Lucky we live Maui and can enjoy this most awesome radio experience. But wait, through the magic of the internets you can too! Some of the best tunes you’ve never heard!

-Joe D.

This dude gets the Excellent Award for rockin’ me through firewood! It’s 2 AM here and below freezing. Please express my thanks.

-Gail W.

Ah… Nobody Knows You… yes Bessie.. tell it like it is! Haven’t heard that song in so long thank you thank you! Awesome! I was listening to this while I was pumping gas at Costco. So I left my door open, the radio blaring, dancing away. The guy on the opposite pump came dancing around… He hadn’t heard it for a long time either. The woman behind me at her pump asked me what station I was listening to. I told her Manao radio… she never heard of it… Now she has! 91.7 I said told her all about everybody was a volunteer from the community that just was there cause They love music. anyway, a new listener! Way to go Bessie and Mike!

-Susan Bradford

Love your radio station. Wish we had an equivalent one in Boston. We used to – WBCN. How I discovered your station was an article in the Boston Globe many years ago about Charles Laquidara and how he now had a show in Maui. Best of fortunes in the New Year. Love you guys and gals.

-Bill Foucher

OH MY GOD!!! I’m from the USA, and I DJ tons of music of various types one can imagine over the years, and your Café DJ was playing Gotan Project and it blew my mind!!! I’m so happy to have bookmarked you while I am visiting Maui!!!

-Lindsay

I want to thank Dr. B for his Valentine show yesterday (Holoholo Na Mele).  I am in central WA, where the covid stay-home-don’t-mingle time has been made even less bearable by a Polar Vortex Surprise that has dropped over a foot of snow where I live.  Bitter cold temperatures and impassable roads.  Espresso and good chocolate sure help, but it’s a challenge.

My sister, a long-time resident of Wailuku, torments me with photos of green things, her flowers, and descriptions of “cold nights” of 60 degrees.

I caught part of the program yesterday and was immediately warmed and cheered by it.  Now I am replaying it over and over on demand.  The 60’s music took me back to watching American Bandstand after school, and Johnny Mathis singing “The Twelfth of Never” reminded me of seeing him live in Seattle with a rotating mirror ball above him.  To my teenage self, it was like a dream!

So a huge, sincere THANKS to Manao Radio and Dr. B.  Better than chocolate this weekend!

-Carol O.

I enjoy your radio station immensely. It’s like having a piece of the beating heart of Maui right here with me. Mahalo for all you do to share your love of music, and the magic of Maui, with the whole world.

-Adam C

I’m not much for calling in but want to tell you how very much I enjoy your music and look forward to your show every week (long before I had the pleasure of seeing you perform at the Kaunoa Senior Center). Thank you for your music and volunteer work at Mana’o Radio!

-Eugenia

To All You Great People,
Long time listener here. Always great and new music with no effort on my end.
Bill Best is the best. Such a never ending great host. He has a level of delivering great music and comedy consistently unmatched by anyone. Phat Tony voted number 1 for a reason. The time he put into his shows was reflected by the best 4 hrs of the week. One of the happiest moments in recent history was coming out of the pandemic. Bill Best and Phat Tony banter as their shows butted up to each other. It was the best step on getting back to normal. The Hula honey’s are the sweetest giggling woman. Who are just beautiful and entertaining. Pistol Pete is a rocker. Man that dude is blood pumping let us rock show. Brent’s Garage is ear pounder also. A Monday Morning Fire Alarm show. Is the kickstart this week of pace I enjoy. Hawaiian Steel show gives me such pleasure. Duncan Mac such a positive expression through and through.Her made me want to be nicer to the world always.

-Colin N

Thanks for making my days groovy.

-Merissa P.