It broadcasts a news/talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios and offices are on Iwilei Road in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu.

The transmitter is atop Kalia Tower, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village off Dillingham Boulevard near the Kapalama Canal.

Weekends feature specialty shows on money, health, golf, real estate, home improvement and technology, some of which are paid brokered programming.

In 1986 KIKI 830 flipped to oldies while the Top 40 hit radio format moved to its FM sister station, the former KMAI-FM.

In 1993, KIKI and KHVH swapped signals when the outlets became sister stations, owned by Clear Channel Communications based in San Antonio.