translator K224CQ in Anahola, Hawaii, as well on 95.1 MHz on Oceanic Time Warner cable radio.
The idea for KKCR originated after Hurricane Iniki devastated the Island on September 11, 1992. Janet Friend, Roy Richardson, Richard Fernandez, Jon and Lorraine Scott, and other Island residents decided to start a north shore radio station that would serve Island residents, withstand extreme weather conditions and provide emergency information to isolated residents. The station provides one of the primary Emergency Alert System signals on Kauaʻi.[2]
References
- ↑ "KKCR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ Engle, Erika (2006-03-17). "Radio stations provide key lifeline". Honolulu Star Bulletin.
External links
- Video tour of KKCR studios during its construction in 1997 on YouTube
- Video of maintenance of transmitter atop Mt. Kahili via helicopter on YouTube
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KKCR
- Radio-Locator information on KKCR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KKCR
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KAQA
- Radio-Locator information on KAQA
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KAQA
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K224CQ