KMWB is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....

 to serve Captain Cook, Hawaii, USA. The station is owned by the New West Broadcasting Corporation and the broadcast license

Broadcast license

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 is held by Captain Cook Broadcasting, Inc.

KMWB broadcasts a classic hits

Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

 music format in conjunction with sister station

Sister station

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 KNWB

KNWB

KNWB is a radio station in Hilo, Hawaii broadcasting a Classic Hits format in conjunction with sister station KMWB. The station is currently owned by New West Broadcasting Corp....

 (97.1 FM, "B97"). KMWB covers West Hawaii and KNWB serves East Hawaii.

The station was assigned the KMWB call sign

Call sign

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 by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on October 4, 2007

2007 in radio

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