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| Frequency | 830kHz |
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| Branding | "AM 830" |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks KHON-TV Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | April 1951; 74 years ago (1951-04) |
Former call signs | KIKI (1951–1993) |
Call sign meaning | KaiserHawaiianVillageHotel |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 34591 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 11,000watts |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | khvhradio.iheart.com |
KHVH (830AM) is acommercialradio station inHonolulu, Hawaii. It broadcasts anews/talkformat and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. Itsstudios and offices are on Iwilei Road in theKalihi neighborhood of Honolulu.
KHVH is powered at 11,000watts, using anon-directional antenna. Thetransmitter is atop Kalia Tower, at theHilton Hawaiian Village off Dillingham Boulevard near the Kapalama Canal.[2] It also transmits onOceanic Spectrum digital channel 881 for the entire state ofHawaii.[3]
Weekdays begin with a talk and information show hosted byRick Hamada. The rest of the weekday schedule isnationally syndicatedconservative talk programs:The Sean Hannity Show,The Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Jesse Kelly Show,The Joe Pags Show andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory. Due to time zone differences, Hannity, Kelly, Pags, Travis and Sexton's shows are allrecorded and delayed for broadcast atHawaiian time. The 6 p.m. newscast fromKHON-TV 2, Honolulu'sFoxNetwork affiliate, is also carried on weeknights.
Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, golf, real estate, home improvement and technology, some of which are paidbrokered programming. Syndicated weekend programs includeThe Ben Ferguson Show,The Weekend with Michael Brown andArmstrong & Getty as well as repeats of weekday programs. KHVH is anaffiliate of theLas Vegas Raiders Radio Network. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
The stationsigned on the air in April 1951; 74 years ago (1951-04), before Hawaii was a state.[4] Its originalcall sign wasKIKI and it was powered at only 250 watts. Its studios were at 320 Ward Avenue. In the 1960s and 70s, KIKI had aTop 40 format and was an affiliate of theABC Contemporary Network.[5]
The original KHVH 990 signed on the air in 1957. The call letters KHVH stand for Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel inWaikiki, originally owned byHenry J. Kaiser. Today it is theHilton Hawaiian Village Hotel. KHVH 990 had its studios at the hotel. The KHVH transmitting tower still stands atop the Hilton's Kalia Tower.
In 1986 KIKI 830 flipped tooldies while the Top 40 hit radio format moved to its FM sister station, the formerKMAI-FM. It became KIKI-FM, known as "I94" (now co-owned "93.9 The Beat"). From 1986 through 1990, each year KIKI added an additional year to its repertoire; e.g., if it were playing songs from artists up until 1960, beginning January 1, it would then add songs from 1961, maintaining its oldies format.
In 1993, KIKI and KHVH swapped signals when the outlets becamesister stations, owned byClear Channel Communications based inSan Antonio. The oldies format and KIKI call letters moved to 990 AM, while the talk format and KHVH call sign moved to 830 AM. The station once broadcast inAM stereo using theC-QUAM system.[6] In 2014, Clear Channel switched its corporate name to iHeartMedia, Inc.
Pre-1993 KIKI "83 AM Stereo" logo.
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