KGU-FM
{{short description|Radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KGU-FM
| logo = KGU 99.5FMTheWord logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| area = Honolulu metropolitan area
| branding = 99.5 FM The Word
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1993|3|1}}
| frequency = 99.5 MHz
| format = Christian talk and teaching
| network = SRN News
| erp = 100,000 watts horizontal polarization
81,000 watts vertical polarization
| haat = {{convert|599|meters}}
| coordinates = {{coord|21|23|51|N|158|6|1|W}}
| class = C
| facility_id = 641
| owner = Salem Media Group
| licensee = Salem Media of Hawaii, Inc.
| webcast = [http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.net/player/flash/audio_player.php?id=KGUFM&uid=470 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.995kgufm.com/ 995kgufm.com]
| callsign_meaning =
| sister_stations = KGU, KHCM, KHCM-FM, KHNR, KKOL-FM
| affiliations =
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KGU-FM (99.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii, broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching radio format. It is owned by the Salem Media Group with studios and offices on North King Street in Honolulu's Kalihi district. KGU-FM is a brokered programming station where hosts pay for their time on the air and may use their shows to seek donations to their ministries. National religious leaders heard on KGU-FM include David Jeremiah, Jim Daly, Charles Stanley, J. Vernon McGee and Chuck Swindoll. Several Honolulu pastors also have shows on the station.
KGU-FM has an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts horizontal polarization and 81,000 watts vertical.[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=kgu&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=-1&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KGU-FM] Its transmitter is off Palehua Road in Akupu, Hawaii.[https://radio-locator.com/info/KGU-FM Radio-Locator.com/KGU-FM]
History
=Japanese tourism and Hawaiian AC=
The station signed on the air on {{Start date and age|1993|3|1}}.[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995/B-Radio-All-YB-1995.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1995] page B-112, Broadcasting & Cable The original call sign was KORL. It had a Japanese tourist information format. In 1999, the station switched to Hawaiian Adult Contemporary music. In 2002, it added the moniker "The Breeze" and changed call letters to KHUI.
In 2003, KHUI became the first station in the United States to play a Variety Hits format when it brought Bob FM to the Honolulu radio market. But the format didn't score well in the Arbitron ratings and only lasted a year.
=Salem ownership=
In 2004, the Salem Media Group bought the station and reinstated "The Breeze" Hawaiian AC format that same year. In November 2006, KHUI switched formats to soft oldies and adult standards, branded as "The Jewel." It used the satellite-fed service "America's Best Music" from Dial Global (now Westwood One). America's Best Music was previously heard in the market from 1995 to 2001 on KUMU 1500 AM.
On December 26, 2010, KHUI flipped from Adult Standards to a simulcast of Salem's Christian Talk sister station KGU 760 AM. The call letters switched to KGU-FM to match the call sign on 760 AM.[http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/85227/khui-born-again-as-christian-kgu "KHUI Born Again As Christian KGU"] from All Access (December 30, 2010)
The simulcast ended on February 1, 2011, when the AM station flipped to Business Talk.[http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/86711/kgu-a-honolulu-means-business "KGU-A/Honolulu Means Business"] from All Access (February 1, 2011) That left KGU-FM with the Christian talk and teaching format. (KGU 760 is now a sports radio station.)
Salem Media Group, Inc. announced on March 17, 2025, the sale of their remaining radio stations and digital assets in Honolulu, Hawaii to Malama Media Group. Malama intends to keep all radio stations in their present formats.
Former logos
References
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External links
- [http://www.995kgufm.com/ KGU-FM official website]
- {{FM station data|641|KGU-FM}}
{{Honolulu Radio}}
{{Salem Media Group}}
Category:Christianity in Honolulu
Category:Radio stations established in 1992
Category:1992 establishments in Hawaii