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meaning hawaiian slang for it s the bomb meaning great or awesome former callsigns kdeo 1990 1998 kkhn 1998 2000 owner ohana broadcast company llc webcast listen live website www.1027dabomb.net kddb 102.7 fm also known as 102.7 da bomb is a rhythmic top 40 station licensed to waipahu hawaii and serves the honolulu radio market . the ohana broadcast company llc station is known as 102.7 da bomb . it is currently one of five rhythmic top 40 outlets in hawaii and one of three rhythmic top 40 outlets in the honolulu market the competition being kubt and kphw . it also transmits on oceanic time warner cable digital channel 854 for the entire state of hawaii . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 debut 1.2 radio free hawaii 1.3 cool 102.7 double k country 1.4 102.7 da bomb 2 in the media 3 references 4 external links history edit debut edit the station debuted in 1990 as country outlet kdeo . radio free hawaii edit in 1991 the station flipped to an eclectic freeform format as radio free hawaii which proved to be popular with listeners who voted via ballot boxes in various locations across o ahu and maui and via their website . these votes were compiled into the hawaiian island music report hawaiian island charts . due to the fcc relaxing its rules on local frequency ownership the frequency was sold in march 1997 . loew broadcasting the owner of the frequency based on recommendations from a mainland consulting firm had changed the format to classic rock for about six months from 1994 1995 . this format was not popular and radio free hawaii returned to the air . despite the popularity of the voting based format radio free hawaii had trouble generating revenue . the station s manager sheriff norm winter stated in an interview years later that this was due to his refusal to subscribe to the arbitron ratings system as the fee to subscribe was 50 000 at the time . advertisers at the time relied mainly on the arbitron ratings to buy airtime and were not impressed by winters own in house research showing that the station was in the top 3 stations in oahu listenership . as a result the station went deeper and deeper into debt . 2 the station under winter s leadership was instrumental in starting the first annual rock festival in hawaii the big mele . 3 cool 102.7 double k country edit on march 7 1997 new owners dropped the radio free format for adult r & b as cool 102.7 . 4 however it didn t attract listeners or ratings and in 1998 it returned to country as kkhn double k country . 102.7 da bomb edit on november 17 2000 at 3 00pm that format went away again when the owners moved kqmq fm s rhythmic top 40 format to the frequency . after stunting with a loop of the gap band s you dropped a bomb on me it then relaunched as 102.7 da bomb with the first song being what s your fantasy by ludacris . in the late 2000 the calls were changed to kddb . at first kddb like most other rhythmic start ups had featured hip hop as a core component of the playlist only to scale back on the genre after kiki and kqmq both flipped formats along with the changing taste in its listeners and embracing other musical genres including the edm culture kiki would return to rhythmic as khjz in september 2016 . although their slogan boast all the hits now the station s playlist features a broad based direction with a unique blend of current rhythmic pop dance hits . the station is now owned by ohana broadcast company and programmed by kelsey k smooth yogi . in the media edit in a december 1983 episode of magnum p.i. titled the look the 102.7 mhz frequency was used as the home of the fictitious ktde k tide . the plot revolved around a female disc jockey at that radio station . in reality the 102.7 mhz frequency was dark at that time as were all fm frequencies above 97.5 mhz kpoi now khcm fm . references edit digital cable program guide lineups oceanic time warner cable accessed march 20 2011 shawn lopes 2001 06 03 . where bob marley met nirvana . retrieved 2016 04 08 . roger bong 2014 06 22 . interview jelly s sheriff norm winter talks about radio free hawaii . retrieved 2016 04 08 . remembering radio free hawaii 15 years later . franklin avenue . 2012 03 19 . retrieved 2016 05 12 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kddb radio locator information on kddb query nielsen audio s fm station database for kddb v t e ohana broadcast company honolulu kddb kpoi kqmq kumu kauai kqng fm kshk ksrf kuai defunct kqng v t e radio stations in the honolulu hawaii market by am frequency 590 650 690 760 830 880 940 990 1040 1080 1130 1210 1270 1370 1420 1460 1500 1540 by fm frequency 88.1 89.3 90.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.5 95.9 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5 107.9 noaa weather radio frequency 162.550 by digital cable audio channels 849 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 880 881 882 883 884 885 888 digital radio 88.1 1 89.3 1 90.1 1 92.3 1 92.3 2 93.1 1 93.9 1 93.9 2 94.7 1 95.5 1 96.3 1 97.5 1 98.5 1 98.5 2 99.5 1 100.3 1 101.1 1 101.1 2 101.1 3 101.1 4 101.9 1 101.9 2 102.7 1 103.5 1 103.5 2 104.3 1 105.1 1 105.9 1 107.9 1 by callsign k210dx k217aa k244eo k256as k268be k298ba kaim fm kba99 kccn fm kddb kdnn kgu kgu fm khcm khcm fm khka khnr khpr khra khvh kiki kine fm kipo kkea kkhi kkne kkol fm klht kluu knan kndi korl fm kphi kphw kpoi fm kprp kqmq fm krea krtr fm kssk kssk fm ktuh kubt kucd kumu fm kupa kwai kxrg lp kzoo defunct radio stations korl 1180 am korl fm translator simulcasting its hd radio subchannel kphi translator klht fm is a new station that has yet to sign on currently silent but will return to air moving to 90.1 pending fcc approval both 89.9 and 91.3 are ktuh translators channels operated by oceanic time warner cable hawaii radio markets honolulu other hawaii radio regions hilo kauai maui see also list of radio stations in hawaii v t e rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the state of hawaii by frequency 93.9 98.1 98.3 102.7 104.3 by callsign kddb kjmd kjmq kphw kubt by city honolulu kaneohe lihue pukalani waiaphu see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in hawaii see also contemporary hit radio rhythmic kiss fm movin radio disney retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kddb & oldid 743458031 categories ohana broadcast company llc stationsradio stations in honolulurhythmic contemporary radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19901990 establishments in hawaiihidden categories articles lacking in text citations from april 2009all articles lacking in text citationsarticles needing additional references from april 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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