| Honolulu, Hawaii | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | 26.1 TBN |
| Affiliations | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Owner | Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Trinity Broadcasting Network) |
| First air date | December 23, 1982 |
| Call letters' meaning | All American TV Honolulu (former owners 1996-2003) |
| Former callsigns | KSHO-TV (1982-1986) KMGT (1986-1992) KOBN (1992-1996) KAAH (1996-2003) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 26 (UHF, 1982-2009) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1982-1990) HSN (1990-1996) |
| Transmitter power | 262 kW |
| Height | 580 m |
| Facility ID | 3246 |
| Website | www.tbn.org |
KAAH-TV is a religious television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, serving the Hawaii media market on digital channel 27 as a Trinity Broadcasting Network owned-and-operated station. KAAH-TV programming can also be seen on Oceanic Cable channel 26 statewide (with the exception of Hawai'i Island (the "Big Island"), where KAAH is not available on cable at all.
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KAAH signed on the air December 23, 1982 with the call letters KSHO. They are also Hawaii's first UHF outlet as well. During its early years the station offered a regular lineup of cartoons, sitcoms, dramas and movies. They also aired Asian programming as well, mostly during weekends. In its early days, it featured business stocks and news from Financial News Network, ethnic programming from the International Television Network, and served as a secondary affiliate for ABC, CBS, and NBC whenever KITV, KGMB and KHON passed on network fare, even though KITV's pre-emption of ABC's daytime lineup was the most visible on KSHO's schedule.
But at the same time they made their debut, they would get more competition when KIKU, which had a part-english/part-Japanese programming schedule up until 1980 when it returned to being a general independent but kept some asian shows airing during the day, began adding more English-language programming and moved most of their Japanese programming to Sundays in a effort to get more competitive with KSHO. This would later be followed by the sign-ons of four more stations that also added English-language first-run programming at the time: KHAI in 1983, KWHE and KBFD in 1986, and KFVE in 1987. In between that period KSHO would change call letters to KMGT in 1986. From 1986 to 1990, the station was nicknamed "K-Magic" -- and even carried Los Angeles Lakers basketball games featuring Magic Johnson (who, in one promo for "K-Magic", said, "What a great name for a TV station!")
By 1990 KMGT would start exiting the world of independent programming by joining both TBN and the Home Shopping Network as a dual affiliate, eventually switching call letters to KOBN in 1992. By 1996 they would switch call letters again to KAAH after it was sold to new owner All American Broadcasting, who would drop HSN and go full time with TBN. Trinity would later buy the station in 2003.
Today KAAH is now one of six television stations in Honolulu airing religious programming: KWHE, KALO, KWBN, KUPU and KKAI are the other 5, but unlike KALO and KWBN, KAAH, KKAI, KUPU and KWHE are licensed by the FCC as commercial outlets. It also operated a satellite station in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii during the 1990s, KLEI. That station is now a satellite of Honolulu ION network affiliate KPXO.
KAAH formerly operated a low-power repeater station, K34HC in Hilo. TBN took K34HC silent April 13, 2010 due to declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.[1]
This station's digital signal, like most other full-service TBN owned-and-operated stations, carries five different TBN-run networks.
| Channel | Video | Name | Programming |
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| 26.1 | 480i | TBN | Main network programming |
| 26.2 | 480i | The Church Channel | Televised church services |
| 26.3 | 480i | JCTV | Christian music videos and other programs for ages 12-34 |
| 26.4 | 480i | Enlace USA | Spanish-language religious programming |
| 26.5 | 480i | Smile of a Child TV | E/I children's programming |
TBN-owned full-power stations permanently ceased analog transmissions on April 16, 2009.
In addition, in February 2006, K34HC was granted a construction permit to begin converting operations to digital television prior to being taken off the air. Had it been completed, the station would've broadcast at 15 kW.
On January 15, 2009, KAAH-TV moved from channel 26 to channel 27 when the analog to digital transition was complete, but uses a PSIP to display its virtual channel as 26.[2]
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