KESU-LP,

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channel 6, was a low-powered

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to Kauai,

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, United States. Inspired by KZND-LP in

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, former TV weatherman Jeff Chang began his own low-power station on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Taking advantage of the station's audio signal broadcasting on 87.75

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, the station marketed itself as a

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and aired a mixture of

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and lite AC music. KESU-LP was among the earliest

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. This was possible due to a loophole in FCC regulations:

Sec. 73.653 Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters. The aural and visual transmitters may be operated independently of each other or, if operated simultaneously, may be used with different and unrelated program material.

This means that KESU-LP needed not broadcast any particular image, as long as they broadcast a video signal. The video signal that they did broadcast showed information about the island of Kauai and various

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. Along with the

and Lite AC format, it also aired the Dickie Chang Wala'au show. The station was able to be seen in its entirety on a traditional

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History

The station was founded on October 7, 2003 as K06NC and changed its call sign to KESU-LP on March 11, 2008. The station's

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was cancelled by the

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on September 4, 2013.

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Star Bulletin
January 13, 2004 (start-up of station) {{HI-tv ESU-LP Television channels and stations established in 2003 2003 establishments in Hawaii Defunct television stations in the United States Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013 2013 disestablishments in Hawaii ESU-LP

History

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