KVOK was the first FM

Frequency modulation

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 radio station

Radio station

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 in Hawai‘i

Hawaii

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. The 10-watt

Watt

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 station was operated by Kamehameha Schools

Kamehameha Schools

Kamehameha Schools , formerly called Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate , is a private co-educational college-preparatory institution that specializes in Native Hawaiian language and cultural education. It is located in Hawaii and operates three campuses: Kapālama , Pukalani , and Keaau...

 Kapālama Campus, beginning October 6, 1953. Governor Samuel Wilder King

Samuel Wilder King

Samuel Wilder King was the eleventh Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1953 to 1957. He was appointed to the office after the term of Oren E. Long. Previously, King served in the United States House of Representatives as a delegate from the Territory of Hawaii...

 spoke during the first broadcast.

KVOK, short for Voices of Kamehameha, was a training station operated primarily by Kamehameha students. Programming was a combination of live broadcasts from the station's studios in Room 108 and 109 of Kōnia Hall, and taped performances from a variety of locations on campus. Live programming could also be transmitted from the schools' gymnasium, Kekūhaupi‘o, for special events such as the annual Song Contest

Kamehameha Schools Song Contest

The Kamehameha Schools Song Contest is an annual choral music competition between the grades 9-12 graduating classes of the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus. The contest is televised live throughout the state of Hawaii on KGMB. It is also webcast live on the school's website and has previously...

. Broadcasts were primarily in the afternoon; transmission usually ended by 5:30 PM Hawai‘i time.

KVOK's studios were among the best in Hawai‘i at the time. Private companies, such as 49th State Recording Company, used the studio to record local Hawaiian artists such as Genoa Keawe

Genoa Keawe

‘Aunty’ Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko was a Hawaiian musician. Aunty Genoa was born on the island of Oʻahu in the Kakaʻako district of Honolulu and grew up in Lā'ie. She is an icon in Hawaiian music and has been a mainstay on the Hawaiian music scene for more than 60 years...

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KVOK no longer broadcasts in Hawai‘i. The station's call letters are now assigned to an unrelated AM radio station, KVOK (AM)

KVOK (AM)

KVOK is a commercial country music radio station in Kodiak, Alaska.-External links:*...

 in Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak, Alaska

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