KRYL
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| City | Haiku, Hawaii |
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| Broadcast area | Maui County, Hawaii |
| Branding | Y106.5 |
| Slogan | "Maui's Country Station" |
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz |
| First air date | 2008 |
| Format | Country |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 72,000 watts |
| HAAT | 696 meters (2,283 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 164100 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 20°39′36″N 156°21′50″W / 20.66000°N 156.36389°W |
| Former callsigns | KUHI (2007-2009) |
| Affiliations | Dial Global |
| Owner | HHawaii Media (Hochman Hawaii Five, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KITH, KJMQ, KONI, KORL, KORL-FM, KPHI, KRKH, KTOH |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kryl1065.com |
KRYL (106.5 FM, "Y106.5") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Haiku, Hawaii, United States. The station, established in 2008, is currently owned by HHawaii Media and the broadcast license is held by Hochman Hawaii Five, Inc. Mostly off the air during the first 18 months after it debuted, the station began regular broadcast operations as a smooth jazz station in August 2009 before switching to country in March 2010.
KRYL broadcasts a country music format to Maui County, Hawaii. A portion of this programming comes via satellite from Dial Global. Previously, the station had operated intermittently from its February 2008 launch until beginning regular broadcasting with a smooth jazz music format in August 2009. The station flipped to the current country format in March 2010.
After more than seven years of delays, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) individually auctioned off the right to build more than 200 new FM radio stations in a process called "FM Auction 37" beginning in November 2004. There were four bidders for the right to build a new station serving Haiku, Hawaii, at 106.5 FM. This right was won by Joel Sellers of New Orleans, Louisiana, through her company Big Island Broadcasting, Inc. The winning gross bid was reported as $1,667,000.
In December 2004, successful bidders Big Island Broadcasting, Inc., applied to the FCC for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on February 24, 2005, with a scheduled expiration date of February 24, 2008. The new station was assigned call sign "KUHI" on December 21, 2007. After tower construction and testing were completed, the station applied for its broadcast license on February 22, 2008, and this was granted on February 26, 2008. However, in the rush to beat the expiration of the construction permit, the station's main radio studios were not yet completed so KUHI began broadcasting under program test authority from a temporary facility.
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