A Message from the Board of Directors
Aloha Ohana,
Mahalo for supporting KAPU-LP 104.7 FM. We are a volunteer-based, listener-supported, radio station. Our mission is the
perpetuation and promotion of island mele. We strive to appeal to Hawaiians and Hawaiians at heart. We also aim to offer local
businesses affordable radio announcements via underwriting, as well as offering any fellow non-profits & community groups an
outlet to announce events and happenings. Send announcements to morgan@kapu.org or call the station (831) 768-7002.
We launched our first membership drive in April, and are happy to report that we have lots of members, with more joining the
KAPU-lp ohana every week. Mahalo Gina for making ohana lālās happen. E-mail your physical address & name to norma@kapu.
org, or call the station and leave your name & address with a DJ, or on the answering machine. Norma will send a membership
package to you.
We would like to offer our sincere gratitude and mahalos to all of the volunteers who helped get KAPU-LP to this point. Mahalo nui
to: Gina, Norma,Craig, Bob, Carla, Bill, Mike, Cindy, Marcus, and to Sunny; our summer intern who worked her smile off in July.
As this is our first e-newsletter, we ask that you simply enjoy its contents. If you would like to submit an article for the next quarterly
newsletter (submittal deadline is 11/105), e-mail final draft articles, information and announcements to: morgan@kapu.org. Our
goal is the promotion and perpetuation of Hawaiian mele & the support of our community. Submitted information not related to the
aforementioned will not be circulated in KAPU-lp newsletters. We look forward to the ground breaking months ahead, and with
your continued support of the station, we will be able to spread aloha throughout our listening area.
Community Events
•Watsonville Farmers Market every Friday 3-7:00 PM Peck
Street Plaza. Year round, rain or shine.
•Capitola Senior Center
829 Bay Avenue, Capitola Senior dance every Friday Night 7:30-
11:00 $9:00 Featuring Live Band: THE RAINBOWS
2nd Annual Luau
Benefit for the Scotts Valley High School Athletic Programs SATURDAY,
September 17 from 5:00 - 10:00 pm Tickets are $40 per adult
MACDORSA PARK CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SCOTTS VALLEY
Purchase Tickets by Phoning Paul at: (831) 902-0969 or (831) 439-1773
Dinner and a Silent Auction wear your favorite Aloha Wear!
Our Ohana Members
(Listed by no particular ethnicity, -- dat one’s for da Bumatai fans!)
Don & Patti, Jane, Dr. Ballan Tuck, Norma, Carla & Danny, Chris & Patience,
Maddog & Tomi, Aloha Island Grille, Dancing Cat Records, Dr. Thorpe
Whiteman, Stacy & Mike, Lillian, Cloy & Bill, Carol, Shirley, Susan, Tim, Jim,
Frank, Debie, Fred, Robert, Bob & Sarah, Peter, Lee & Gwynn, Ronald,
Janice, Jeff & Jo, Patricia, Colleen, Ben & Mary Ellen, Carole and Marlene &
Lyle…to name just a few.
Fact or Fiction
Q. FM radio stations are heard more clearly in overcast
weather?
A. The truth is… FM signals can punch through trees,
shrubs and large mahus, (jus’ no maukas); rain or shine
weather no mattah. But, if your equipment gets wet, that’s a
different story.
Do you have a question you’d like addressed in the next news letter
(publish date 11/27/05?) If so, email it to morgan@kapu.org, or call the
station and the On Air DJ or answering machine will take it down for you.
Ask us anything? What is the weight of an unladen swallow anyway?
Moa Kane Bob is excited to be a part of KAPU Radio. He
hosted a jazz show on KKUP in Cupertino about 20 years
ago, and always hoped to return to programming. Last
summer, he read a newspaper article about KAPU, and
contacted Jeff and Morgan Kost about his interest in doing a
show on their station. After badgering them intensely, the
Kost’s reluctantly agreed to allow him on the air. They keep
him on a very short leash, with a maximum amount of
supervision, and under constant threats of termination. It is
this kind of structure that keeps Moa Kane Bob out of trouble.
Despite his traditional name, Moa Kane Bob is not Hawaiian.
However, his appreciation of island culture began during
childhood, when he received a small statue of King
Kamehameha I as a gift. A couple years later, tragedy struck
when Moa Kane Bob chipped off the great King’s nose while
using him to hammer a nail into a wall. Moa Kane Bob
considers Steve McGarret from Hawaii Five-O as one of the
coolest people of all time.
Moa Kane Bob’s taste in food is almost as broad as his
musical tastes. Among other styles, he enjoys jazz,
bluegrass, folk/folk-rock, the Grateful Dead, British
progressive rock, ethnic (Afro-Latin, Brazilian, Klezmer,
Flamenco, Mexican, Greek, etc.), and of course, Hawaiian
music. Moa Kane Bob’s grandmother prayed each night that
her daughter would grow up to be a professional accordion
player. Unfortunately, those prayers went largely
unanswered. Although she did learn to play the accordion,
she didn’t become professional. Through her accordion
lessons, she learned many military songs which she sang as
lullabies to young Moa Kane Bob. His mother prayed every
night that he would make something special of himself. And,
those prayers had largely gone unanswered until Moa Kane
Bob landed his program on KAPU Radio.
Moa Kane Bob’s show is called A Pupu (not poo poo) Platter.
It airs the first Wednesday of the month from 12:00-1:30 p.m.
The program features vocal music in the Hawaiian language.
The sucking sound started when Alan called us out by name as
we were checking in. “Jeff & Morgan Kost, you have the radio
station right? I’m Alan.” He held out his hand, and I shook it
warmly. “Yes, we are. Nice to meet you Alan.” There are two
Alans’ on the HARA (Hawaiian Academy of Recording Arts)
Board of Directors. Was this Alan Yamamoto or Alan
Yoshioka? We didn’t know. It was obvious, though, we’d been
talked about. Hmmm. Neato. Cool. Right-On!
We got our table number, which from the diagram we were
shown, was three rows back from the stage and dead center
(mahalo Bonnie). We’ve never had seats like this in seven
years of attendance, we were smiling inside (c’mon be cool, we’re
cool.) After getting checked in Jeff and I found a nice spot along
the wall, next to a potted plant, in the pre-show area. We
nursed our cocktails and watched the folks arrive.
“Hey! Isn’t that Nedward Kaapana?” Jeff asked me. I shrugged
my shoulders. It sure looked like Ledward’s brother, but I couldn’
t be sure. Just I few years back we mistook John Keawe for
George Helm (dumb Haoles.) “Maybe, go introduce yourself,” I
said. Jeff didn’t budge. “Oh my! Jeff! That’s Eddie Kamae!”
This, we were su
