KPHI is a radio station

Radio station

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 located in Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

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. The station, which is owned by Hochman-McCain Hawaii and offers a Tagalog format, aimed at Honolulu's Filipino audience, debuted on September 23, 2008. In addition to broadcasting at 1130 kHz, it is also transmitting on Oceanic Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable

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 digital channel 882 for the entire state of Hawaii

Hawaii

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Prior to its debut, it was supposed to have the call letters KRUD. It also served as the replacement for the multicultural KORL

KORL (AM)

KORL is an American radio station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, that is currently off the air. The station was owned by Hochman-McCain Hawaii and had offered a Multicutural format, broadcasting at 1180 kHz with a power level of 1,000 watts. They were the third station in Honolulu to carry the...

, which signed off the air on the same day that KPHI signed on, in part due to KPHI having a more powerful signal coverage.