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{{for|the [[ICAO airport code]] KHKA|Blytheville Municipal Airport}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name               = KHKA
| logo               = [[Image:KHKA AM CBS 1500 logo.png|200px]]
| city               = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| area               =
| branding           = ''CBS 1500''
| frequency          = 1500 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| translator         = {{Radio Relay|102.3|K272GC|Honolulu}}
| repeater           =
| airdate            = {{Start date and age|1963|3|1}}
| format             = [[News radio|News]]/[[Sports radio|Sports]]
| language           =
| power              = 5,000 [[watt]]s
| class              = B
| facility_id        = 31600
| coordinates        =
| callsign_meaning   =
| former_callsigns   = KUMU (1963–2010)
| former_frequencies =
| affiliations       = [[CBS News Radio]]<br>[[Infinity Sports Network]]<br>[[KHON-TV]]<br>[[San Francisco 49ers broadcasters|San Francisco 49ers Radio Network]]<br>[[San Francisco Giants Radio Network]]<BR>[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors]] Radio Network
| owner              = Blow Up, LLC
| licensee           =
| sister_stations    = [[KKEA]]
| webcast            = [http://player.listenlive.co/27961 Listen Live]
| website            = [http://cbssportshawaii.com/ cbssportshawaii.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KHKA''' (1500 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], branded as '''CBS 1500'''. The station is owned by Blow Up, LLC and it broadcasts a [[sports radio|sports]] [[radio format]], mostly from [[Infinity Sports Network]].  It also carries some news programs from [[KHON-TV]] and [[CBS Radio News]]. KHKA is an official radio partner of the [[University of Hawaiʻi]] [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Rainbow Warriors sports]] and carries local high school sports, as well as [[San Francisco 49ers]] [[NFL|football]] games and [[San Francisco Giants]] [[MLB|baseball]] games.
KHKA is powered at 5,000 [[watt]]s, using a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]]. The [[transmitter]] is off Nimitz Highway in Honolulu, near Kakauiki Village.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=khka&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/KHKA]</ref>  KHKA is also heard on 99-watt [[FM translator]] '''K272GC''' at 102.3 [[Hertz|MHz]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/K272GC-FX Radio-Locator.com/K272GC]</ref> It retransmits on [[Spectrum (brand)|Oceanic Spectrum]] digital channel 885 for the entire state of Hawaii.
==History==
The station [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on {{Start date and age|1963|3|1}}.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1977''] page C-57, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]</ref> The original [[call sign]] was '''KUMU'''.  In 1967, it added an FM [[sister station]]. [[KUMU-FM]] 94.7 MHz. For much of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the two stations aired a [[beautiful music]] format. They played quarter-hour sweeps of mostly instrumental [[cover version]]s of popular adult hits as well as [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] show tunes. In the 1990s, to appeal to a younger audience, the stations added more soft vocals and reduced the instrumental music.
In the early 2000s, KUMU had an [[adult standards]] format. A few years later, it flipped to [[sports radio|sports talk]] as a [[network affiliate]] of [[SportsMap|Sporting News Radio]]. In 2010, KUMU once again became a [[simulcast]] of KUMU-FM, airing its [[Rhythmic Adult Contemporary]] format.
On August 2, 2010, Ohana Broadcast Company, LLC, sold KUMU 1500 to Blow Up, LLC, for $250,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/78837/honolulu-am-sold|title=Honolulu AM Sold|work=allaccess.com|date=August 3, 2010|access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref> On September 30, 2010, the call sign was changed to '''KHKA''' and it returned to a sports talk format. In April 2013, KHKA rebranded as [[NBC Sports Radio]] 1500 AM.
On January 1, 2019, KHKA became an affiliate of [[CBS Sports Radio]] as a result of NBC Sports Radio discontinuing its full-time network programming. By May 2020, KHKA rebranded as "CBS 1500" as it added programming from [[CBS News Radio]] and ''[[Hawaii News Now]]'' to the lineup while retaining CBS Sports Radio programs.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=45030&.pdf FCC History Cards for KHKA]
*[http://www.cbssportshawaii.com/ CBS 1500 website]
{{AM station data|31600|KHKA}}
{{Honolulu Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Hawaii}}
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