RADIO STATION THROWS OPEN ITS AIRWAVES FOR LISTENERS.(TV/Radio)

Byline: Steve Bornfeld

Ah, those wacky Waikiki airwaves.

In a daring move that could merge the freshness of the college radio style with commercial success, KDEO, a former country music station in Hawaii, has turned itself into "Radio Free Hawaii."

In other words, listeners are now free to program the station, choosing every song that's played through voter polls. Listeners cast ballots at about 200 locations, listing the 10 songs or performers they do and don't want to hear, and a computer tallies them.

The result, according to the Associated Press, has been a wildly eclectic playlist that veers from Gershwin to Public Enemy to Jimi Hendrix to Sinatra.

"My general feeling is that radio is controlled," KDEO station …