KKCR

Infobox Radio station
name = KKCR


city = Hanalei, Hawaii
area = island of Kauaokinai
slogan =
branding = "Kauaokinai Community Radio"
frequency = 90.9 MHz
airdate = 1997
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format = Variety
power =
erp = 900 watts
haat = -94.0 meters
class = A
facility_id = 33827
coordinates = coord|22|13|2.00|N|159|28|53.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = Kauaokinai Community Radio
former_callsigns = KAQA (1996-present)
owner = Kekahu Foundation, Inc.
licensee =
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webcast = [http://www.kkcr.org/ listen live]
website = [http://www.kkcr.org kkcr.org]
affiliations =

KKCR (90.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format including Hawaiian, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Reggae, Classical and World artists as well as locally produced talk programs. Licensed to Hanalei, Hawaii, USA, the station serves the island of Kauaokinai. The station is currently owned by Kekahu Foundation, Inc. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KKCR |title=KKCR Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

KKCR also broadcasts on radio station KAQA 91.9 MHz for southern Kauaokinai, KAQA's FM booster KAQA-FM1 on 91.9 MHz in Kilauea, Hawaii and 92.7 MHz via translator K224CQ in Anahola, Hawaii, as well on 95.1 MHz on Oceanic Time Warner cable radio.

The idea for KKCR originated after Hurricane Iniki devastated the Island on September 11, 1992. Janet Friend, Roy Richardson, Richard Fernandez, Jon and Lorraine Scott, and other Island residents decided to start a north shore radio station that could serve Island residents, and was to be built to withstand extreme weather conditions and provide emergency information to isolated residents. The station provides is the primary Emergency Alert System station on Kauaokinai. [cite news|url=http://starbulletin.com/2006/03/17/news/story04.html|title=Radio stations provide key lifeline|last=Engle|first=Erika |date=2006/03/17|work=Honolulu Star Bulletin]

Controversy

In December 2007, KKCR volunteer radio personality Kaiulani Edens-Huff, a Hawaiian sovereignty movement activist, was suspended for an on-air altercation with fellow radio personality Noel Brooks. The suspension sparked protests, numerous angry calls to the station's call-in political talk show "Out of the Box", accusation of racism, and an arrest of one of the protestors outside the station. [cite news|url=http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/28/news/story06.html|title=Radio station on Kauaokinai rapped for suspensions|last=Finnegan|first=Tom |date=2008/01/28|publisher=Honolulu Star Bulletin] During one of those protests, KKCR management locked the doors to prevent protestors from entering the station, prompting a Federal Communications Commission complaint to be filed by Patrick Michaels. Michaels' FCC complaint included the lack of public access to the station during business hours during that incident and failure to announce the station callsign at the top of the hour. [cite news|url=http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/01/08/news/news02.txt|title=Resident seeks probe into KKCR |last=Gregg |first=Amanda C. |work=Kauaokinai Garden Island News]

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*FM station data|KAQA
**FMQ|K224CQ