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Auction expands Oahu's airwaves


Eight Hawaii FM radio station construction permits, or CPs, were among the 290 auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission in 2004. Gross winning bids by 110 bidders garnered $178,001,500 for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Upon grant of a construction permit, the FCC allows broadcasters three years to construct the stations, obtain licenses for them and get them on the air. One bidder failed in her quest while three others successfully met their deadlines but their stations are currently silent.

STATION/LOCATION LICENSEE CP GRANT STATUS LICENSE FILING CP EXPIRATION GROSS BID
1. KHWA-FM 92.1 Holualoa Parrott Broadcasting LP (a) 4/21/2005 On air April 1 3/1/2008 4/21/2008 $489,000
2. KMWB-FM 93.1 Captain Cook Captain Cook Broadcasting Inc. (b) 02/23/2005 On air Nov. 2007 11/6/2007 02/23/2008 $551,000
3. KEEI-FM 94.3 Hanapepe Christina Bourdeaux 3/18/2005 CP canceled (c) N/A 3/18/2008 $470,000
4. KTBH-FM 102.1 Kurtistown Visionary Related Entertainment LLC 3/25/2005 Coming soon 3/24/2008 3/25/2008 $428,000
5. KMKK-FM 102.3 Kaunakakai Visionary Related Entertainment LLC 4/6/2006 On air, March 2007 2/5/2007 4/6/2009 $1,384,000
6. KLZY-FM 102.9 Paia (d) Chaparral Broadcasting, Inc. 3/11/2005 Silent 2/28/2008 3/11/2008 $361,000
7. KHAI-FM 103.5 Wahiawa Educational Media Foundation (e) 6/9/2005 On air, Mar./Apr. 2007 2/14/2007 6/9/2008 $2,151,000
8. KUHI-FM 106.5 Haiku Big Island Broadcasting Inc. 2/24/2005 Silent 2/22/2008 2/24/2008 $1,667,000
(a) CP was won at auction by Marquee Broadcasting, Inc., which sold the CP to Parrott.
(b) CP was won by Big Island Broadcasting Inc., led by Joel Sellers. She later established a separate company for the Capt. Cook CP and retains ownership of both stations.
(c) CP will be re-auctioned by the FCC; winning bid has been forfeited.
(d) Frequency was allocated to Honokaa at the time of the auction.
(e) CP was won by Kona Coast Radio LLC, led by Victor A. Michael Jr., who owns or has an interest in several broadcast stations.

Source: Databases at www.fcc.gov



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