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| Broadcast area | Honolulu metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 650 kHz |
| Branding | The Vine Connection |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban gospel |
| Ownership | |
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| KKNE | |
| History | |
First air date | October 17, 1946 |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 630 kHz (1946–1959) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 13880 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 10,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 21°26′43″N 158°03′49″W / 21.44528°N 158.06361°W |
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Public license information | |
KPRP (650 AM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, which serves the Honolulu metropolitan area. It is currently owned by SummitMedia, LLC, pending a donation to the Raleigh-Wake Chapter of the National Alumni Association of Shaw University.
What was KPRP started as KPOA on 630 kHz in 1946 as the fourth radio station in Honolulu, with programming including popular disc jockeys. The station was known as KORL from 1960 to 1988, airing various music and talk formats; this run ended with the station filing for bankruptcy and going off the air for several years. It returned to broadcasting in 1992 as KHNR, an all-news and later news/talk radio station. After then-owner Salem Communications traded two of its AM stations for an FM in Honolulu, the format was changed to easy listening music as KRTR. SummitMedia acquired the Honolulu cluster from Cox Radio in 2013; KRTR then was leased to Pinoy Power Media and operated as KPRP until 2021, programming primarily in the Filipino language.
Taken off the air for technical reasons, KPRP briefly broadcast again in 2022 before SummitMedia surrendered the broadcast license in December 2022, but was reinstated after a donation agreement was reached in March 2023; when that donation was rescinded by May, the license was surrendered again. KPRP was again reinstated by August 2023 after another donation was agreed to with the Raleigh-Wake Chapter of the National Alumni Association of Shaw University and resumed broadcasting by November.