KIPA (AM)

For the Hilo, Hawaii radio station that held the call sign KIPA at 620 AM until 2008, see KHNU. For the Holualoa, Hawaii radio station that held the call sign KIPA at 92.1 FM from 2008 to 2009, see KHWI.

KIPA

City of license	Hilo, Hawaii
Broadcast area	East Side Big Island
Branding	"102.7 The Beach"
Slogan	The Alternative
Frequency	1060 kHz
First air date	1984-12-27 (as KAHU)
Format	Alternative rock
Power	5,000 watts day 5,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	33324
Transmitter coordinates	19°41′48.00″N 155°3′5.00″W / 19.6966667°N 155.0513889°W / 19.6966667; -155.0513889
Callsign meaning	"Welcome"
Former callsigns	KAHU (1984-2003) KHBC (2003-2009)
Owner	Resonate Broadcasting (Resonate Hawaii, LLC)
Sister stations	KHBC KWHI KTBH-FM
Webcast	KTBH-FM Webstream
Website	KTBH-FM Online

KIPA (1060 AM) is a radio station on the Big Island of Hawai'i whose call sign dates back to 1947, and now broadcasts an eclectic mix of Hawaiian Music, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Oldies and a variety of special programs including a Japanese show early mornings. Licensed to Hilo, Hawaii, USA, the station serves the Hilo market and surrounding areas. Long-time local personality, Mel Mederios, also known as the "Mynah Bird" hosts the morning show, with local and regional news, events and community affairs information. The station is currently owned by Parrott Broadcasting Limited Partnership and features programing from CNN Radio. It also has two sister FM stations: KHBC 92.7 FM^[1] and a second FM station on the west side of the Big Island known as "KONA-FM" with the FCC call sign KHWI 92.1 FM (formerly known as "K-Hawaii"), licensed at Holualoa, HI, serving the Kailua-Kona market, and broadcasting from studios at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa.

History

The 1060 AM frequency went on the air as KAHU on 1984-12-27. On 2003-03-19. The station changed its call sign to Hilo's original call letters est. 1936, as "KHBC." In June 2009, the station changed its call sign to relaunch the heritage station, KIPA (call letters est. 1947), and reassigned "KHBC" to its FM sister station on 92.7 FM in Hilo (formerly KHWI). The calls "KHWI" were later moved to its new sister station in Kailua-Kona at 92.1 FM.^[2]

References

↑ "KHBC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KHBC Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KIPA

Radio-Locator Information on KIPA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KIPA

Radio stations in the Hilo, Hawaii market

By FM frequency	90.3 91.1 92.1 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.9 97.1 97.9 99.1 100.3 101.5 102.7 103.7 105.3 106.1 107.7

By AM frequency	670 790 850 1060

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By Digital cable audio channels^*	849 – KPRP 851 – KDNN 852 – KCCN 853 – KUCD 854 – KDDB 855 – KINE 856 – KKNE 857 – KPOI 858 – KPHW 864 – KHPR 865 – KIPO 866 – KTUH 867 – KSSK 868 – KQMQ 869 – KHJZ 870 – KUMU 880 – NOAA 881 – KHVH 882 – KPHI 883 – KORL-FM 884 – KKEA 885 – KHKA 888 – KZOO

By callsign	KAGB KANO KAOY KAPA KBGX KCIF KHLO KHWI KIHL-LP KIPA KKBG KKOA KKON KLEO KLUA KNWB KPUA KPVS KTBH-FM KWXX-FM WWG76

Defunct	KHNU (620 AM)

Hawaii radio markets Honolulu Other Hawaii radio regions Hilo Kauai Maui See also List of radio stations in Hawaii ^* Stations re-transmitted from Honolulu by Oceanic Time Warner Cable.

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