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H A W A I I R A D I O &
T E L E V I S I O N G U I D E ' 9 5
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APRIL - JUNE 1995 * ASCII TEXT EDITION * VERSION 1.6
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This is the ASCII text only version of the Hawaii Radio & Television
Guide '95.
Edited & Published by Melvin Ah Ching Productions, Desktop Publishing &
Consulting
Table of Contents
CH 1. Message From The Editor ................... [MES]
CH 2. News Over The Air...........................[NEW]
Tidbits about Hawaii Radio & T.V.
CH 3. Oahu Radio Station Listing..................[ORS]
CH 4: Neighbor Island Radio Station Listing.......[NIS]
CH 5: Hawaii Television Station Listing...........[HTV]
CH 6: M.A.C. Productions..........................[MAC]
How to quickly get to the chapters you want to in this text file: To do
this all you have to do is load this text file into your word processor
program. Using that program's search function, type in the bracketed 3
letter keyword (include both brackets). Press find, and your word
processor should immediately take you to where you want to go.
For example, if you need to get to the Oahu Radio Station listing, just
type in [ORS] into the Search function. Hit "find" (or "search") and
your program should take you to the top of that section.
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Hawaii Radio & Television Guide * April 1995 * Version 1.6
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[MES] A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
My name is Melvin Ah Ching and I am editor, publisher and creator of the
Hawaii Radio & Television Guide 95. I don't know of any publication
(online or printed) where you can find a listing of all the Hawaii radio
and television stations in one place.
These lists were compiled to offer you a one-stop place to see who is
broadcasting what on each of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Starting with this edition of the guide, I am also including a short
news brief page in addition to the regular listings. These briefs
outline recent news on both local radio and T.V. over the last three
months. Much of the information is already common knowledge to most
people living in Hawaii. For the visitor or newcomer, it could be an
interesting sideline to the standard listings.
Anyway, I hope you find these lists a valuable and interesting source of
information. If you have any comments about the Hawaii Radio &
Television Guide '95, or anything to say about radio and T.V. in Hawaii,
please send them in. I will also accept press releases from radio or
T.V. stations in Hawaii for possible inclusion into the next edition.
For PC Computer users, I'd also like to know how this file showed up on
your computer's word processor. How did the text look? Did the text wrap
nicely without bad word breaks? Were the columns lined up in the radio
and television listings section? Drop me a line because, I'd like to
know. I made this up on a Macintosh computer and have no idea how good
or bad it will play out on a P.C.
You can send your correspondence and/or releases to:
Hawaii Radio & Television Guide '95 Attn: Melvin Ah Ching, Editor 1560
Kanunu St., Box 816 Honolulu HI 96814-3203
E-mail:
[email protected]
I look forward to hearing from you.
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Hawaii Radio & Television Guide * April 1995 * Version 1.6
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[NEW] NEWS OVER THE AIR: Tidbits About Radio & TV in Hawaii
Radio Free Hawaii Reincarnated After 5 Month Absence
The wildly popular Radio Free Hawaii format on FM 102.7 was reincarnated
on April 1. The free for all music format that is determined by listener
voting through a weekly balloting system re-emerged after a five month
hiatus. A recent financing deal cut with a mainland investor and station
owners, Leow Broadcasting enabled the format to return.
At precisely 12:01 A.M. strains of The La's 1991 hit "There She Goes"
signaled the rebirth of the "Radio Revolution." Programming for the
station more or less picked up from where it left off, offering
listeners a wide variety of popular, eclectic and alternative music.
The station first started in June 1991 and continued uninterrupted until
last November when financial difficulties forced it off the air. During
its first incarnation, Radio Free Hawaii achieved national recognition
when it was named as one of the top 5 most popular radio stations in the
nation according to a Rolling Stone magazine poll.
KHNL TV News To Air Soon
KHNL TV Channel 13 will soon be starting a state-of-the-art all digital
local newscast. Their emergence into the highly competitive local news
market dominated by long time network stations KHON, KITV and KGMB TV
comes at a time when KHNL's current Fox affiliation is slated to be
changed to NBC, due to the recent sale of current NBC affiliate KHON TV
to a group of investors co-owned by Fox Broadcasting.
Principal anchors for the upcoming newscast were announced in the local
media recently. They include former KITV anchor Dan Cooke, former KITV
sportscaster Robert Kekaula and most recently, State Corrections
Department spokesman, Lyle Galdeira, who was formerly a KGMB TV
reporter.
The newscast is reportedly to be one of the first in the country to use
all digital technology to deliver the news. The technology will utilize
computers and discs instead of traditional videotape.
Hawaii's "Smooth Jazz" Makes Debut On New Radio Station
In February, KUCD FM 101.9 signed on the air with a new contemporary
jazz format that features a touch of soft soul and Hawaiian music
favorites. The music format has very little DJ chatter and a lot of
emphasis on contemporary jazz music. CD 101.9 as the station is
popularly known, emanates from Pearl City and is sister station to
highly popular and successful KSSK FM & AM.
KITV Channel 4 Starts Stereo Broadcasts
ABC network affiliate, KITV Channel 4 recently started full time MTS
Stereo broadcasts. They are the latest local broadcast station to jump
on the already more than 10 year old stereo TV standard. The switch to
stereo broadcasting brings the number of stereo broadcast TV stations up
to three. KHON Channel 2 and KFVE Channel 5 have long been broadcasting
in stereo since the late 1980s.
Oceanic Cablevision Adds New Channels
Over the first 3 months of this year, Oceanic Cable, Oahu's largest
cable TV service provider, recently expanded their channel carrying
capacity. As a result a number of basic cable channels have been added
to the service, including CNN International, TV Food Network, and E!
Entertainment. Several other channels went to full time service instead
of a shared channel and part-time service.
In March Oceanic also added new pay-per-view channels and a new Value
Plus Service into the Mililani and Wahiawa areas. These new Value Plus
services which include Bravo, ESPN 2, Travel Channel, Sci-Fi Channel and
the History Channel will be made available to the rest of Oceanic's
service area over the next year as the system is upgraded. Subscribers
pay an added fee for both value plus and pay-per-view services on top of
their normal monthly rates for basic and standard cable service.
HAWAII RADIO & TELEVISION GUIDE '95 (Version 1.6)
Comments, suggestions and corrections may be addressed to me at the my
e-mail address listed above. If you do not have an e-mail account,
correspondence can be sent via snail mail to: 1560 Kanunu St., Box 816,
Honolulu, HI 96814-3203.
Starting with this issue, the guide will be updated on a quarterly
basis.
Information in the Hawaii Radio and Television Guide '95 is correct to
the best of my knowledge. I make no guarantees. Last minute changes to
radio & T.V. programming formats may not be reflected in this issue, but
will be updated in the next edition, scheduled for publication in July
1995.
The Hawaii Radio and Television Guide '95 is provided free of charge and
may be distributed to any online service, computer bulletin board or The
Internet.
(c)1995 Melvin Ah Ching Productions. All rights reserved.
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