Just to be clear, this is not big deal. It is strictly amateur, volunteer, community service. There is no money involved except donations to the station. The potential audience reach is less than 10,000 souls scattered around a dozen tiny communities on a handful of islands and the several hundred commercial fishing vessels that may be at sea in the area at any given time. There is a also a small internet audience.
KFSK Petersburg Community Radio is a Public Radio station with all that implies, including NPR produced content. I will be producing a two and a half hour program for the Friday afternoon time slot. When I had the slot in the past I led off with Kimo Kahoano's "The Aloha Friday Song" and filled the rest of the time with appropriate tropical music. Although I have considerable leeway, the program in this time slot is explicitly a music show.
(I also did an evening "It's Classic" and occasionally, the afternoon "High Country" programs as well).
The bottom line is that I have been asked to come back and help out. Specifically (Oddly) to play Hawaiian music on Friday afternoons.
Therefore, next Friday, December 16th at 12:45 AKST It's Aloha Friday...
Your fans must have really missed you! Congrats!
So, OK, if you’re gonna do “Aloha Friday” you have to work in a little KK Kau’Manua. Kent Bowman’s perennial politician is still one of my all time favorites. J.Akuhead Pupuli (Hal Lewis) always worked in a bit of KK regularly and his albums are still in my fav stack. I met KK in Lahaina once and have been laughing ever since. His lines are still part of the household conversation.
Re: Radio Gig...
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Oh to hear some Brothers Cazimero, Beamer Brothers, Peter Moon, Dennis Kamakahi, Olomana....the list goes on...
Comedy side - Rap Reiplinger, Andy Bumatai, Frank DeLima (he sings too)...
I’ll be listening!
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