Hawaii Public Radio 1 & 2 Now On Air in E. Hawaii

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Installation of the KANO (HPR-1) and KAHU (HPR-2) transmitters is under way. Once completed, Hawaii Public Radio will begin broadcasting their second stream of programming to East Hawaii which includes talk and jazz. HPR-1 (news & classical) will have an improved signal to our area as well. Let's hope the weather cooperates and we'll have a new station on the FM dial by this summer.

...as the tower refurbishment parts arrive, expected at the
latest by by May 13th. There are some structural repairs on the tower to be finished by the towers’ owner, which need to be completed before we can hang our 700 pound antenna on the structure.

And the variable weather at Kulani has made access difficult at times, but the project is moving along as quickly as possible.
http://hawaiipublicradio.org/east-hawai-...ransmitter

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard

[H22]

The 2 new transmitters will fill in that "dead area" on 11 between HVNP and South Point where you can hit "scan" and your radio will keep spinning around the dial without stopping on any stations. I think both transmitters are on Kulani Cone, the same place as one of the Hawaii`i PBS transmitters. Coverage of Puna should be quite good.

[VancouverIslander]

I picked up a radio station briefly in Naalehu or Pahala that had the most entertaining DJ spinning reggae. Every musician he introduced was "The beautiful and talented _________________" with a voice reminiscent of a Jamaican version of Otto from the Simpsons.

Just call me Mike

[Midnight Rambler]

Strangely, there's a stretch of Highway 11 around Kurtistown where you can pick up the Kona HPR-2 (89.7). It's like the signal passes between the mountains and then arcs back down somehow. Go just a little off the highway into Hawaiian Acres and you lose it though.

[H22]

@VancouverIslander: That was KAHU before Hawaii Public Radio took it over. It was an independent community station that unfortunately was not able to support itself. It was a cool thing, but I couldn’t quite place what their business model was. Community Radio can be challenging to monetize for the non-profits who own them.

@Midnight Rambler: Yeah, I listen to that in Mountain View! It’s coming from the Big Island-facing slope of Haleakal#257;, which might explain why it’s finding it’s way to us.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

On HPR's pledge drive it was announced the East Hawaii transmitter for HPR-2 should be up and running in about a week (mid to late October 2016). The new programming will bring a wealth of additional listening choices:

Local Interest
BBC News (news with an international perspective, read in a posh English accent)
Science, Environmental, Cultural Programs
Jazz

Here's the full list:
http://hawaiipublicradio.org/programs/category/3391

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. -Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616)

[jrw]

Where will they be on the radio? Call number. Listen to it in kona last week great station.

jrw

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Where will they be on the radio?

If they use the same frequency as the old Discovery Harbor, Ka'u transmitter, it will be KAHU at 91.7 FM.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind. -Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (1547-1616)

[Carey]

Here is a link with a map of the HPR station frequencies:
http://hawaiipublicradio.org/stations

[H22]

The frequencies will be 89.1 and 91.3 with HPR1 and HPR2 respectively, although they can flip that around if they wish.

The 94.9 on that map is a mystery to me— I don’t see that it exists. Perhaps it was a proposal that was never built out. There is no pending application or permit for a Hiloside 94.9.