Broadcast area | Honolulu, Hawaii Waianae, Hawaii |
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Frequency | 1270 (kHz) |
Branding | "1270 KNDI" |
Programming | |
Format | Multicultural programming |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | July 11, 1960 |
Call sign meaning | KNDI = "Candy Radio" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 37065 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts fulltime |
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Public license information | |
Website | Station Website |
KNDI is a radio station located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station is owned by Geronimo and Nellie Malabed, through licensee Geronimo Broadcasting, LLC, and offers a multicultural format, broadcasting at 1270. Its on-air liners are "Voices from Around the World" and has been on the air since 1960. It was also Hawaii's first radio station to have an all-female airstaff, hence the KNDI calls, which phonetically spells out "Candy." KNDI features programming in Philippine languages (Ilocano and Tagalog), Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Okinawan, Vietnamese, Lao, Spanish, Samoan, Tongan, Marshallese, Chuukese, Pohnpeian and English.
Gallery
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KNDI host Flor Martinez in studio with Senator Mazie Hirono in 2014.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KNDI
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 37065 (KNDI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KNDI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
21°19′26″N 157°52′47″W / 21.32389°N 157.87972°W
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KNDI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- 1960 establishments in Hawaii
- Asian-American culture in Honolulu
- Cantonese-language radio stations
- Chinese-American culture in Honolulu
- Chinese-language radio stations in the United States
- Filipino-American culture in Honolulu
- Filipino-language radio stations
- Filipino-language mass media
- Non-English-language radio stations in Hawaii
- Hispanic and Latino American culture in Hawaii
- Ilocano language
- Japanese-American culture in Honolulu
- Laotian-American culture
- Mandarin-language radio stations
- Marshallese diaspora in the United States
- Marshallese language
- Oceanian diaspora in the United States
- Multiculturalism in the United States
- Pacific Islands-American culture in Honolulu
- Radio stations established in 1960
- Radio stations in Honolulu
- Ryukyuan languages
- Samoan diaspora in the United States
- Samoan language
- Spanish-language radio stations in the United States
- Tongan diaspora in the United States
- Tongic languages
- Vietnamese-language radio stations in Hawaii
- Hawaii radio station stubs
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