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Thoughts on Maui Radio

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ScottBurns

After spending some time on Maui, some thoughts on the Maui radio scene:
-Why does KPMW/99.9 Kiss-FM give themselves with a CHR-like moniker, saying that they play "Today's Best Music," when indeed they are an AC or "80s and More" type of format?
-The Honolulu station with the best, most-consistent reception on Maui was KGMZ/Oldies 107.9. Although it was faded in many areas, it featured perfect reception on the top of Haleakala, and I picked it up better in Maui than in some parts of the H1 on Oahu!
-Virtually no Maui radio stations can be heard in and around Hana. However, several Big Island stations can be picked up in this remote corner of Maui.
-98.3 The Jam sounds very similar, musically and jockwise, to 102.7 Da Bomb on Oahu. The Jam, however, has a bit wider of a playlist.
-How much of KDLX's programming is from satellite? I did, however, like KDLX's incorporation of Country Gold into its programming.

Any comments?
 
> After spending some time on Maui, some thoughts on the Maui
> radio scene:
> -Why does KPMW/99.9 Kiss-FM give themselves with a CHR-like
> moniker, saying that they play "Today's Best Music," when
> indeed they are an AC or "80s and More" type of format?

Probably because there is nothing to compare it with locally.

> -The Honolulu station with the best, most-consistent
> reception on Maui was KGMZ/Oldies 107.9. Although it was
> faded in many areas, it featured perfect reception on the
> top of Haleakala, and I picked it up better in Maui than in
> some parts of the H1 on Oahu!

Welcome to the islands! Of course it came in perfectly on top of Haleakala. It is line-of-sight to the tower from there, with no co-channel interference.

> -Virtually no Maui radio stations can be heard in and around
> Hana. However, several Big Island stations can be picked up
> in this remote corner of Maui.

Well, there is this big land mass 10,000 feet tall that gets in the way of Maui's FM signal path from Ulupalakua... You can see the Big Island from just around the corner from Hana, so it makes sense you would hear some things from the Big Island.

> -98.3 The Jam sounds very similar, musically and jockwise,
> to 102.7 Da Bomb on Oahu. The Jam, however, has a bit wider
> of a playlist.

Ok.

> -How much of KDLX's programming is from satellite? I did,
> however, like KDLX's incorporation of Country Gold into its
> programming.

Most of the KDLX programming is via satellite. About 90%.
 
> Probably because there is nothing to compare it with
> locally.

Not really; what about Wild 105.5? They are certainly CHR, although they lean Rhythmic. Why doesn't Kiss just bill themselves as AC or "The Best of the 80s and More"?

> Well, there is this big land mass 10,000 feet tall that gets
> in the way of Maui's FM signal path from Ulupalakua... You
> can see the Big Island from just around the corner from
> Hana, so it makes sense you would hear some things from the
> Big Island.

I was just remarking on how amazing it is that in Hana, while still on Maui, one cannot hear ANY Maui radio stations.
 
I'm curious to know what AM stations can be heard on Maui. My favorite stations are KRTR AM 650 on Oahu and KIPA AM 620 on the Big Island.<P ID="signature">______________
Ivan Badget
Waipahu, Hawaii</P>
 
> I'm curious to know what AM stations can be heard on Maui.
> My favorite stations are KRTR AM 650 on Oahu and KIPA AM 620
> on the Big Island.

I can hear KRTR fairly well on Maui, at least in the valley and on the Lahina side. KIPA is a problem, however, as I can sort of hear the Kailua-Kona repeater, but not very well. And the Hilo transmitter for KIPA is just not on the air, as least as of a week ago. I was working in Hilo most of January, and there is just a trace of AM 620 there, as the Kona signal barely makes it over the mountain.
Oddly enough, AM 650 and AM 940 share the same tower on Oahu, but AM 650 seems to do a better job reaching Maui, despite the short tower (designed for AM 940) at that frequency.
 
So KIPA is back on the air? How long was it off, and why? I saw it rated at 10kw once, and at 5kw later, whats it using now? And what kind of programming? Just curious. It was the Big Island's premier station for so long it was a shock to see it go under after Mynah Bird split to KHBC. Thanks for any info.
 
The KIPA syncronous repeater in Kona is on, but the Hilo transmitter and the repeater at South Point are still off as of a couple of days ago. The Kona repeater is 1KW from what I am told, but that might be wrong. There is a sad tale about Skynet trying to get the DLNR let them put up a new tower at Pepeekeo, and then being turned down a year ago, then trying to use the PRG FM tower above Pepeekeo for KIPA. It messed up the cell sites up there, so off it went. Right now, Skynet is concentrating on South Point (among other places), and just had a couple of FM boosters authorized down there.Mynah Bird is still on KHBC, still his old self.
 
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