Hawaii’s only full-power community radio station, KKCR-FM 91.9, 90.9 and 92.7, is going into its November membership drive with a new station manager and some serious funding to raise.
The transmission facilities of sister-station KAQA-FM 91.9, which simulcasts KKCR programming, have been heavily damaged and are in need of replacement. KAQA provides crucial reach for KKCR, [...]

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Todd Rundgren may keep a low profile, but his legacy lingers
Rundgren might be best known for a song that slipped away, which is fitting since Rundgren’s 40-year career as a musician and producer has had a pinball-like quality to it.
Even he admits of Bang on a Drum All Day, “Everybody knows the song, but they have [...]

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Beyond the grief, Don Ho’s family embraces memories
The voice in her ears was more than the echo of an old recording. It was vibrant. It was warm. It was the voice of her father — singer Don Ho.
Dondi Ho-Costa still thinks of that song, nearly a year after she heard it at on the [...]

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Joseph Brescia and his neighbor Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis must change plans
Two California residents — one a rock star — have slogged through a series of government approvals and denials in an attempt to build new homes on their Kauai north shore land.
The latest action came yesterday when the Kauai Planning [...]

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When Kaua‘i musician Norman Ka‘awa Solomon was filmed two years ago, an award for his performance was the last thing on anyone’s mind.
David “Kawika” Schmerin, a television producer and cameraman for the Wrightwood Group in Las Vegas, manned the camera while Solomon played.
On Tuesday afternoon, Kaua‘i film commissioner Art Umezu said he was informed by [...]

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Hawaii has lost one of its most popular attractions with the death of Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho.
Promoter-producer Tom Moffatt said he once told a Los Angeles Times reporter, “People who come to Hawaii know three things — Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor and Don Ho.
“His name is synonymous with Hawaii.”
Ho died yesterday morning at the [...]

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