Radio host Harry B. Soria Jr., who brought music of Territorial Era to life, dies at 73

Posted on December 12, 2021

Radio host Harry B. Soria Jr., who brought music of Territorial Era to life, dies at 73 | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

By Star-Advertiser staff |
December 11, 2021
| Updated on December 11, 2021 at 5:06 pm

STAR-ADVERTISER / 1999

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73.

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2009

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, he celebrates the 30th anniversary of “Territorial Airwaves.”

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2009

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, he celebrates the 30th anniversary of “Territorial Airwaves.”

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2014

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73.

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2010

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, Jeff Au Hoy (seated), left, State Sen. Brickwood Galuteria, Hiram Olsen, Casey Olsen, Ronald Kanahela, Greg Sardinha (seated), Harry B. Soria Jr., Dennis Keohokaloe and Alan Akaka at the 1st annual Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival.

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2003

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, Sonny Kamahele, right front, with Genoa Keawe, seated, Melveen Leed, Harry B. Soria Jr., and Kealoha Kalama, during Sonny’s last performance at the Halekulani Hotel.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. Soria is pictured with some of his vintage Hawaiian Music collection at the Manoa home he shares with his wife Kilohana Silve.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. Soria is pictured with his wife, Kilohana Silve, at their Manoa home.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2019

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, Soria holds the 2017 Na Hoku Hanohano Krash Kealoha Award he received for “Territorial Airwaves.”

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2017

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, Soria Jr., who is receiving the 2017 KRASH Kealoha Award for “Territorial Airwaves” laughs with Nina Kealiiwahamana at the 41st Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in the Hibiscus Room of the Ala Moana Hotel.

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2017

Harry B. Soria Jr. — broadcaster, musicologist and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning liner notes writer and record producer — died Tuesday in Honolulu. Soria had been in declining health for several years. He was 73. In this photo, Daniel James “Bla” Pahinui, left, Harry B. Soria Jr., Carole Kai, and Harold Chang at the 41st Na Hoku Hanohano Awards in the Hibiscus Room of the Ala Moana Hotel.

Related Story:
Radio host Harry B. Soria Jr., who brought music of Territorial Era to life, dies at 73

1 of 11