KFVE
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| Branding | Telemundo Honolulu |
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| Affiliations | Telemundo |
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| KGMB, KHNL | |
| History | |
First air date | 1988[1] |
Former call signs |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 6 (VHF, 1988–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Prior station using this call sign broadcast on channel 5 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 664 |
| ERP | 5.5 kW |
| HAAT | 825 m (2,707 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 19°43′4″N 155°55′6″W / 19.71778°N 155.91833°W |
| Translator(s) | KKAI-DT 50.2 (UHF) Kailua |
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| Satellite of KFVE | |
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| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Telemundo |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mango Broadcasting Company, LLC |
| Operator | Gray Television (via LMA) |
| History | |
First air date | June 15, 1993 |
Former call signs | KWHM (1991–2018) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 21 (UHF, 1993–2009) |
| Independent (1993–1995) The WB (1995–1998) LeSEA (1998–2018) Religious Independent (2018) | |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 37105 |
| ERP | 23.5 kW |
| HAAT | 755 m (2,477 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 20°39′25.5″N 156°21′35.8″W / 20.657083°N 156.359944°W |
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Public license information | |
KFVE, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 25), is a Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States. The station is owned by Gray Television, as part of a de facto triopoly with CBS affiliate KGMB (channel 5) and NBC affiliate KHNL (channel 13), both licensed to Honolulu. The three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu's Kapālama neighborhood; KFVE's transmitter is located near Kalaoa, Hawaii. On cable, the station is available statewide on Oceanic Spectrum digital channels 6 and 695.
KFVE serves a 7,954-square-mile (20,601 km2) area, and covers an estimated population of 71,400.[4][5] The station's signal is relayed on satellite station KLEI, channel 21 in Wailuku (owned by Mango Broadcasting and operated by Gray under a local marketing agreement (LMA)) and on the second digital subchannel of KKAI (channel 50) in Kailua.
History
The station went on the air in 1988[1] as KVHF, a satellite of Mauna Kea Broadcasting's KMGT channel 26, and changed its call letters to KLEI on March 9, 1992.[6] The station was at one point affiliated with Ion Television and its predecessors, i and Pax TV,[1] and later with The Family Channel.[7]
On October 19, 2012, KLEI was granted statewide must-carry status on the Oceanic Time Warner Cable (now Spectrum) and Hawaiian Telcom cable services, provided it delivers a good quality signal to the cable television headends.[8]
In late 2017, KLEI became Hawaii's first over-the-air affiliate of Spanish-language network Telemundo, filling a void in the market for a Spanish language station that opened up when KHLU-CD (a Univision affiliate) ceased operations in 2016. Shortly after assuming the Telemundo affiliation, KLEI became available on all cable systems in Hawaii for the first time.
On December 3, 2018, the station's call sign changed to KSIX-TV.
On July 8, 2020, Gray Television, owner of Honolulu-based stations KGMB and KHNL and their satellites, agreed to purchase KSIX-TV for $1 million, pending approval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Maui-based satellite KLEI was not included in the sale.[9] The transaction was finalized on September 9.[10] The call letters of KSIX-TV and Hilo's KFVE were switched on November 13.
Digital channel
| Channel | Programming |
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| 6.1 | Main KFVE programming / Telemundo[11] |
References
- ^ a b c Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 (PDF). 2005. p. B-45. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFVE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KLEI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KFVE". RabbitEars.Info. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Coverage Maps KLEI-TV (25-1) BLCDT-20120424AAT". RabbitEars.Info. 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "The Family Channel - Where to Watch". The Family Channel via Archive.org. The Family Channel, LLC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Order Denying Market Mod. Petition And Granting Must Carry Petitions". Federal Communications Commission. 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Consummation Notice", CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, 11 September 2020, Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KLEI-TV". RabbitEars.info. July 18, 2013.
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