KKNE
A unique feature of KKNE was a greeting and current time given in Hawaiian and English along with the station identification at the top and bottom of each hour (at :00 and :30 past the hour), with a steel guitar playing as background music.
History
Prior to its flip to Traditional Hawaiian, KKNE was home to longtime country music outlet KDEO and later Japanese music-formatted KJPN.
The license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on December 5, 2022, who cancelled it the same day. It was reinstated on December 8, 2022 but remained silent, and its license was formally surrendered and deleted again on May 11, 2023. Its license was reinstated again, and still remains silent.
On November 27, 2023, KKNE and KPRP returned to the airwaves as Urban Gospel The Vine Connection, programmed by Mae Rodgers, who had previously offered this format and branding on WTOW, WSTK, WEGG, and KCTO. Mae Rodgers is an AME Zion pastor from North Carolina who is a Gospel Radio veteran. Dr. Kenneth K. Santarelli is also involved in programming, operations, and engineering. Dr. Santarelli is a Biblical Studies professor at Faith Bible College in Independence, Missouri and minister with The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), who previously owned WEGG and was involved in programming and technical roles at WSTK, KCXL, KOFO, KCTO, and WDJS. This marks the first time that the Urban Gospel has existed on radio in the state of Hawaii.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KKNE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Digital Cable Program Guide / Lineups Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Oceanic Time Warner Cable (accessed March 20, 2011)
- ^ "Notification of Surrender of the KKNE Station License"..
- ^ "SummitMedia Surrenders Honolulu AMs - RadioInsight". 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KKNEC (covering 1950-1980 as KAHU / KDEO)
- FCC Station Search Details: KKNE (Facility ID: 14937)
- Facility details for Facility ID 14937 (KKNE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KKNE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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