Territorial Airwaves..
Your Source for the History of Hawaiian Music !

WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD AT TERRITORIAL AIRWAVES.COM!  Keep checking this site regularly, and see if you can identify the subtle modifications that will enhance your overall Territorial experience.

Check out Harry B.'s  weekly radio program, "Territorial Airwaves",  in it's 31st consecutive year, (spanning 5 decades), broadcast at http://hawaiian105.com/markets/honolulu/ads/09territorial-airwaves.html, on the "Territorial Airwaves" page. 

HARRY B.'s HAWAIIAN HOT HULA TIP OF THE MONTH:  The 30th Annual "Holomua Ka No'eau" concert at the Hawaii Theatre on Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 6:00 p.m.   Kumu Hula Mapuana de Silva and Halau Mohala 'Ilima present the 30th annual "Holomua Ka No'eau" concert, showcasing hula kahiko and hula 'auana that address the theme of "wahine 'au i ke kai" -- women who navigate the tides of change.  This concert offers a sneak preview of the 32nd year of the halau's participation in the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, and it features the music of Chad Takatsugi Ma and a guest appearance by Manu Boyd's "Halau Ke 'A'ali'i Ku Makani". 

RETURNING TO HILO, HAWAII.  THE 47th ANNUAL MERRIE MONARCH HULA FESTIVAL IN HILO, HAWAII IN APRIL 2010.   Harry B. Soria, Jr. will be traveling to Hilo with Mapuana & Kihei De Silva & Halau Mohala Ilima again this year.  For the first time, Harry B. will be able to contribute more continuous support to HMI.   We'll be documenting the Merrie Monarch experience for you with our Sony camera.  Click to see previous Merrie Monarch photos on page 15 of our Gallery section.

RETURNING TO JAPAN.  HARRY B. SORIA, JR. WILL EMCEE A CONCERT IN SHINEGAWA, JAPAN.  Harry B. will return to Tokyo to emcee another beautiful concert of Hawaiian music and hula in Japan.  Hula Oni E Japan will be presented on Saturday, April 24, 2010.  Hawaiian entertainers performing O'Brien Eselu & his male halau, Mapuana De Silva & her Halau Mohala Ilima, and Hokulani De Rego & her Halau Hula O Hokulani.  In addition, numerous Japan hula studios will join the Hawaiian entertainers on stage.  Click to see previous Japan photos on page 16 of our Gallery section.

RETURNING TO VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON.  HARRY B. SORIA, JR. WILL EMCEE THE HAPA HAOLE HULA COMPETITION at Esther Short Park, in Vancouver, Washington.  This year's "3 Days of Aloha" are to be held on July 30 & 31, and August 1, 2010.  Harry B. emceed the 2009 Hapa Haole Hula Competition.   Judges included Debbie Nakanelua-Richards, Kanoe Maumeheiwa Miller, & Victoria Holt Takamine.  Winning soloists and groups were showcased at the following day's Ho'ike and Hawaiian Festival during the finale of the Three Days of Aloha.  The memorable event is presented each year by Ke Kukui Foundation and PA"I Foundation.  Click on our gallery section to view photos of the 2009 event.

THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF TERRITORIAL AIRWAVES!!!  JUNE 13, 2009 MARKED OUR 30th ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS BROADCASTING VINTAGE HAWAIIAN MUSIC!  Our first broadcast was on June 13, 1979.  Harry B. Soria, Jr. is pictured in the Territorial Airwaves studio  broadcasting the weekly program.  This photo accompanied John Berger's informative feature on Territorial Airwaves in the Friday, June 12th, 2009 edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.  (Photo: Dennis Oda)  Click on page 16 of our Territorial Gallery section to read John Berger's article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin for our 30th annivesary, and even one from 10 years ago, for our 20th anniversary.

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES - TERRITORIAL AIRWAVES IN-FLIGHT SHOW.  When you are flying in and out of the Hawaiian Islands with our friends at Hawaiian Airlines, you can listen to Territorial Airwaves, you source for the history of Hawaiian music.  Territorial Airwaves In-Flight Show, Channel Number 6, Hawaiian Airlines.

Our trips to the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in Hilo, Hawaii, are always via Hawaiian Airlines, "We'll Take You There".

ANNUAL LILI'UOKALANI PROTESTANT CHURCH LUAU IN HALEIWA, O'AHU, HAWAII.  Harry B. Soria, Jr. emceed the annual Queen Lili'uokalani Church benefit luau in beautiful Haleiwa on O'ahu's North Shore on Saturday, August 1, 2009, from 12 noon to 3 PM.  Harry B. has helped out at the annual event for nearly 20 years since he was asked by friend Dick Rodby, former owner of Kemoo Farms, to help out after previous emcee Charles K. L. Davis passed away.  There is always plenty of food, entertainment, and fellowship at the big luau! 

Click on the "POI MAKER"S TUNE" link to the right, and hear Myrtle K. Hilo perform this classic Hawaiian language mele, by request of Puakea Nogelmeier's friend, Kaunaloa.  Also found in our Tributes section.

Clcik on the "E INU TATOU" link to the right, and hear the recording from the late 1940s that inspired Kingston Trio co-founders Dave Guard & Bob Shane to record a Tahitian song on their 1959 LP recording.  By request for Bob Lawrence of San Francisco, California.  Also found in our Tributes section.

Click on the "PUA TUBAROSE" link to the right, and hear a stunning rendition of that Hawaiian classic performed in a duet featuring falsettoist extraordinaire, George Ka'inapau, and Hawaiian music ohana matriarch, Vickie I'i Rodrigues.  By request for Zachary Helm of the Moloka'i Helm ohana.  Also found in our Territorial Tributes section.

Click on the "KU'U HOME" link to the right, and hear a pure and clean 1920s recording of that Hawaiian classic sung by the great Rose Tribe, (pictured), while accompanying herself on ukulele.  By request of her great granddaughter on Maui, Rynette "Ipo" Keen.  Also found in our Territorial Tributes section.

Click on the "PUKA IN THE PALI" link to the right, and hear the rare recording made to aid the campaign for the 1st tunnel on the island of O'ahu.  Andy Cummings penned the dittie, and Hilo Hattie sang it.  By request of Sandra Carlson of Mililani, O'ahu, Hawaii.  We've also added the "PUKA IN KALIHI" so you can hear the answer song for the 2nd O'ahu tunnel that followed 3 decades later.  Both songs also found in our Territorial Tributes section.

GOLDEN PRINCESS - SCHOLARSHIP @ SEA LECTURE SERIES FEATURES TERRITORIAL AIRWAVES.    Harry B. Soria, Jr. presented a 4 part port lecture series on the week-long Los Angeles to Hawaii leg of the TransPacific cruise on the Golden Princess of the Princess Cruises fleet. Harry B.'s talks about pre-Statehood Hawaiian music subjects were underscored by timely hula. (Click for more cruise photos on pages 13 & 14 of our photo gallery.) 

Click on the Sony feature to the right and hear the  radio spot voiced by Harry B. Soria, Jr. for the 40th anniversary Sony Hawaii Sony Expo in Honolulu.

HAWAIIAN MUSIC IN THE BIG APPLE!   THE MAKAHA SONS WITH HAWAII'S LEGENDS & JAPAN'S BEST!  HAWAIIAN MUSIC IN NEW YORK CITY.    Harry B. emceed the concert in the Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, May 31st, 2008.  Check out  our Gallery for more photos of our NYC adventure, including photos taken on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the All Hawaii Annual Picnic held on Summit Rock in Central Park.

RADIO AIRCHECKS!  Check out our latest additions to our Radio section -- radio air checks from March of 1991.  Old friend Bob Ruseckas gifted us with airchecks that he made of the "Harry B. from 12 to 3" show on 1420 AM KCCN, Station Aloha, on a Sunday afternoon in '91.  Featured airchecks include a "Territorial Airwaves" spot, and the Top of the Hour ID. Click to the right to hear the airchecks.

HAWAIIAN MALE FALSETTO!  The finest falsetto collection available!  The ultimate Hawaiian male falsetto compact disc is now avaiable at Territorial Airwaves.com!  It's the long awaited and eagerly anticipated disc entitled, "Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln - Hawaii's Falsetto Poet".  This CD of beautiful restorations of original vintage recordings from the 1930s through the 1970s will surely please any traditional Hawaiian music fan.  Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln's music was written especially for the hula, and his arrangements are still embraced by Hawaii's musicians, singers, and dancers.  Click on the album cover to learn more!

BRUDDAH IZ!  Check out our Gallery pages to find a very young Israel Kamakawiwo'ole under the vintage "Territorial Airwaves" cap in 1983.  IZ  was performing with the "Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau" at the "Ranch House" restaurant in Aina Haina. 

Click on any of our album, radio, and tribute features to the right to learn more about the history of Hawaiian music!

You'll always find new historical exhibits at TerritorialAirwaves.Com, Your Source For The History of Hawaiian Music.   Our website is a companion to the longest continuously running radio program in the Hawaiian Islands, "Territorial Airwaves", now in its 31st year. 

TerritorialAirwaves.Com provides a multi-media extension of the long running radio broadcast, taken from the 10,000+ recordings in the Territorial Airwaves Archives, by providing a virtual museum filled with displays devoted to the preservation and perpetuation of traditional Hawaiian music.  We honor Hawaiian music legends!                          

TerritorialAirwaves.Com now features an incredible lineup of Hawaiian music legends on our Radio Channel pages, including Genoa Keawe, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole, Alvin Kaleolani Isaacs, Benny Kalama, Harry Owens, Sol Kekipi Bright, Randy Oness, Kahauanu Lake, Nina Keali'iwahamana, Mahi Beamer, Iwalani Kahalewai, Bill Ka'iwa, Melveen Leed, Jerry Byrd, Marlene Sai, Kawai Cockett, Leina'ala Haili, Kealoha Kalama, Kimo Alama Keaulana, Myrtle K. Hilo, Joe Keawe, Emme Tomimbang, Ron Jacobs, Myra English, Van Diamond, Nalani Olds, Gary Aiko, Don Ho, Boyce Rodrigues, Palani Vaughan, Buddy Fo, Clay Naluai, Karen Keawehawaii, Led Ka'apana, Ned Ka'apana, Bernard Kalua, Elaine Ako Spencer, Lawaiana Mokulehua Gonsalves, Rodney Arias, Noelani Kanoho Mahoe, Mona & Ethelynne Teves, Ka'upena Wong, Danny Kaleikini, Joe Moore, Prince Kawohi, George "Keoki" Matsushita, Keola Donaghy, Sonny Kamahele, and we keep adding more.....

Our Tributes channel pages at TerritorialAirwaves.Com feature Genoa Keawe, Raiatea Helm, Bill Ali'iloa Lincoln, Joe Keawe, Sol Ho'opi'i, Kalama Quartette, Johnny Pineapple, Greg Sardinha, Dennis Pavao, Hui Ohana, Ho'opi'i Brothers, Andy Cummings, Gabby Pahinui, Charles Kaipo Miller, Sonny Chillingworth, Marlene Sai, Sunday Manoa, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, Leina'ala Haili, Rainbow Serenaders, Halona, Danny Kapoi Trio, Pua Almeida, Gary Aiko, The Brothers Cazimero, Mikilani Fo, Iwalani Kahalewai, The Kahauanu Lake Singers, Holunape, and Na Palapalai!   Songs featured in our tributes include "Kawaihae Hula", "Leila", "Holoholo Ka'a", "Sweet Lei Lehua", "Ka Loke", "My Yellow Ginger Lei", "Waimea Cowboy", "Mahina O Hoku", "Aloha Kaua'i", "Moanikealaonapuamakahikina", and "Lei Ohu". 

TerritorialAirwaves.com features music and exhibits from all eras of Hawaiian music history, embracing the steel guitar, ukulele, hula, falsetto and harmony, chant and mele, traditional and hapa haole music, radio and television, with fresh new exhibits added regularly. 

Thanks so much for joining us.  See you on the radio!   We'd love to hear from you.  Email Harry B. here.