KHET
- For other uses, see Khet (disambiguation).
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| KHET: Honolulu, Hawaii KMEB: Wailuku, Hawaii |
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| Branding | PBS Hawaii |
| Slogan | We bring the world to Hawaii and Hawaii to the world. |
| Channels | Digital: KHET: 11 (VHF) KMEB: 10 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 11.1 PBS-HD 11.2 Kids |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Hawaii Public Television Foundation |
| First air date | KHET: April 15, 1966 KMEB: September 22, 1966 |
| Call letters' meaning | KHET: Hawaii Educational Television KMEB: Maui Educational Broadcasting |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: KHET: 11 (VHF, 1966-2009) KMEB: 10 (VHF, 1966-2009) Digital: KHET: 18 (UHF) KMEB: 30 (UHF) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1966-1970) |
| Transmitter power | KHET: 15.7 kW KMEB: 21.2 kW |
| Height | KHET: 625 m KMEB: 747 m |
| Facility ID | KHET: 26431 KMEB: 26428 |
| Transmitter coordinates | KHET: 21°24′3″N 158°6′10″W / 21.40083°N 158.10278°W KMEB: 20°39′37″N 156°21′46″W / 20.66028°N 156.36278°W |
| Website | www.pbshawaii.org |
KHET, also called PBS Hawaii, is the only Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KHET first aired in 1966. It is currently owned by the people of Hawaii through the Hawaii Public Television Foundation governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. It reaches the rest of the state outside of Oahu and metropolitan Honolulu through full-powered KMEB in Wailuku on Maui and a network of low-powered translators on the other Hawaiian Islands. It can also be seen statewide on Oceanic Time Warner Cable channel 10 and Hawaiian Telecom channel 11
KHET signed on for the first time on April 15, 1966; KMEB followed on September 22. Originally known on-air as Hawaii Educational Television (Hawaii ETV), it was renamed Hawaii Public Television in 1972 and became PBS Hawaii in 2006.
KHET broadcasts over-the-air on digital channel 11, with a subchannel (11.2) offering programming from Create and NHK World.
PBS Hawaii transmits 24 hours a day on cable, but only from 6 a.m. until 12 a.m. over the air. The digital transmitter is on Palehua Ridge, north of Makakilo.[1] The digital transmitter is only 9.5 kW (versus 148 kW for analog), so most Honolulu residents have difficulty receiving the 1080i digital signal over-the-air.[2]
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Digital television[edit]
| Channel | Programming |
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| 11.1 | Main KHET Programming / PBS |
| 11.2 | Create (12 a.m.-6 p.m.) NHK World (6 p.m.-12 a.m.) |
KHET had previously aired its digital broadcasts on channel 18. However, on January 15, 2009; KHET ended its analog service and opted to return its digital broadcasts to former analog channel 11.[3]
Translators[edit]
PBS Hawaii operates the following low-powered translator stations.
- K36IJ-D Channel 36 Anahola
- K50JT-D Channel 50 Hakalau
- K29HL-D Channel 29 Hanalei
- K28JV-D Channel 28 Hilo
- K41JT-D Channel 41 Kilauea Military Camp
- K34IS-D Channel 34 Kilauea
- K30JE-D Channel 30 Lihue
- K31IZ-D Channel 31 Naalehu
- K35II-D Channel 35 South Point
- K28JM-D Channel 28 Waimea
- K21IA-D Channel 21 Waipake
External links[edit]
- PBSHawaii.org - Official Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KHET
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KMEB
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KHET-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KMEB-TV
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