KFVE

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KFVE
Honolulu, Hawaii
Branding	MyNetwork TV: K5 The Home Team
Channels	5 (VHF) analog, 23 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV, The Tube on DT2
Owner	Raycom Media
Founded	1987
Call letters meaning	K FiVE
Former affiliations	United Paramount Network (1995-2002), The WB (1999-2006 [secondary 1999-2002])
Transmitter Power	95.5 kW Analog 5.4 kW Digital STA 50 kW Digital CP
Website	www.k5thehometeam.com

KFVE, also known by the brand K5 The Home Team, is the licensed broadcast affiliate of MyNetworkTV in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KFVE first broadcast from channel 5 in 1987, becoming the final VHF station in the market. They are also seen on channel 5 as well on Oceanic Cable. As a small-time independent, KFVE had to rely on low-budget programming through much of its early existence. That all changed in 1993, when another local station, KHNL (then a Fox affiliate) took over management of KFVE. It was the first such local market sharing organization in the country with KHNL becoming the first to own two stations. The station is currently owned by Raycom Media and has satellite feeds on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu.

Contents 1 History 2 MyNetworkTV and UH Sports Coverage 3 Logos 4 External links

[edit] History

Originally, KFVE focused on low-budget programming, such as "Hawaii 5-O" repeats. Later, under the moniker "Hawaii is Watching us Grow," KFVE focused on movies and syndicated fare. After KHNL took over oversight of KFVE in the mid-90s, coverage of University of Hawaii at Manoa athletics moved over to KFVE, which rebranded as "The Home Team."

On January 16, 1995, KFVE became an affiliate of the United Paramount Network under the name "K-5 UPN Hawaii". On December 28, 1998, it became an affiliate of two networks with the addition of programming from The WB. Previously, Hawaii viewers received The WB since its inception by way of fellow Hawaii station KWHE.

KFVE was acquired by Raycom Media on December 31, 1999.

On September 2, 2002, KFVE dropped its affiliation with UPN and rebranded itself as K-5, The Home Team: Hawaii's WB. This move left Hawaii without a UPN affiliate until two years later, when KIKU-TV picked up secondary UPN affiliation in the fall of 2004.

In 2004, it organized its own news staff to air the only news broadcast in the state at 9:00 in the evening, K-5 News at Nine, currently anchored by KHNL-TV's Stephanie Lum and Walter Makaula.

[edit] MyNetworkTV and UH Sports Coverage

On March 7, 2006, KFVE parent Raycom Media announced the station would become an affiliate of MyNetworkTV after The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, as part of a group deal involving many of Raycom's WB and UPN affiliates. KFVE had appeared to be the leading candidate to carry The CW, as KIKU only carried UPN programming in the late afternoon, not primetime, as well as due to the station's history of affiliation with both UPN and The WB. The CW is now aired on a digital subchannel of FOX affiliate KHON-TV, as announced on October 23, 2006. [1]

Unlike most affiliates, KFVE only uses its "My K-5 TV" logo to promote MyNetworkTV programming, in a simliar vein to WXSP, which uses a variation of the MyNetworkTV logo labeled "The X" and a "MyNetworkTV WXSP" logo.

KFVE (K5) is also home to the most complete and comprehensive college sports package in the country, as the station showcases more than 100 University of Hawaii sports events annually. Sports covered on "K-5" include football, men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and women's soccer. (As a result, the station occasionally pre-empts MyNetworkTV programming until the weekends in order to broadcast these sporting events.) KFVE (1994-present) and sister station KHNL (1984-1993) have been the home of UH sports in the islands for over two decades.

[edit] Logos

KFVE logo used from 2002-March 2006, during its affiliation with The WB

KFVE logo, used after KHNL took over management of the station in 1993, main logo used after The WB ended

"My K-5 TV" logo, used for promotion of MyNetworkTV programming

[edit] External links

• K5 The Home Team
• Raycom Media
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KFVE
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K45CT
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K27DW

Television stations in Hawaii (Nielsen DMA #72)

Honolulu: KHON 2 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KITV 4 (ABC, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - KFVE 5 (MNTV/The Tube on DT2) - KGMB 9 (CBS) - KHET 11 (PBS) - KHNL 13 (NBC) - KWHE 14 (LeSEA) - KIKU 20 (Ind) - KAAH 26 (TBN) - KBFD 32 (Ind) - KALO 38 (Ind) - KWBN 44 (DS) - KHLU 46 (UNI) - KKAI 50 (Faith TV) - KUPU 56 (Ind) - KPXO 66 (ION)

Hilo: KHBC 2 (NBC) - K04FE 4 (PBS) - KLEI 6 (ION) - KGMD 9 (CBS) - KHAW 11 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KHVO 13 (ABC) - KWHH 14 (LeSEA) - K34HC 34 (TBN) - K45CT 45 (MNTV)

Maui: KGMV 3 (CBS) - KAII 7 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KMEB 10 (PBS) - KMAU 12 (ABC) - KOGG 15 (NBC) - KWHM 21 (LeSEA) - K27DW 27 (MNTV) - KAUI-LP 51 (Ind) - KAMN-LP 61 (TBN)

Kauai: K51BB (ABC) - K55DZ (Fox/The CW) - K57BI / K69BZ (CBS) - K62AQ / K63AI / K63AZ / K66AY / K68BE (PBS) - K65BV (NBC)