Hawai’i Public Radio’s new Lanai transmitter is now online, providing improved signal for the station’s West Maui, Lanai and Molokai listeners, the station said Tuesday.
KJHF FM 103.1, licensed to Kualapuu, Molokai, went live Monday. Those areas had been shielded by the West Maui Mountains, which blocked the signals from Haleakala.
The station broadcasts HPR-1, which offers news, talk, entertainment and a variety of music.
In November, HPR announced that it had acquired the Lanai transmitter. The new signal was assigned the call letters KJHF in honor of Dr. John Henry Felix, who was HPR’s inaugural chair of the board of directors from 1979-1985.
This expansion was made possible through the support of station members, underwriters and other local organizations. The vast majority of HPR’s operating revenue comes from the community; only 5 percent of the budget is received from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the organization that disburses federal funds.
HPR is a private, nonprofit organization that broadcasts classical, jazz and international music, and in-depth news and informational programming from National Public Radio and other sources.
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