KESU-LP
Encyclopedia
KESU-LP is a low power television station
, broadcasting on VHF channel 6 and serving the Kauai area. Inspired by KZND-LP
in Anchorage, Alaska
, former TV weatherman Jeff Chang began his own low-power station on the Hawaiian island of Kauai
. Taking advantage of the station's audio signal broadcasting on 87.75 MHz, the station markets itself as a radio station
and airs a mixture of Hawaiian music and lite AC music. KESU-LP is one of very few low-powered television stations that broadcasts as a radio station. This is possible due to a loophole in FCC regulations:
This means that KESU need not broadcast any particular image, as long as they broadcast a video signal. The video signal that they do broadcast shows information about the island of Kauai
and various public service announcements. Along with the Hawaiian music and Lite AC format it also airs the Dickie Chang Wala'au show.
The station can be seen in its entirety on a traditional VHF antenna
.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
, broadcasting on VHF channel 6 and serving the Kauai area. Inspired by KZND-LP
KOAN-LP
KNIK-LP is a low-power commercial television station in Anchorage, Alaska, broadcasting on VHF channel 6, taking advantage of that station's audio signal on 87.75 MHz FM...
in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
, former TV weatherman Jeff Chang began his own low-power station on the Hawaiian island of Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
. Taking advantage of the station's audio signal broadcasting on 87.75 MHz, the station markets itself as a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
and airs a mixture of Hawaiian music and lite AC music. KESU-LP is one of very few low-powered television stations that broadcasts as a radio station. This is possible due to a loophole in FCC regulations:
Sec. 73.653 Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters.
The aural and visual transmitters may be operated independently of each
other or, if operated simultaneously, may be used with different and
unrelated program material.
This means that KESU need not broadcast any particular image, as long as they broadcast a video signal. The video signal that they do broadcast shows information about the island of Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
and various public service announcements. Along with the Hawaiian music and Lite AC format it also airs the Dickie Chang Wala'au show.
The station can be seen in its entirety on a traditional VHF antenna
Antenna (radio)
An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...
.
History
The station was founded on October 7, 2003 as K06NC and changed its call sign to KESU-LP on March 11, 2008.External links
- 87.7 Coast-FM
- Star Bulletin, January 13, 2004 (start-up of station)