KREA | |
Above: | Currently silent |
Area: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Frequency: | 1540 kHz |
Format: | Silent |
Power: | 5,000 watts |
Class: | B |
Facility Id: | 39773 |
Owner: | JMK Communications |
Callsign Meaning: | Korea |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KREA (1540 kHz), is a silent commercial AM radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is owned by JMK Communications. The station ceased broadcasting on March 20, 2024.
KREA is powered at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Kalani Street in Honolulu, near the Kapalama Canal.[1]
The station signed on the air on . It was originally a daytimer station, required to go off the air at night because 1540 AM is a clear channel frequency. The call sign was KISA and it offered a Filipino format. It was owned by Manayan Enterprises.[2]
It changed its call letters to KREA in 2000, beginning its Korean format.