![]() KQMQ has been the home of several noted radio personalities including Chris Hughes, Augie Tulba (Da Augie Radio Show), Kimo Leahi, Austin Vali, Tony Taylor, Scotty B, Bridgette Sarchino, Sam The Man, Hawaiian Ryan, Leikia, Dan Cooke, Michael Qseng and Danielle Tucker (Morning Madness), Jeff Kino and Lois Miyashiro and Shawn Ho (The Morning Zoo), Justin Cruz, Wili Moku with Wild Kyle the traffic guy, Laurie Ann Solomon, Cliff Richards, Erika Engle, and Kari Steele. The rebranding was made to match the similar “Hi 92.5” KLHI-FM on Kahului, Maui and “Hi 95” 95.9 KSRF, Poipu, Kaua’i. KQMQ-FM rebranded as "HI93" on March 9, 2020. The acquisition gives Pacific Media its first stations on O'ahu. Pacific Media Group acquired the Ohana Broadcasting cluster in June 2019. With this move, KQMQ competes with two other Hawaiian Contemporary outlets that also feature Reggae music in their presentation, KDNN and KCCN. According to Program Director Rick Thomas, "Pa’ina’s mission to is to have fun and play the reggae and island jams people really want to hear." Thomas launched with Big Teeze as station voice and with Imaging Director John James. February 6 was also Marley's birthday, which added to the timing of the flip. It then flipped to a format that consists of Reggae and Contemporary Hawaiian music, billing itself as "93.1 Da Pā'ina." The move to a Reggae-based format made this the second of its kind in the United States. On February 4, 2011, KQMQ dropped its Top 40/CHR format and began stunting with all- Bob Marley music during the weekend until February 6, 2011. The station sent out a decoy media release that KQMQ would switch to a new format that would be Traditional Hawaiian "Nā Mele 93.1," a brand that is used at parent company Ohana Broadcasting's other outlets in Hawaii. In early 2011, management was planning a major change. In 2005, KQMQ returned to Top 40 hits with a Modern AC lean as "93.1 The Zone." During its second run as a Top 40/CHR, KQMQ-FM was the first station in the U.S. In 2000 it flipped to All-1980s and 90s music, with the Top 40 format previously on KQMQ moving over to sister station KDDB. It was one of the first stations in Hawaii to include Hawaiian Contemporary music in its regular playlist, giving exposure to groups like Kalapana, Cecilio and Kapono, and Keola and Kapono Beamer.īy the 1980s it inherited the Top 40 format from KKUA and continued it into the 1990s. ![]() Among the disc jockeys were Ron Wood, Bob Cole and Noel Grey. Gene Davis was Program Director and hosted morning drive time while Lee Abrams was the consultant. It became an album rock station in 1976 after it was acquired from Cecil Heftel. The station signed on the air on October 1, 1967 55 years ago ( ). The station is also heard on Spectrum digital channel 868 for the entire state of Hawaii. The transmitter is on Palehua Road near Palikea Ridge in Akupu. KQMQ-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The station's studios are on Alakea Street in Downtown Honolulu. The programming is led by local radio vet Kelsey Yogi. KQMQ-FM (93.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii, known as "HI 93." It is owned by the Pacific Media Group and it broadcasts a radio format of Contemporary Hawaiian and Reggae music.
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