KKNE

KKNE
City	Waipahu, Hawaii
Broadcast area	Honolulu, Hawaii
Frequency	940 kHz
Branding	"AM 940 Hawaii"
Programming
Format	Traditional Hawaiian music, Talk
Ownership
Owner	SummitMedia ; (SM-KKNE, LLC)
Sister stations	KCCN-FM, KINE-FM, KRTR-FM, KPHW
History
First air date	September 20, 1950
Technical information
Facility ID	14937
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts fulltime
Links
Website	summitmediacorp.com/our_stations/am-940

KKNE (940 AM) is a radio station licensed to Waipahu, Hawaii and located in the Honolulu, Hawaii radio market, broadcasting with a power of 10,000 watts. The station's format is hybrid of traditional Hawaiian music and talk/information geared toward adults of Native Hawaiian descent. The station is owned by SummitMedia. The station's studios are located in Downtown Honolulu and its transmitter is located near Kunia Camp. It is also featured on Oceanic Spectrum digital channel 856 for the entire state of Hawaii.^[1] It was originally on 920 kHz and moved to 940 kHz in 1962.

A unique feature of KKNE is 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.

References[]

^ Digital Cable Program Guide / Lineups Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Oceanic Time Warner Cable (accessed March 20, 2011)

External links[]

FCC History Cards for KKNE
KKNE in the FCC AM station database
KKNE on Radio-Locator
KKNE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Coordinates: 21°26′43″N 158°03′49″W / 21.44528°N 158.06361°W / 21.44528; -158.06361

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[1] Digital Cable Program Guide / Lineups Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Oceanic Time Warner Cable (accessed March 20, 2011)

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