KKNE

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KKNE
Broadcast area Honolulu, Hawaii
Frequency 940 kHz
BrandingThe Vine Connection
Programming
Format Urban Gospel
Ownership
Owner
  • (Raleigh-Wake Chapter of the National Alumni Association of Shaw University)
KPRP
History
First air date
September 20, 1950
Former call signs
KJPN (2005)
KHCM (2002–2005)
KJPN (1994–2002)
KDEO (1980–1994)
KAHU (1950–1980)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 14937
Class B
Power 10,000 watts unlimited
Links
Public license information

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 was last a 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 was located near Kunia Camp. It was also featured on Oceanic Spectrum digital channel 856 for the entire state of Hawaii. [2] It was originally on 920 kHz and moved to 940 kHz in 1962.

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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.

Former logo KKNE am940 logo.png
Former logo

The license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on December 5, 2022, who cancelled it the same day. [3] [4] 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KKNE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Digital Cable Program Guide / Lineups Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - Oceanic Time Warner Cable (accessed March 20, 2011)
  3. ↑ "Notification of Surrender of the KKNE Station License"..
  4. ↑ "SummitMedia Surrenders Honolulu AMs - RadioInsight". 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

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