KKCR
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| City of license | 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′2.00″N 159°28′53.00″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 could serve Island residents, and was to be built to withstand extreme weather conditions and provide emergency information to isolated residents. The station provides is the primary Emergency Alert System station on Kauaʻi.[2]
[edit] Controversy
In December 2007, KKCR volunteer radio personality Kaiulani Edens-Huff, a Hawaiian sovereignty movement activist, was suspended for an on-air altercation with fellow radio personality Noel Brooks. The suspension sparked protests, numerous angry calls to the station's call-in political talk show "Out of the Box", accusation of racism, and an arrest of one of the protestors outside the station. [3] During one of those protests, KKCR management locked the doors to prevent protestors from entering the station, prompting a Federal Communications Commission complaint to be filed by Patrick Michaels. Michaels' FCC complaint included the lack of public access to the station during business hours during that incident and failure to announce the station callsign at the top of the hour.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "KKCR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KKCR.
- ^ Engle, Erika (2006-03-17). "Radio stations provide key lifeline". Honolulu Star Bulletin. http://starbulletin.com/2006/03/17/news/story04.html.
- ^ Finnegan, Tom (2008/01/28). "Radio station on Kauaʻi rapped for suspensions". Honolulu Star Bulletin. http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/28/news/story06.html.
- ^ Gregg, Amanda C.. "Resident seeks probe into KKCR". Kauaʻi Garden Island News. http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/01/08/news/news02.txt.
[edit] External links
- Video tour of KKCR studios during its construction in 1997 at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)
- Video of maintenance of transmitter atop Mt. Kahili via helicopter at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KKCR
- Radio Locator information on KKCR
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KKCR
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KAQA
- Radio Locator information on KAQA
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KAQA
- Query the FCC's FM station database for K224CQ
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