KREA

KREA (1540 AM) was a commercial radio station in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was owned by JMK Communications, Inc. The station operated from 1973 to 2024.

KREA

Honolulu, Hawaii United States
Frequency	1540 kHz
Programming
Language	Korean
Ownership
Owner	JMK Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	April 24, 1973 (1973-04-24)
Last air date	March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01) (50 years, 312 days)
Call sign meaning	Korea
Technical information
Facility ID	39773
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts unlimited

KREA was powered at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter was on Kalani Street in Honolulu, near the Kapalama Canal.^[1]

History

The station signed on the air on April 24, 1973. 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.

KREA ceased broadcasting on March 1, 2024.^[3] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station's license on September 3, 2025.^[4]