KGU-FM (99.5

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) is a Christian

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formatted station based in

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. The

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outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 100 kW. Its studios are in Honolulu's

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district, and its transmitter is near

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History

The station signed on the air in 1992 as KORL, offering a Japanese tourist information format until 1999, when it made its first foray into Hawaiian AC. In 2002 it added the moniker "The Breeze" and changed call letters to KHUI. In 2003 KHUI would become the first station in the

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to bring the Variety Hits format when it brought

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to Honolulu. But the format wasn't well received in the market. In 2004 Salem bought the station and reinstated "The Breeze" that same year. In November 2006 KHUI switched formats from Hawaiian AC to adult standards, branded as "The Jewel." "The Jewel" used the

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-fed adult standards format

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from

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(formerly distributed by

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), previously heard in the market from 1995 to 2001 on KUMU AM 1500. On December 26, 2010, KHUI flipped from Adult Standards to a simulcast of its Christian Talk sister station KGU. It also changed its call letters to KGU-FM to match its AM sister. KGU-FM would end up going solo on February 1, 2011, after the AM flipped to Business Talk."KGU-A/Honolulu Means Business"
from All Access (February 1, 2011)

Former logos

References

External links

KGU-FM official website
* Christianity in Honolulu GU-FM Radio stations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Hawaii Salem Media Group properties GU-FM Talk radio stations in the United States {{Honolulu-stub