39 years later, there are still islands of excellent local radio

As a gift to ourselves, my friend Jerry and I traveled to Hawaii right after college graduation in 1986. The first of a handful of trips with others and family — including my honeymoon in 1992 — it was there that I discovered KSSK (590 AM), at the time the top-rated station in Honolulu.

Led then by the morning team of Michael Perry and Larry Price, who had been paired together just three years earlier, KSSK was the sound of the islands playing an adult contemporary format that somehow just fit. It was perfect as we drove around both Oahu and Maui — the AM signal reaching almost everywhere we went — listening to lighter rock songs, both old and ne,w such as the Eagles’ “Peaceful Easy Feeling.”

Yes, I often remember songs by which station I heard them on.

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