KGU-FM
Radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii
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::summary Radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KGU-FM |
| logo | KGU 99.5FMTheWord logo.png |
| logo_size | 200px |
| city | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| area | Honolulu metropolitan area |
| country | US |
| branding | 99.5 FM The Word |
| airdate | |
| frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| format | Christian talk and teaching |
| network | SRN News |
| erp | 100,000 watts horizontal polarization 81,000 watts vertical polarization |
| haat | 599 meters |
| coordinates | |
| class | C |
| facility_id | 641 |
| owner | Malama Media Group |
| licensee | Malama Media Group, LLC |
| webcast | Listen Live |
| website | 995kgufm.com |
| callsign_meaning | |
| sister_stations | KGU, KHCM, KHCM-FM, KHNR, KKOL-FM |
| licensing_authority | FCC |
| :: |
| name = KGU-FM | logo = KGU 99.5FMTheWord logo.png | logo_size = 200px | city = Honolulu, Hawaii | area = Honolulu metropolitan area | country = US | branding = 99.5 FM The Word | airdate = | frequency = 99.5 MHz | format = Christian talk and teaching | network = SRN News | erp = 100,000 watts horizontal polarization 81,000 watts vertical polarization | haat = 599 meters | coordinates = | class = C | facility_id = 641 | owner = Malama Media Group | licensee = Malama Media Group, LLC | webcast = Listen Live | website = 995kgufm.com | callsign_meaning = | sister_stations = KGU, KHCM, KHCM-FM, KHNR, KKOL-FM | affiliations = | licensing_authority= FCC
KGU-FM (99.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii, broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format. It is owned by the Malama Media Group with studios and offices on North King Street in Honolulu's Kalihi district. KGU-FM is a brokered programming station where hosts pay for their time on the air and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. National religious leaders heard on KGU-FM include David Jeremiah, Jim Daly, Charles Stanley, J. Vernon McGee and Chuck Swindoll. Several Honolulu pastors also have shows on the station.
KGU-FM has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts horizontal polarization and 81,000 watts vertical. Its transmitter is off Palehua Road in Akupu, Hawaii.
History
Japanese tourism and Hawaiian AC
The station signed on the air on March 1, 1993. The original call sign was KORL. It had a Japanese tourist information format. In 1999, the station switched to Hawaiian Adult Contemporary music. In 2002, it added the moniker "The Breeze" and changed call letters to KHUI.
In 2003, KHUI became the first station in the United States to play a Variety Hits format when it brought Bob FM to the Honolulu radio market. But the format didn't score well in the Arbitron ratings and only lasted a year.
Salem ownership
In 2004, the Salem Media Group bought the station and reinstated "The Breeze" Hawaiian AC format that same year. In November 2006, KHUI switched formats to soft oldies and adult standards, branded as "The Jewel." It used the satellite-fed service "America's Best Music" from Dial Global (now Westwood One). America's Best Music was previously heard in the market from 1995 to 2001 on KUMU 1500 AM.
On December 26, 2010, KHUI flipped from Adult Standards to a simulcast of Salem's Christian Talk sister station KGU 760 AM. The call letters switched to KGU-FM to match the call sign on 760 AM.
The simulcast ended on February 1, 2011, when the AM station flipped to Business Talk. That left KGU-FM with the Christian talk and teaching format. (KGU 760 is now a sports radio station.)
Salem Media Group, Inc. announced on March 17, 2025, the sale of their remaining radio stations and digital assets in Honolulu, Hawaii to Malama Media Group. Malama intends to keep all radio stations in their present formats.
Former logos
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References
References
- [https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=kgu&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=-1&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KGU-FM]
- [https://radio-locator.com/info/KGU-FM Radio-Locator.com/KGU-FM]
- [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995/B-Radio-All-YB-1995.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1995''] page B-112, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]
- [http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/85227/khui-born-again-as-christian-kgu "KHUI Born Again As Christian KGU"] from All Access (December 30, 2010)
- [http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/86711/kgu-a-honolulu-means-business "KGU-A/Honolulu Means Business"] from All Access (February 1, 2011)
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