[IRCA] Fwd: [HCDX] Hawaii - Oahu gets another dose of sports radio

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

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>Oahu gets another dose of sports radio
>THE talk was all Bill Walsh all the time on the sports radio station
>yesterday afternoon.
>Yes, it was probably on the sports station you're accustomed to
>listening to, but it was also on KUPA-AM 1370.
>The long-silent KUPA is broadcasting the national network programming
>of Fox Sports Radio.
>Utah-based Broadcasting Corp. of America bought the station two years
>ago for $650,000 from another Utah company.
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>The station has a long history of call-letter changes, despite being
>mostly off the air since Hawaii Public Radio Inc. sold it in 2002.
>Broadcasting Corp. President Nathan Drage, an attorney, at first
>thought he might put Hispanic programming on the station. By the time
>his purchase closed in April of 2006, however, he was thinking about
>sports programming -- and sports it is.
>He could not be reached yesterday to provide details, such as the
>studio or transmitter locations or whether he intends to put local
>programming on the air.
>At least four Oahu radio stations now traffic in sports talk: KUPA,
>KKEA-AM 1420; KUMU-AM 1500; and KORL-AM 1180.
>KKEA, branded as "Honolulu's ESPN Radio 1420 AM," has been doing
>sports-talk the longest and its morning show, hosted by veteran
>sports-talker Bobby Curran has a devout following.
>KUMU has recently rounded up a variety of well-known morning show hosts
>to go head-to-head against KKEA, including Jim and Kanoa Leahey,
>attorney and sports fanatic Jeff Portnoy and another duo -- Bob Hogue
>and Jai Cunningham. Longtime broadcaster John Noland recently joined
>KUMU in the afternoons, where his part-sports show is up against
>another local sports show on KKEA.
>KORL's sports block was added last year in a time brokerage agreement
>with Starcomm Wireless. Its programming airs from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday
>through Friday and from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturdays, according to the KORL
>Web site.
>At the moment, the difference between KUPA and its sports-spewing
>brethren is that the stations also sell blocks of time for other types
>of programs.
>http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/31/business/engle.html
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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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