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Post by reception on Oct 6, 2006 19:26:34 GMT -5
hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=10335 To summarize, the owner is in the process of selling AC KHWI because they are moving out of state, so they decided to turn the station off. From me, I waited only until now to post this because some other message board topic just wasn't cutting it. I'm obviously not there in Hilo (they didn't have a Kona signal so it's outside my listening range), so I just wanted to make sure this is true. Radio-Locator has listed KHWI as silent but they are unreliable and I really don't trust them. 100000watts finally mentioned "Silent from Adult Cont. on 10/1/2006." Once 100000watts posted it, I realized it's true. According to this FCC page the action took as licensed and silent was 09/07/2006. I enjoyed listening to Mix 92.7 during my vacation in March 2006. It will be missed. I was smart and lucky enough to record two airchecks of this station so I can always flashback. It really is too bad the website hilosmix.com was shut down too, no word why it was silenced.
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Post by reception on Mar 28, 2007 15:06:09 GMT -5
Former Rocky Mountain media mogul Scott Parker, who sold Alpine Broadcasting LP in 2004, is buying back into the broadcast business.
Parker will pay $375,000 for the long-silent KHWI-FM 92.7 in Hilo, and will purchase an FM construction permit for 92.1 in Holualoa, on the Kona side.
KHWI seller Frank Hooton, now a Texas real estate executive, shut it down in September, citing financial reasons.
The Kona permit cost Maryland-based Marquee Broadcasting Inc. $317,850 in a 2004 FCC auction, but Parker's price was not proffered.
"When I'm ready to turn on the CP on the Kona side, I'm going to turn KHWI on at the same time," hopefully by summer, he said. The format, to be simulcast, is a secret.
-Erika Engle Honolulu Star Bulletin
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