KKAU-LP 96.5 is a low-power FM station licensed to Naalehu, on Hawaii's Big Island, calling itself the heartbeat of Ka'u — the island's rural southern district. Its classic hits format leans on familiar rock and pop from across the decades, the kind of playlist where Bon Jovi sits comfortably next to Whitney Houston. As a small community signal rather than a Honolulu powerhouse, it gives one of Hawaii's most remote regions a local voice of its own.
