KHNL
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| KHNL | |
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| Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Branding | KHNL NBC 8 (cable channel) |
| Slogan | Live, Local, Late Breaking |
| Channels | |
| Subchannels | 13.1 NBC |
| Affiliations | National Broadcasting Company |
| Owner | Raycom Media, Inc. (KHNL/KFVE License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | July 4, 1962 |
| Call letters’ meaning | HNL is Honolulu International Airport's IATA airport code |
| Sister station(s) | KFVE |
| Former callsigns | KTRG-TV (1962-1967) KIKU-TV (1967-1984) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 13 (1962-2008) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1962-1986) Fox (1986-1995) |
| Transmitter Power | 5.9 kW |
| Height | 453 m |
| Facility ID | 34867 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 21°22′44″N 158°6′9″W / 21.37889°N 158.1025°W |
| Website | www.khnl.com |
KHNL ("KHNL NBC 8") is the licensed broadcast affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KHNL first broadcast from Channel 13 on July 4, 1962 under the call letters KTRG from a transmitter atop the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. 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. Its main transmitter is located in Honolulu. KHNL uses the branding NBC 8 due to their channel position of channel 8 on Oceanic Cable, Hawaii's dominant cable provider. In addition, KHNL is the sister station of local MyNetworkTV affiliate KFVE.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early years
Unaffiliated with a national network, KTRG broadcast English language and Japanese language programming. It had a local start-up news program called Nightly News. Under new ownership in 1967, KTRG became KIKU and offered Japanese language programming from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. followed by English language programming from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. The English language shows included old movies, westerns, and cartoons. By the late 1970s the station ran English programming from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and Japanese programming 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and back to English Language Programming after 10:00 p.m. until sign off. By 1981 the station became a full time English speaking general entertainment station running a blend of cartoons, sitcoms, westerns, and movies. Japanese programming moved to various UHF stations. In 1984, the call letters were changed again from KIKU to KHNL and branded itself as the "News Alternative" and "Free Movie Channel." The station also began airing University of Hawaii at Manoa athletics.
[edit] FOX Network
In 1986, the year the station was acquired by the King Broadcasting Company of Seattle, KHNL contracted programming from the new FOX Network to begin airing in 1987: The Joan Rivers Show, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Married with Children. It wasn't until 1993, the year after KING Broadcasting was sold to the Providence Journal Company, that KHNL adopted the brand name FOX13. Also that year, KHNL entered into a local marketing agreement with KFVE, and the latter station merged its operations into KHNL's facility. The following year however, KHON-TV announced it was dropping it affiliation with NBC to become the new local FOX affiliate (its new owner was partly funded by FOX, forcing the change). On January 1, 1996, KHNL switched its affiliation to NBC, while FOX moved to KHON.
[edit] NBC Network
With the new affiliation, KHNL began construction of the first fully digital newsroom in the world in 1995. It was the last of the major network TV stations in Hawaii to debut a news telecast. It also became the first news station to utilize fiber optic technology to broadcast live feeds from neighbor islands. Former KITV anchors Dan Cooke and sports anchor Robert Kekaula moved to KHNL during that time to start up the very first newscast. That same year, KHNL developed a new brand name, KHNL Hawaii News 8. With all the changes, KHNL successfully mounted a challenge to the top ratings that rival KHON had held for decades. On January 1, 1996, KHNL officially became Hawaii's new NBC affiliate, dubbed NBC Hawaii News 8. During 1996, the station won the first Emmy Award for a local news broadcast. The following year, when the Providence Journal Company merged with Belo Corporation, the station struck a deal with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper to share polling services. In 1999, Belo sold KHNL and its LMA with KFVE to current owner Raycom Media along with KASA-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico (which has since been sold to the LIN TV Corporation). Raycom acquired KFVE outright two months after the company completed its purchase of KHNL, creating one of the very first official co-owned commercially-licensed duopolies in the country. In the years ahead, anchors and reporters have come and gone. In 2003, KHNL got national exposure for having Conan O'Brien's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog do the weather report at the station. Triumph was actually invited to the station after chatting with people auditioning for American Idol in Hawaii. In September of 2004, the station became known as KHNL NBC 8. Ever since its first newscast in 1995, KHNL currently claims itself Hawaii's Live, Local, Late Breaking news station.
[edit] Programming
KHNL clears all NBC programming. The station rarely (if ever) pre-empts NBC programming for two reasons. First, when it comes to local-pre-emptions, NBC has historically been not as tolerant as the other networks, although they have loosened up since then. Second, when KHNL picked up the Peacock in 1995, NBC had less programming that local stations could pre-empt than they did in the past.
Outside of network hours, KHNL airs syndicated programming such as The Tyra Banks Show, and Entertainment Tonight. Compared to the other major network affiliates in Hawaii (KHON, KFVE, KGMB and KITV), KHNL airs no sitcom or drama reruns. This can be attributed mainly to NBC's extensive overnight lineup, which leaves very little (if any) room for NBC affiliates to air syndicated programming during the late night hours.
[edit] KHNL News 8 Anchors & Reporters
[edit] KHNL News 8 Anchors
- Howard 'Dash' Dashefsky - weekdays 5-7am
- Diane Ako - weekdays 5-7am
- Kristine Uyeno - weekdays 5pm and 6pm
- Stephanie Lum - weekdays 6pm and 10pm on KHNL, 6:30pm and 9pm on KFVE
- Mari-Ela David - weekends 5pm (Sun)/6pm (Sat) and 10pm (Sat/Sun) on KHNL, 9pm (Sat/Sun) on KFVE
- Paul Drewes - weekends 5pm (Sun)/6pm (Sat) and 10pm (Sat/Sun) on KHNL, 9pm (Sat/Sun) on KFVE
[edit] Live, Local, Late Breaking Weather
- Sharie Shima - Chief Meteorologist - weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm on KHNL, 6:30pm and 9pm on KFVE
- Paul Drewes - Meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval) - weekends 5pm (Sun)/6pm (Sat) and 10pm (Sat/Sun) on KHNL, 9pm (Sat/Sun) on KFVE
- Tracy Gladden - weekdays 5-7am on KHNL
[edit] Live, Local, Late Breaking Sports
- Jason Tang - Sports Director - weekdays 6pm and 10pm on KHNL, 6:30pm and 9pm on KFVE
- Brian Ojima - weekends 5pm (Sun)/6pm (Sat) and 10pm (Sat/Sun) on KHNL, 9pm (Sat/Sun) on KFVE, Sports Reporter/Videojournalist
[edit] KHNL News 8 Reporters
- Zahid Arab
- Duncan Armstrong
- Mari-Ela David - Anchor/Reporter
- Paul Drewes - Anchor/Reporter
- Tracy Gladden - Weathercaster/Reporter
- Leland Kim
- Roger Mari
- Duane Shimogawa
- Minna Sugimoto
[edit] KHNL News 8 Special Reporters
- Lyle Galdeira - "Cheap Eats"
- Russell Yamanoha - "Cheap Eats"
[edit] KHNL News 8 Past Personalities
- Dan Cooke (Weeknight Anchor; Weather Anchor; helped launch first KHNL newscast) - Joining KGMB-TV mid-summer 2009
- Robert Kekaula (Weeknight Sports Anchor; helped launch first KHNL newscast) - Currently with KITV-TV
- Jodi Leong (Weeknight Anchor) - Currently with KITV-TV
- Heidi Umbhau (Weeknight Anchor; Healthcast Reporter)
- Walter Makaula (5PM Anchor; KFVE News at 9 Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with KSWB-TV, San Diego
- Barbara Wallace (5PM Anchor; KFVE News at 9 Anchor; Morning Anchor; Reporter)
- Marvin Buenconsejo (Morning Anchor & Reporter; Senior General Assignment Reporter)
- Lee Cataluna (Morning Anchor; Weeknight Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with The Honolulu Advertiser
- Lyle Galdeira (Morning Anchor; Fill-In Anchor; Reporter; Cheap Eats; Does it Work?; Lucky You Live Hawaii)
- Angela Keen (Morning Anchor; Morning Weathercaster; Healthcast Reporter)
- Erin Brown (Weather Anchor)
- Guy Hagi (Morning Weather Anchor) - Currently with KGMB-TV
- Maria Quiban (Weather Anchor) - Currently with KCOP-TV, Los Angeles
- Vince Gerasole (Weekend Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with WBBM-TV, Chicago, IL
- Russell Yamanoha (Sports Director & Anchor) - Currently Co-Host of The Rob & Russ Show with Rob DeMello on AM-1500 Sporting News Radio Hawaii
- Reid Shimizu (Weekend Sports Anchor; Sports Reporter) - Currently with KHON-TV
- Rod Antone (Reporter)
- Brooks Baehr (Anchor/Reporter) - Currently with KGMB-TV
- Sharon Chen (Reporter) - Currently with XETV, San Diego
- Danielle De Longe (Reporter)
- Dave Erickson (Reporter) - Currently with KXLY-TV, Spokane
- Stephen Florino (Reporter; Weekend Sports Anchor; Sports Reporter)
- Beth Hillyer (Reporter)
- Linda Hosek (Reporter) - Currently with Honolulu Star-Bulletin
- Lisa Kubota (Reporter) - Currently with KGMB-TV
- Patti Lee (Morning Anchor, Reporter)
- Julie Ogata (Anchor/Reporter)
- Darren Pai (Chief Political Reporter)
- Cindy Paliracio (Reporter; Healthcast Reporter)
- Audrey Port (Reporter)
- Joann Shin (Reporter; Fill-In Weather Anchor)
- Su Shin (Reporter)
- Glenn Wakai (Reporter)
- Nancy Weiner (Reporter)
[edit] Satellite stations
These stations, in addition to translator K65BV in Lihue, rebroadcast KHNL's signal throughout Hawaii:
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| KHBC-TV1 | Hilo | 2 (VHF) 22 (UHF) |
August 22, 1983 | K Hilo NBC | 2.29 kW 8 kW |
-176 m -170 m |
34846 | 19°43′40.9″N 155°4′0.7″W / 19.728028°N 155.066861°W |
| KOGG | Wailuku | 15 (UHF) 16 (UHF) |
August 22, 1989 | OGG is the IATA code for Kahului Airport |
759 kW 50 kW |
1723 m 1723 m |
34859 | 20°42′22″N 156°15′44″W / 20.70611°N 156.26222°W (analog) 20°39′26.7″N 156°21′39.1″W / 20.657417°N 156.360861°W (digital) |
Notes:
- 1. KHBC-TV used the callsign KOHA-TV from its 1983 sign-on until 1986.
[edit] Digital television
The station's digital signal is multiplexed; the main xx.1 channel carries NBC HD and a second subchannel carried NBC Weather Plus before national feeds for that service ended in December 2008.
After Hawaii's analog television shutdown on January 15, 2009[1], KHNL, KHBC and KOGG remained on their current digital channels (35, 22, and 16), using PSIP to display virtual channels for each station corresponding to their former analog channel numbers (13, 2, and 15).[2]
Beginning December 20th 2008, KHNL began broadcasting its news in High Definition. This move was facilitated by KHNL's relocation into a new state-of-the-art HD news headquarters.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.hawaiigoesdigital.com
- ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
[edit] External links
- KHNL NBC 8
- KHNL-TV History
- Raycom Media
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KHNL
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KHBC-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOGG
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KHNL-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KHBC-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KOGG-TV
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