KKON

The original station to operate at 790 kHz from Kealakekua was KEKO, owned by the Mauna Loa Broadcasting Company.

[5] Two Oahu residents, Saul Gould and William Mullen, bought stock in Mauna Loa Broadcasting Company in September 1967.

[11] The station's property—but not its license[12]—was put up for auction, with the winning bid of $85,000 being placed by Pacific Broadcasting, owners of KUAM on Guam.

[13] The Pacific bid, however, was contingent on the company obtaining the license; that did not occur and the auction was voided by a circuit court judge.

[14] Instead, Richard and Thomas Jones of Detroit, owners of that city's WQTE, were issued a Construction Permit by the FCC on August 13, 1969 to build a replacement station.

[23] Thomas Jones reappeared in KKON's history in 1991, when he filed foreclosure proceedings against Evans to buy back the radio stations that he had originally owned and seeking an additional $700,000 in punitive damages.

[30] At the end of their life, the stations' local broadcast rights included athletic events of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Big Island Interscholastic Federation high school sports, St. Louis Cardinals baseball featuring Hilo native Kolten Wong, and other national sports events.

[30] On August 15, 2017, Pacific filed to donate KKON to the First Assembly King's Cathedral and Chapels, owners of KUAU on Maui.

[33] KKON temporarily emerged from silence from June 11–13, 2018, before going silent again,[34] with Kings Assembly citing a non-functioning transmitter.