FM- 94.7 KUMU

Kumu–
Apply named to teach many new listeners how to by sound hear an era of music quickly. Yes, it is easier listening, almost all the words are easily distinctly heard. You won’t hear Snow’s Informer on it ever. You will likely hear a modern ballad like a Sam Smith but also a classic 80’s like Soft Cell’s Tainted Love classic.
That is important for new listeners. Being able to hear and appreciate music from a few eras in a row and enjoy that music.
Twitter blows up when Paul McCartney performs alongside a modern rapper. That they feel bad for an older male singer– but if they had listened to music on stations like KUMU they wouldn’t make dumb comments immediately but appreciate music for listening sake.
KUMU is easy contemporary listening, safe radio edit all the way. Is it for everyone– in general yes, that the music has such a wide variety and calm instrumentation which is heavy on vocals, it is good background music especially for an office.
Easy listening/​non confrontational/​contemporary music, heavy on male and female vocals, great harmonies, easy melodies.
What is unique about Kumu verses another contemporary station on the mainland is that you may hear great local female singers like Helm, Anuhea, and Na Leo, and the greatest Braddah Israel Kamakawiwo’olé. I still feel that Iz could be played in a loop about 3 or 4 songs like his Over the Rainbow at a wedding, funeral, or keiki first birthday for an angry crowd waiting impatiently and after just a few bars of him– the entire mood of the crowd would be calm and relaxed– not just in Hawaii but mainland too, most wouldn’t recognize his voice by name but people would connect to the universal-​ness of his peaceful voice.
KUMU is a good station to go to for keeping the peace on longer car rides if there is a mixed group– always some song playing that more than one person will remember and really connect with emotionally.
Every now and then — they have a pop up tent playing music live or semi live, for example I’ve seen then play at the Art Museum and broadcast during a family event. Sometimes it is neat to see them live.

94.7 KUMU is my FAVORITE OLD SCHOOL STATION! KUMU’s playlist brings me back to the good old days when I was in middle school/​high school! Music artists has definitely changed over the years, meaning vocally and music beats. Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion are some of my favorite music artist and KUMU plays all of their music! I also love listening to Devon & Mandy in the morning, Michael T in the mid-​day, Bruddah Bryan in the afternoon and Quiet Storm Rico at night! That’s not all, KUMU also gives away AWESOME PRIZES… like CONCERTS TICKETS, CASH and PAYING YOUR BILLS!!!

I just got done writing a review the other day about a radio station I was listening to in Hawaii while I was on vacation… loved it! It was called Da Paina. Something different from the norm. It was a reggae station that was on a preset in my rental car.
Just realized while I was doing research for the website on that station, I came to a website called Ohana Broadcasting. It listed another station that was on the preset in my rental car. It was KUMU. An old school station that I also was listening to while I was on vacation. This was also another great radio station out there. When I heard it, it reminded me of another station out here in San Diego, but that KUMU station or as my daughter called it, «MUMU» just sounded better. Sounded like a well balanced station and heard some up beat songs from my time and some things I wouldn’t mind hearing from our over head work music system. I was happy hearing Mariah Carey’s Fantasy on a Monday afternoon. You don’t hear that too much on radio station’s out here. Just made driving to the North Shore that much more enjoyable!
Thanks MUMU!!!

They treat you like family. The music & the dj’s are awesome. Soothing music & all that good stuff. Keep it up! You guys are on it! Much Love & Respect to you ALL. ALOHA, Sis Lour

Best oldies station in all of Hawaii… PERIOD…Enough Said… Thanks for listening!!!

i drive all day long and i listen to all the kumu dj’s…i don’t like their dj’s. frank b. shaner has a squeaky annoying voice, devon nekoba mumbles and whispers like he’s nervous. i can only understand 40% of what he’s saying w/​o having to turn the volume up, but he’s not worth listening to anyway so i leave the volume alone. michael t. ad-​libs terribly and talks about things he has no idea of. like he mentions new movies, but he hasn’t seen them and makes up his recommendation based on what he’s read about it. sounds stupid. the best dj’s are mandy and rico… easily. i’m hard on dj’s because that’s their job and if they suck, they should try to improve or get out, but they suck everyday for months and in some cases, years.
although i like this station’s music, the rotation is starting to suck as well because it’s stuck on the same songs everyday for months. they do need to play some new additions or start up a different more varied rotation or i’ll start channel surfing elsewhere.

I liked it better when it was Lite 94.7 FM but the new format of part 93.9-jams and part 92.3 FM works too. As a 30-​something, the mix of songs from my youth and songs of yesteryear make for easy listening (and singing along!) on my daily commutes.