[HCDX]: ATTN! KHVH-830 Off The Air

[DXFool@xxxxxxx]

Dear Fellow DXer:

Hello.  Just a brief update on the MW situation here.

		First, KHVH (830 kHz) is off the air.  A transmitter part 
burned out this past Sunday, July 25th, knocking the seaside tower off the 
air about 1:30 pm (2330 UTC).  According to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, chief 
engineer Dale Machado (who was also CE at my old station, KTUH-FM) located a 
replacement part in, of all, places, Nova Scotia!  The station should return 
later this week.
		In the meantime, the talk programming has been shifted to 
KIKI (990 kHz), which several months ago resumed simulcasting sister station 
KIKI-FM (93.9 mHz).  The format KIKI normally has now is urban contemporary, 
and it's the third time KIKI-AM has been parallel FM (the first time when 
KIKI was on 830 kHz.)  Ironically, before the owners of KIKI acquired KHVH 
and switched callsigns, KHVH-990 was news-talk.  These stations used to be 
part of Capstar's Pacific Star Comms. division; now they are part of AMFM 
Radio, ex-Chancellor.
		Bottom line--if you're in the S. Pacific, it's clear sailing 
to WBAP and KGNW on 820, KNCO and WCCO on 830, and WHAS (and maybe Oregon) on 
840.  If you're in N. America, then 828 and 837 are do-able.  I've gotten 
WBAP for the first time in Honolulu, and New Zealand on 810 is fairly booming 
in!

		Elsewhere, to help boost ratings, KCCN (1420) has been 
getting further away from its heritage as a Hawaiian music station.  Since 
late June, KCCN has been airing ESPN Radio sports-talk in overnight fringe, 
which had been on the all-sports station KGU (760).  KCCN currently holds the 
rights to University of Hawaii sports.  And several months earlier, KCCN 
dumped the legendary Ron Jacobs (ex-KPOI-1380, KDEO-940, KGU + KCBQ and KHJ) 
from the morning and replaced him with the old afternoon-drive, SPORTSTALK 
show.
As of July 5th, KCCN added ABC Radio's "Fabulous Sports Babe" to its line-up, 
moved the local talk shows around, and increased the ESPN content.  ESPN 
play-by-play remains on KGU, however.  ESPN radio has also been noticed on 
KQNG (570).

		Two other tips or non-tips:  KULA (1460) is now KGMZ, still 
simulcasting the oldies format of KGMZ-FM (107.9), using the slogan "More 
Music, One-Oldies-Seven-Point-Nine."  This marks the end of KULA's third tour 
of duty in Hawaii as a callsign; KULA was previously a TV station, then the 
original name of KSSK-FM (92.3).  For some reason, the official station ID is 
made at 10 minutes before the hour.  Don't forget to point this out in your 
reception report.  Also, KUAU (1570) has not been heard since May, so their 
testing was obviously done in order to hold on to the license.

Till next time
--Dale Park {Member NASWA/IRCA/NRC, ex-ASWLC/SPEEDX}
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