KHXM
| Broadcast area | Honolulu County, Hawaii |
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| Frequency | 1370 kHz |
| Branding | 103.9 The X |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | May 2, 1990 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 26441 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 250 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 21°26′18″N 157°59′29″W / 21.43833°N 157.99139°WCoordinates: 21°26′18″N 157°59′29″W / 21.43833°N 157.99139°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.9 K280FC (Waipahu) |
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Public license information | |
KHXM (1370 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Pearl City, Hawaii, USA. The station is owned by George Hochman through licensee Hochman Hawaii Two, Inc. KHXM broadcasts a Rock Music radio format, primarily in English, to the Honolulu media market, covering the island of O'ahu.
KHXM operates with 6,200 watts from a non-directional transmitter near Mililani Cemetery Road in Pearl City.[1] It is also heard on 250 watt FM translator K280FC at 103.9 MHz in Waipahu.[2]
History
On May 2, 1990, the station signed on the air as KLNI. It later switched its call sign to KIPA and KIFO, a news/talk outlet operated by Hawaii Public Radio from 1990 to 2002, when it went off the air and was sold to a Utah-based company.
In 2005, the broadcast license was sold to another Utah-based broadcaster who, after closing the sale in 2006, had planned to bring a Spanish language format to Honolulu, but changed his mind and opted to go with a Sports radio format. By then KUPA, it returned to the air on August 31, 2007, with programming from Fox Sports Radio with plans to include local content.
On November 1, 2007, KUPA went off the air when it lost its transmitter site, with a brief return to maintain the license in November 2008 from a temporary site. The station resumed regular programming on March 15, 2010.[3]
KUPA's entry into sports radio brought the number of sports talk outlets in Honolulu to three. 1420 KKEA and 1500 KHKA were the other two while a third one, 1180 KORL, offered sports talk in the evening hours. This type of competition is unusual, especially in a market with no major professional sport teams, in part due to geographical and financial reasons.
A Chinese-language format was observed to be in operation in mid-January 2016. With KORL off the air, a three-way Sports radio competition has returned with 990 KIKI now airing the Fox Sports Radio network that had previously been heard on KUPA.
In 2020, KUPA, which had gone silent that January along with its associated FM translator, were sold to Hochman Hawaii Two, Inc. for $55,000.[4] The call letters were changed to KHXM on September 24, 2020.
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KHXM
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/K280FC
- ^ "KUPA/Honolulu Returns With Fox Sports Radio". All Access. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- "KUPA 1370 Hawaii Launches New Lineup Featuring FOX Sports Radio and The Jim Rome Show" (Press release). Premiere Networks. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2012. - ^ "Hochman Set To Resurrect An Oahu AM". RBR. April 9, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
External links
- From Honolulu Star-Bulletin (August 31, 2007)
- KHXM in the FCC AM station database
- KHXM on Radio-Locator
- KHXM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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