List of television stations in Hawaii

This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Each of the three municipal counties — Honolulu County, Maui County and Hawaii County — have their own sets of stations. Kauai County has repeaters which broadcast Honolulu's stations through its islands.

Full-power stations

VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.

Defunct full-power stations

• Channel 13: KHVH-TV (original) - Honolulu (5/5/1957-7/16/1958)

LPTV stations

Honolulu

• Channel 60: KHLU-LP - (Univision), K HonoluLU

Hilo

• Channel 4: K04FE - (PBS), "Hawaii Educational Television" (KHET retransmission)
• Channel 5: KHHB-LP - Independent
• Channel 34: K34HC - (TBN) (KAAH retransmission)
• Channel 45: K45CT - (MyNetworkTV) (KFVE retransmission)

Island of Maui

From Wailuku

• Channel 27: K27DW - (MyNetworkTV) (KFVE retransmission)
• Channel 51: KAUI-LP - (Religious)
• Channel 61: KAMN-LP - (TBN), K AMeN

Island of Kauai

From Anahola

• Channel 63: K63AZ - PBS - Repeats KHET

From Kaumakani

• Channel 63: K63AI - PBS - Repeats KHET

From Kilauea

• Channel 62: K62AQ - PBS - Repeats KHET

From Lihue

• Channel 51: K51BB - ABC - Repeats KITV
• Channel 55: K55DZ - FOX - Repeats KHON
• Channel 65: K65BV - NBC - Repeats KHNL
• Channel 67: K67AV - PBS - Repeats KHET
• Channel 69: K69BZ - CBS - Repeats KGMB

From Princeville/Hanalei

• Channel 68: K68BE - PBS - Repeats KHET

From Waimea

• Channel 57: K57BI - CBS - Repeats KGMB

From Waipake

• Channel 66: K66AY - PBS - Repeats KHET

Other islands

Many inhabited areas of Molokai and Lanai are within range of TV stations and repeaters located on facing areas of Oahu and Maui. Likewise, viewers on Niihau are served by transmitters on the west of Kauai.

Early conversion to DT

On January 15, 2009, Hawaii became the first state in the United States to permanently have its television stations switch from analog to digital early. Hawaii's full-power TV stations, including network affiliates and independent stations, ceased analog broadcasting at noon on that date. With the exception of residents on Kauai, households that receive TV signals over the air will need to connect a converter box to sets in order to continue watching TV, since Kauai is the only part of Hawaii that receives over-the-air television signals via low-power translators that are not affected by the DTV transition.

Existing analog facilities at Maui's Haleakalā volcano are to be removed due to ongoing interference with astronomy equipment operated under the watchful eye of the United States Department of Defense and the University of Hawaiʻi.^[1] The digital stations are being deployed using new facilities at Ulupalakua and the old towers will be removed before the Hawaiian petrels' nesting season begins in March. By making the switch early, the broadcast towers atop Haleakalā near the birds' nesting grounds can be dismantled without interfering with their habits.^[2]

References

External links

• Hawaii Radio & Television Guide