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Stations KHLO AM (850) and KKON AM (790) in Kailua-Kona abruptly went off the air Saturday, taking the Big Island’s only radio source for local sports with them.
An announcement wasn’t made until Friday, when Josh Pacheco told listeners on his daily show that he was conducting his last broadcast on the Big Island airwaves. On Saturday, he tweeted: “The company I work for, Pacific Media Group, decided to shut down. … It was purely a business/budgetary decision.”
An email sent Friday to Pacific Media Group management by the Tribune-Herald seeking clarification on Pacheco’s announcement went unanswered.