It is owned by the Salem Media Group and airs a country music radio format.
[2] KPOI-FM went on the air in 1962 as the third FM station in the state, a companion to KPOI 1380 AM (today KLHT at 1040).
It changed its moniker back to 97-5 K-POI with the positioning slogan:"The Rock You Live On."
On July 1, 2009, Salem split up the KHCM simulcast, with the AM flipping to a Chinese-language format.
In June 2015, KHCM-FM changed positioning statements to "Hawaii's New Hit Country".