KGU (AM)

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KGU
CityHonolulu, Hawaii
Broadcast areaHonolulu metropolitan area
Frequency760 kHz
Branding95.1 and AM 760 The Shark
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsSportsMap Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerSalem Media Group
(Salem Media of Hawaii, Inc.)
KAIM-FM, KKOL-FM, KGU-FM, KHCM, KHCM-FM, KHNR
History
First air date
May 11, 1922; 99 years ago (1922-05-11)
Technical information
Facility ID53705
ClassB
Power10,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
21°17′41″N 157°51′49″W / 21.29472°N 157.86361°W / 21.29472; -157.86361Coordinates: 21°17′41″N 157°51′49″W / 21.29472°N 157.86361°W / 21.29472; -157.86361
Translator(s)95.1 K236CR (Honolulu)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website760theshark.com

KGU (760 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii, known as "The Shark". It is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a sports radio format, carrying syndicated programming from the SportsMap Radio Network.[1] The radio studios and offices are in Honolulu's Kalihi district, and its transmitter is in the Kakaako neighborhood.

AM 760 is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WJR in Detroit, Michigan is the dominant Class A station. There are only 18 stations on 760 AM within the United States. KGU is far enough away from Detroit that it broadcasts day and night with 10,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna.[2] Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K236CR at 95.1 MHz.

History[]

KGU is Hawaii's oldest radio station, founded decades before Hawaii became a state. It signed on the air on Thursday, May 11, 1922. By the 1930s, KGU was powered at 2,500 watts, broadcasting on 750 kilocycles.[3] It was owned by the Advertising Publishing Company, carrying programs from the NBC Red Network. With the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), KGU moved one spot up the dial to 760 kHz.

In April 1935 it was used as a homing beacon by Captain Ed Musick and Fred Noonan during their survey flights of the Pacific in a Pan American World Airways Sikorsky S-42. In 1941, Japanese aviators used the station's signal to lead them to their attack on Pearl Harbor; later that day, a KGU reporter broadcast news of the attack nationwide on NBC, a report that was interrupted by a telephone operator.[4]

As network program moved from radio to television in the 1950s, KGU switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports. In the early 2000s, the station began playing adult standards.

On December 24, 2010, KGU began simulcasting country music along with sister station 99.5 KHUI, after dropping the Adult Standards format. The FM station took the call sign KGU-FM to match the AM sister.[5] However, after simulcasting for over a month, KGU changed to a Business Talk format on February 1, 2011.[6] The station features programming from the Wall Street Radio Network and CNBC.

In December 2018, the station adopted a Classic Country format branded as "95.1 and AM 760 Honolulu's Real Country".

In April 2021, KGU changed its format from country to all-sports, branded as "The Shark".[7] It uses programming from the SportsMap Radio Network, based in Houston.

FM translator[]

KGU also broadcasts its programming on an FM translator. This translator gives listeners the ability to listen on FM and hear the station in stereophonic high fidelity sound.

Broadcast translators of KGU (AM)
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license Facility
ID		 ERP
(W)		 Class FCC info
K236CR 95.1 Honolulu, Hawaii 142637 250 D FCC LMS

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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Broadcast History - Honolulu
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KGU-AM
  3. ^ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 64
  4. ^ KGU Radio in Honolulu Afternoon Report 12/7/1941
  5. ^ "KHUI Born Again As Christian KGU" from All Access (December 30, 2010)
  6. ^ "KGU-A/Honolulu Means Business" from All Access (February 1, 2011)
  7. ^ KGU Honolulu Flips To Sports Radioinsight - May 11, 2021

External links[]

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