KIKI (990 AM, "Fox Sports 990") is a

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radio station licensed to

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, and owned by . Its studios and transmitter are separately located in the

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neighborhood of Honolulu.

History

The station signed on the air as KHVH in 1957 by then-owner Kaiser Broadcasting, who would later sell the station in 1965. In 1993, KHVH swapped frequencies with

Oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as wel ...

station KIKI, then at 830 kHz. KIKI at 990 would drop oldies for news in 1994, followed by a flip to

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from 1997 to 1999, a simulcast of KHJZ from 1999 to 2001, and a flip to business news in 2001 as KHBZ, only to evolve into its

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format by 2004. In 2008 KHBZ changed its slogan from "The Talk Station" to "Stimulating Talk Radio" On September 2, 2010, KHBZ took possession of the KIKI calls after the FM flipped formats from Rhythmic Top 40 to Rhythmic AC (as KHJZ), bringing the KIKI calls back to 990. On March 18, 2016, KIKI changed their format from talk to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 990".Pair of Honolulu Format Changes
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Similar to sister station KFI

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KIKIFox Sports 990 official website
IKI Sports radio stations in the United States Kaiser Broadcasting Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Hawaii IHeartMedia radio stations {{Honolulu-stub