KALO

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KALO
Honolulu, Hawaii
Channels Analog: 38 (UHF)

Digital: 10 (VHF)

Affiliations religious independent
Owner Pacifica Broadcasting Company
First air date July 9, 1999
Call letters’ meaning "kalo" means taro in Hawaiian
Former callsigns KAIE (1999-2000)
Transmitter Power 206 kW (analog)
21 kW (digital)
Height 579 m (analog)
577 m (digital)
Facility ID 51241
Transmitter Coordinates 21°23′34″N, 158°5′48″W (analog)
21°23′33″N, 158°5′48″W (digital)

KALO is a non-commercial, independent religious television station serving Honolulu, Hawaii. The Pacifica Broadcasting Company outlet operates at NTSC channel 38(analog)/10(digital). They also operate a low-powered satellite station, KAUI channel 51, in Wailuku, Hawaii. They can also be seen over most of the state on Oceanic Cable channel 25, with the exception of Hawai'i Island (the "Big Island"), where KALO is not available at all.

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KALO, which signed on the air July 9, 1999, is one of four stations in Honolulu that air religious programming, KWHE, KAAH-TV and KWBN are the other 3. KALO's allocation channel, like that of KWBN and PBS outlet KHET, is reserved for non-commercial educational use, and as such, depend on paid religious programming and viewer donations for support.

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