KGU (760 kHz) is a

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, known as "Hawaii Sports Radio Network". It is owned by the

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and broadcasts a

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, carrying syndicated programming from the

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Radio Network and VSiN Radio. The radio studios and offices are in Honolulu's

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district, and its

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is in the Kakaako neighborhood.

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is a United States

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frequency, on which WJR in

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is the dominant Class A station. There are only 18 stations on 760 AM within the United States. KGU is far enough away from Detroit that it broadcasts day and night with 10,000

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s, using a

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. Programming is also heard on 250 watt

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K236CR at 95.1

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History

KGU is Hawaii's oldest radio station, founded decades before Hawaii became a state. It signed on the air on Thursday, May 11, 1922. By the 1930s, KGU was powered at 2,500 watts, broadcasting on 750

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s. It was owned by the Advertising Publishing Company, carrying programs from the

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. With the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), KGU moved one spot up the dial to 760 kHz. In April 1935 it was used as a homing beacon by Captain

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and

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during their survey flights of the Pacific in a

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. In 1941, Japanese aviators used the station's signal to achieve radio silence and lead them to their

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; later that day, a KGU reporter broadcast news of the attack nationwide on NBC, a report that was interrupted by a telephone operator. As network program moved from radio to television in the 1950s, KGU switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports. In the early 2000s, the station began playing adult standards. On December 24, 2010, KGU began simulcasting

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along with sister station 99.5 KHUI, after dropping the Adult Standards format. The FM station took the

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KGU-FM to match the AM sister. However, after simulcasting for over a month, KGU changed to a Business Talk format on February 1, 2011. The station features programming from the Wall Street Radio Network and

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. In December 2018, the station adopted a

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format branded as "95.1 and AM 760 Honolulu's Real Country". In April 2021, KGU changed its format from country to all-sports, branded as "Hawaii Sports Radio Network".KGU Honolulu Flips To Sports
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Radio Network, based in

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. In 2022, KGU became an affiliate of the

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, carrying selected NASCAR Cup Series races.

FM translator

KGU also broadcasts its programming on an

. This translator gives listeners the ability to listen on FM and hear the station in

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high fidelity sound.

References

External links

Station WebsiteFCC History Cards for KGU
* * {{Salem Communications GU Radio stations established in 1922 1922 establishments in Hawaii Salem Media Group properties Radio stations licensed before 1923 and still broadcasting Sports radio stations in the United States

History

FM translator

See also

References

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