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THE GOLDEN YEARS
KMVI  1950'S  &  1980'S


 

 KMVI AM RADIO BEGAN IN THE LATE 1940'S
WITH STUDIOS LOCATED IN A QUONSET HUT
IN THE VILLAGE OF WAILUKU


 

BELOW STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT
BOB FROST  FRANK KOVASIK  ROD WILLIAMS  HARUO KOIKE  A.B. SAVILLA  BOB WATANABE
SEATED LEFT TO RIGHT
DICK MAWSON  ELENOR MASUDA  FUSAYO KOIKE  NORA COOPER  GEORGE TAM
(THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN CIRCA 1954)

NORA COOPER BECAME EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE MAUI NEWS PAPER
ROD WILLIAMS RETURNED TO MAUI IN THE 80'S AS MANAGER OF KMVI
 

STAFF PICTURES BELOW CIRCA 1954 TO 1958

GEORGE TAM FAMILY BARBARA WILLIAMS & DR. JIM FLEMING & WIFE--- DICK STILSON

THE POPULAR SPORT FOR KMVI STAFFERS IN THE 1950S WAS SKIN DIVING

        ROD AND BARBARA WILLIAMS ENROUTE TO A DAY OF DIVING

       DICK STILSON GARY ARVESCOUGH ROD WILLIAMS

ROD WITH BOB WATANABE-BOB FOSTER-GARY ARVESCOUGH

BARBARA WILLIAMS ON HALEAKALA RIM AND ROD WILLIAMS IN THE CRATER

ROD ROD AND BARB'S WHEELS (140 MC JAGUAR) FIRST JAG IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS


 

 
 

KMVI GOLD THE 1980S

RROD WILLIAMS NOW MANAGER OF KMVI IN THE 1980S AND A LOT OLDER
BELOW
MORT WERNER (FAR LEFT} & STATION MANAGER ROD WILLIAMS (CENTER)
 WERNER WAS THE RETIRED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF NBC TELEVISION PROGRAMMING AND LAUNCHED THE
CAREERS OF PEOPLE LIKE "JOHNNY CARSON" STEVE ALLAN" AND OTHERS TO NUMEROUS TO LIST HERE.
MORT AND ROD CO PRODUCED A "BIG BAND" RADIO SHOW BROADCAST IN HAWAII,ALASKA AND SEVERAL
WESTERN STATES.

L.D. REYNOLDS -PROGRAM DIRECTOR


 

TO HEAR AN AIRCHECK OF

 DICK MAWSON ON IWO JIMA 1948

 ROD WILLIAMS IN VIETNAM 1966
 
 

SUE REMMILARD    BEV BALBERDI   BETTY KUTSUNAI


PAM BRITTAIN
TRAFFIC MANAGER &
(STATION FOX)



JOHN AHN D.J.-PAT PATTERSON SPORTS-JIM COLLINS D.J.-RIDDLE KIN D.J.

KMVI "PHANTOM"-RAY VAWN D.J.-"AMAZING SCOTTY"

kmvi's main man with the plan
 TOM DUDOIT

L.D. "THE P.D." ON THE AIR

L.D.S RECORD RESEARCH UNIT

ABOVE

 L.D. "THE P.D." WITH HIS "J & R" REMOTE GEAR

JOHN MIDDLETON-SALES MANAGER

JOHN CALLING  IN VOTES FOR MAUI MAYOR HANNIBAL TAVARES

JJOHN & ROD WITH CHECK FOR LAHAINA LUNA HIGH

SSTATION MANAGER ENROUTE TO HI PRESSURE SALES MEETING

HIGH PRESSURE MEETING WITH KMVI SALES GIRLS  RAY VAWN, ROD AND THE PHANTOM
ROD

KMVI PARROT "ALFIE", ROD, CONTEST  WINNER & HENRY UHLMAN

(

ACTOR RICHARD DENNING (PLAYED GOVENOR ON "HAWAII 5-0" & ROD

EVIL McCALLISTER & ROD WITH THE BIG "T"JEFF FOX & ENTERTAINER "CHARO" (A REAL FOX!)

 RAY VAWN, SUE REMMILARD AND BETTY KUTSUNAI
ENJOY A "KMVI" SAIL AWAY.ON THE YACHT "SEA SMOKE" OWNED BY
JAMES ARNESS THE STAR OF THE HIT TV SERIES "GUNSMOKE"

PAM BRITAIN-JIM COLLINS-KELLY DEAN & ROD

L.D. REYNOLDS     KATHY PARIS         ROD AND LEEANN
emerging from the head          rods ohio pal         hubby not on boat

KMVI STAFFERS JOURNEY THRU HALEAKALA CRATER LED BY PAM AND ROD

MAUI MAYOR TAVARES "THE AMAZING SCOTTY AND ROD WILLIAMS JUST PRIOR TO "THE AMAZING SCOTTY'S" ALOFT IN A PARASAIL RECORD

AMAZING SCOTTY-LEANN MIDDLETON-SUE MITCHELL AND RAY VAWN
 
 

KOIKE, WILLIAMS & KUTSUNAI
PARTY TIME

L.D. THE "P.D" LEFT WITH WIFE

PAM WAKES UP THE PARTY           ROD PUTS THEM TO SLEEP

JOHN "HAS NET WILL SPEAR "    PAM AND BETTY    L.D. AND JIM COLLINS

KMVROD WITH BOB FROST & WIFE AND THE FAMOUS DENNIS TOM

KMVI'S LONGEST RUNNING LANGUAGE SHOW
"THE YAMMATO PROGRAM
FEATURING
FUSAO KOIKE

KMKMVI MOBILE STUDIO IN FRONT OF WAILUKU TAVERN

KMVI "ACTION CENTRAL PULSE BEAT, PACE SETTER,AWARD WINNING
NEWS UNIT ON THE SCENE OF THE BIG STORY
(FIRE HYDRANT ATTACKED)

 PAT & ROD WILLIAMS
AT ANOTHER RESORT
OPENING

THIS WEB SITE IS IN HONOR OF THOSE TALENTED
MEN AND WOMEN WHO ESTABLISHED KMVI
RADIO IN THE 1950S AND BROUGHT IT TO IT'S
PINNACLE OF SUCCESS IN THE 1980S

THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF
CYBER RIVER MULTI MEDIA
PRODUCTIONS

A
ROD & RUTH WILLIAMS
DOCUMENTARY VIDEO CONSORTIUM
PROVIDERS OF DOCUMENTARY
VIDEOS TO THE ADVENTURE TRAVEL
MARKET WORLD WIDE.

IF YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE OR FAN OF KMVI
RADIO DURING THESE YEARS, PLEASE "CLICK"
ON THE "CYBER RIVER" LINK BELOW AND BE
SURE TO SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK.

 CYBER RIVER MULTI MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS 

CYBER RIVER GOOGLE VIDEOS 
 

 ADDITIONAL BROADCASTING LINKS

 DAYTON RADIO WING 1960'S ROCK & ROLL

 CINCINNATI RADIO WSAI 1960'S NEWS LEADER

 MAUI RADIO  MAUI RADIO KHEI SUPER SATELLITE BROADCASTING SAEL
LITE B
  ALASKA RADIO KBYR SUPER SATELLITE BROADCASTING

 CINCINNATI RADIO WCVG-ELVIS IS SILENCED WITH A FIRE AXE

and some unusual sites

 WANT A SUNSET EFFECT ON YOUR WEB SITE?
 WANT SOUND ON YOUR WEB SITE WITHOUT TURNING ON YOUR COMPUTER

 THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL SPORTS CAR LAMBORGHINI DIABLO

   DAYTON OHIO SKY DIVING 1950S & 1960S

 CINCINNATI JETAWAY AIR TRAVEL CLUB

  MORGAN COUNTY OHIO SHERIFF'S RACE 1976
 CRYSTAL'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE AZTECS
 

 BROADCASTERS HALL OF FAME


OHIO HISTORY
 

 THE WILLIAMS FAMILY