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{{Infobox radio station
| name            = KKNE
| logo            =
| city            = [[Waipahu, Hawaii]]
| area            = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| branding        = The Vine Connection
| airdate         = September 20, [[1950 in radio|1950]]
| frequency       = 940 [[Kilohertz|kHz]]
| format          = [[Urban Gospel]]
| power           = 10,000 [[watt]]s unlimited
| class           = B
| facility_id     = 14937
| former_callsigns= KJPN (2005)<br>KHCM (2002–2005)<br>KJPN (1994–2002)<br>KDEO (1980–1994)<br>KAHU (1950–1980)
| owner           =
| licensee        = Raleigh-Wake Chapter of the National Alumni Association of Shaw University
| sister_stations = [[KPRP (AM)|KPRP]]
| webcast         =
| website         =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KKNE''' (940 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Waipahu, Hawaii]] and located in the [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]] radio market, broadcasting with a power of 10,000 [[watt]]s. The station's format was last a hybrid of [[Music of Hawaii|traditional Hawaiian music]] and [[talk radio|talk/information]] geared toward adults of [[Native Hawaiian]] descent. The station is owned by [[SummitMedia]]. The station's studios are located in [[Downtown Honolulu]] and its transmitter was located near [[Kunia Camp, Hawaii|Kunia Camp]]. It was also featured on [[Time Warner Cable|Oceanic Spectrum]] digital channel 856 for the entire state of [[Hawaii]].<ref>[http://www.oceanic.com/products/television/digital_cable/program-guide Digital Cable Program Guide / Lineups] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225040539/http://www.oceanic.com/products/television/digital_cable/program-guide |date=2011-02-25 }} - ''[[Time Warner Cable|Oceanic Time Warner Cable]]'' (accessed March 20, 2011)</ref> It was originally on 920&nbsp;kHz and moved to 940&nbsp;kHz in 1962.
A unique feature of KKNE was a greeting and current time given in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] and English along with the station identification at the top and bottom of each hour (at :00 and :30 past the hour), with a steel guitar playing as background music.
==History==
Prior to its flip to Traditional Hawaiian, KKNE was home to longtime [[country music]] outlet KDEO and later Japanese music-formatted KJPN.
[[File:KKNE am940 logo.png|thumb|Former logo]]
The license was surrendered to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on December 5, 2022, who cancelled it the same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=104101|title=Notification of Surrender of the KKNE Station License}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=SummitMedia Surrenders Honolulu AMs - RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/245895/summitmedia-surrenders-honolulu-ams/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> It was reinstated on December 8, 2022 but remained silent, and its license was formally surrendered and deleted again on May 11, 2023. Its license was reinstated again, and still remains silent.
On November 27, 2023, KKNE and KPRP returned to the airwaves as Urban Gospel '''The Vine Connection''', programmed by Mae Rodgers, who had previously offered this format and branding on [[WTOW]], [[WSTK]], [[WKOO|WEGG]], and [[KCTO]]. Mae Rodgers is an [[AME Zion]] pastor from [[North Carolina]] who is a Gospel Radio veteran. Dr. Kenneth K. Santarelli is also involved in programming, operations, and engineering. Dr. Santarelli is a Biblical Studies professor at Faith Bible College in Independence, Missouri and minister with [[The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)]], who previously owned WEGG and was involved in programming and technical roles at WSTK, [[KCXL]], [[KOFO]], KCTO, and [[WDJS]]. This marks the first time that the Urban Gospel has existed on radio in the state of Hawaii.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=37084 FCC History Cards for KKNE]C (covering 1950-1980 as KAHU / KDEO)
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=14937 FCC Station Search Details: KKNE] (Facility ID: 14937)
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