KTBH-FM
radio station in Kurtistown, Hawaii
KTBH-FM (102.7 MHz) – branded The Beach – was a Hot AC/Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Kurtistown, Hawaii, serving the island of Hawaii. KTBH-FM was owned and operated by Resonate Hawaii, LLC, a division of Australia-based Resonate Broadcasting.
In January 2024, the country-music station KKOA moved from 107.7 FM to 102.7 FM, usurping The Beach's frequency band.
“KTBH-FM” enters the record as radio station in Kurtistown, Hawaii. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what KTBH-FM, radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15231706. Authority coordinates are 19.722, -155.456. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024.
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This entry incorporates text from “KTBH-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.