KNWB
| File:KMWB-FM logo.png | |
| Broadcast area | Hilo |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz |
| Branding | B97 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | New West Broadcasting Corporation |
| KAOY, KMWB, KPUA, KWXX-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | August 3, 1985 |
Former call signs | KFSH (1985–1995) |
Call sign meaning | New West Broadcasting |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69054 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 38,000 watts |
| HAAT | -251 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Repeater | KMWB |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
KNWB (97.1 FM) is a radio station in Hilo, Hawaii broadcasting a classic hits format. The station is currently owned by New West Broadcasting Corporation.[2] KNWB and sister station KMWB form a simulcast to reach all of the Big Island.
History
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[edit | edit source]On May 3, 1976, the Christian Broadcasting Association, a branch of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and owner of KAIM-AM-FM in Honolulu, filed for a construction permit for a new radio station at 97.1 MHz to serve Hilo. The Federal Communications Commission granted the permit on April 28, 1977.[3] The station took the call letters KFSH and was mentioned as a development project for the ministry in KAIM's fundraising appeals.[4] However, KFSH's sign-on was continually delayed, in part because the station needed the Hawaii Land Use Commission to approve its request to build its tower.[5]
Even though a studio location had been secured and fitted out upstairs from a Christian book store,[6] tower site issues continued to hold up completion. The tower site north of Kaiwiki Church was dedicated on December 15, 1984,[7] and test transmissions commenced on July 25, 1985 ahead of an August 3 launch,[8] more than eight years after the permit was issued and after 17 extensions and modifications to the construction permit.[3][2]
Two years after putting KFSH on the air, the Christian Broadcasting Association spun the station off to the Pacific & Asia Christian University,[9] later known as the University of the Nations.
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[edit | edit source]In July 1995, New West Broadcasting Corporation, owned by John Leonard, announced it would buy KFSH from the university and take over operations via a time brokerage agreement on August 1.[10] Leonard paid $270,000 for the station, which was University of the Nations' lone broadcast outlet.[11] New West, which already owned KWXX and KPUA, did not buy $60,000 in KFSH studio equipment, which allowed the university to donate it to Hilo Christian Broadcasting; that group then started up KCIF.[12]
When New West took over, 97.1 FM changed to a secular operation as "The Wave";[13] after the closing of the sale, new KNWB call letters were chosen. The Wave aired a smooth jazz format.[14] Two years later, the station adopted its present classic hits format as "B97".[15]
KNWB lured D.C. Carlson from KKBG to do B97's first live morning show in December 2001; previously, the station had been entirely voice tracked.[16] B97 became an island-wide radio station in 2007 when Captain Cook Broadcasting, the winner of an auction for an FM station at 93.1 in West Hawaii, entered into a marketing agreement to simulcast KNWB as KMWB.[17] KMWB was sold to New West in 2010.[18]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Facility details for Facility ID 69054 (KNWB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KNWB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database