KITV
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KITV is the American Broadcasting Company
(ABC) television station affiliate licensed
to Honolulu, Hawaii
. Based in Honolulu and broadcasting on digital channel 40, displayed as channel 4 the station is owned by Hearst Television and operates several satellites and translators on all the major Hawaiian Islands
to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu. Its main transmitter is located in Honolulu. It brands itself as KITV4. The station is also seen on Oceanic Cable
channel 6 throughout most of the state (with the exception of the Big Island
, where it is instead seen on channel 4), and on channel 4 for viewers on Hawaiian Telcom
statewide.
One of KITV's previous owners was Kaiser Broadcasting
, which owned the station from 1958 to 1964. Kaiser sold the station to Western Telestations in December 1964 to help fund its new chain of independent stations on the mainland. Western Telestations became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lexington, Kentucky
-based Starr Broadcasting Company in 1973. Around that time the station adopted its present-day KITV call to reflect its service of broadcasting to the Hawaiian Islands.
Shamrock Broadcasting, a new company founded by Roy E. Disney
, bought out Starr Broadcasting (including KITV) in 1979. Eight years later, Shamrock sold KITV to Tak Communications (Sharad Tak). Tak would declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991 and was later taken over by a group of creditors. During Tak's bankruptcy Freedom Communications
made an offer to purchase KITV, but later withdrew its bid. In 1995 rumors circulated that it would join NBC
when KHON-TV
-- which had been Hawaii's NBC affiliate for 43 years (1953–1996) -- decided to join Fox during the "Big Network Switch" of 1994-96.
However, later in 1995, Argyle Television Holdings II bought KITV and then-sister station WGRZ-TV
in Buffalo, New York
from Tak's creditors. In the end KITV stayed with ABC and NBC instead signed with KHNL
as its new affiliate in 1996.
When Argyle Television Holdings II merged with the Hearst Corporation
's broadcasting unit in 1997 KITV and its satellites became part of the newly formed TV station group then known as Hearst-Argyle Television. Hearst bought out the remainder of the company in mid-2009, dropping the word "Argyle" from the company's name.
KITV also has an affiliation with CNN
which used KITV's live broadband stream to report on a 6.6 earthquake that struck off the northwestern coast of Hawaii County
on October 15, 2006. Since KITV was the only station in Hawaii to air live coverage of the earthquake after the event (most other stations in Honolulu continued on with their normal morning programming) they also attracted a flood of phone calls and e-mails from people around the world trying to find out if their loved ones were all right. The live stream also attracted the attention of The Daily Show
the following day (October 16), thanks in part to a building manager mentioning via public address system that the building's bathrooms were still operational while the news anchors were still on the air. That clip can be seen on KITV's website TheHawaiiChannel.com.
The station has been an ABC affiliate since its sign-on, making KITV one of the two major television stations in Honolulu that has never changed its network affiliation; local CBS
outlet KGMB
is the other.
Digital channels>
Channel
Video
Aspect
Programming
4.1
1080i
16:9
Main KITV programming / ABC
4.2
480i
4:3
Me-TV
In January 2009, KITV left channel 4 and moved to channel 40, while KHVO and KMAU remained on channel 13 and 12 when the analog to digital conversion has completed. It is also one of the first Hearst-Argyle
stations to terminate analog over-the-air programming.
, KITV 4.2, which can be seen statewide on Oceanic Time Warner Cable
, on digital channel 126.
During the day, KITV carries a weather information channel called Weather Now, which features programming from The AccuWeather Channel with local cut-ins by KITV weather anchors. The channel features local weather, a news ticker, and live traffic cameras in addition to national programming provided by AccuWeather
.
On October 4, 2010, about two months after Hearst sister stations KCRA
and KSBW
started broadcasting an alternate set of programming over on their second digital subchannel, KITV replaced the evening hours of "Weather Now" with "More TV Hawaii." The channel is patterned after its sister station in Tampa, WMOR-TV
and operates as a Independent station, airing from 6 to 11 PM daily. More TV Hawaii features first-run shows, reruns of sitcoms and dramas, and current KITV programs (Non-ABC). KITV 4.2 also joins KHON's DT2 as the only outlets in Hawaii to feature general programming on their digital subchannels.
In order to comply with FCC rules that all television stations (including digital subchannels) must broadcast three hours of E/I
programming per week, KITV-DT2 airs a three hour block of Gina D's Kids Club
every Saturday from noon-3 pm.
KITV, through its parent company Hearst television, added Me-TV to its digital subchannel on November 14, 2011, replacing "Weather Now."
Notes:
KITV clears all ABC programming. The only exception was for Power Rangers
, which was part of the ABC Kids block until August 28, 2010. Most (if not all) ABC affiliates owned by Hearst Television refused to clear the show due to its lack of educational and informational (E/I
) content.
Early on, prior to being owned by Hearst, it did air the ABC Saturday morning cartoon lineup on Saturdays, usually starting at 5 or 6 am. But today, unlike most ABC affiliates, KITV does not air the ABC Kids block on Saturdays. The station airs live ESPN
coverage or infomercials in its place, due to the five-hour time difference between Hawaii-Aleutian Time
and Eastern
. KITV did air three hours of the ABC Kids programming block over three weekdays (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). On each of the three days, one hour (two shows) of the block would air from 11 am-12 Noon local time, leading into ABC's daytime soap opera lineup. In September 2010, KITV placed "The Nate Berkus Show
" in the 11 am-12 Noon time slot and The ABC Kids lineup was moved to Sunday afternoons, as KITV is still obligated to broadcast E/I programming in its schedule.
When compared to other major network affiliates in Honolulu (KHON
, KFVE
, KGMB
and KHNL
), KITV airs few syndicated programs outside of network hours. The only first-run syndicated shows currently aired on KITV include The Dr. Oz Show
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
and Judge Judy
. The station also airs syndicated reruns of How I Met Your Mother
and The Closer
. Various other syndicated shows are aired on weekends, usually during late nights.
On the weekends, KITV airs the locally produced program "Ohana Road", which features info and reviews on the latest automobiles as well as coverage of local car enthusiast events. Another KITV-produced show, Mixed Plate, a lifestyle/travel/cultural/entertainment program hosted by KITV anchorwoman Pamela Young, airs in various timeslots whenever live feeds from ABC finishes their telecasts or in some cases the technical problems with the satellite feeds occur.
KITV was also well known among Hawaii residents as the year-after-year presenter of the Merrie Monarch Festival
, which was broadcast on the station live every April from Hilo until 2009. During this time, KITV usually pre-empted ABC primetime programs until the weekend. On October 1, 2009 it was announced that the Merrie Monarch Festival
would be broadcast on Hawaii News Now
channel KFVE
beginning in 2010.
has the most hours aired for local, national, and international news coverage.) KITV has also won a Emmy Award
for its newscasts. On weekdays, a two-hour news block airs at 5am, followed by half-hour blocks at 5 and 6pm, and an hour-long 10pm newscast, which has aired since November 16, 2009, meaning that KITV becomes the first station in the state with an hour-long late night newscast. The market's first and only two hour weekend morning newscast begins at 6am (since September 7, 2010), followed by half hour news blocks at 5 and 10pm, although the station airs its 6pm newscast on Saturday nights. KITV does not air local news at noon.
On April 18, 2011, starting with their evening newscasts, KITV began broadcasting from the newsroom, and on April 28th, with the new set completed, the station began airing local news in widescreen standard definition, along with updated graphics and music. The majority of live field reports and video footage are also in widescreen.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
(ABC) television station affiliate licensed
City of license
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to Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
. Based in Honolulu and broadcasting on digital channel 40, displayed as channel 4 the station is owned by Hearst Television and operates several satellites and translators on all the major Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu. Its main transmitter is located in Honolulu. It brands itself as KITV4. The station is also seen on Oceanic Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
channel 6 throughout most of the state (with the exception of the Big Island
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
, where it is instead seen on channel 4), and on channel 4 for viewers on Hawaiian Telcom
Hawaiian Telcom
Hawaiian Telcom is the incumbent local exchange carrier or dominant local telephone company, serving the state of Hawaii. It was formed in 2005 by The Carlyle Group, following its purchase of the Hawaii assets of Verizon Communications, which was known as Verizon Hawaii, Inc., and previously as...
statewide.
History
The station signed on the air in 1954 as KULA-TV, and changed its call to KHVH-TV by 1959.One of KITV's previous owners was Kaiser Broadcasting
Kaiser Broadcasting
Kaiser Broadcasting was the name of an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States from 1958 to 1977.-History:...
, which owned the station from 1958 to 1964. Kaiser sold the station to Western Telestations in December 1964 to help fund its new chain of independent stations on the mainland. Western Telestations became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
-based Starr Broadcasting Company in 1973. Around that time the station adopted its present-day KITV call to reflect its service of broadcasting to the Hawaiian Islands.
Shamrock Broadcasting, a new company founded by Roy E. Disney
Roy E. Disney
Roy Edward Disney, KCSG was a longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, which his father Roy Oliver Disney and his uncle Walt Disney founded. At the time of his death he was a shareholder , and served as a consultant for the company and Director Emeritus for the Board of Directors...
, bought out Starr Broadcasting (including KITV) in 1979. Eight years later, Shamrock sold KITV to Tak Communications (Sharad Tak). Tak would declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991 and was later taken over by a group of creditors. During Tak's bankruptcy Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a media conglomerate in the United States. It owns approximately 100 daily and weekly newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of nearly one million subscribers, and also operates over seventy local news websites...
made an offer to purchase KITV, but later withdrew its bid. In 1995 rumors circulated that it would join NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
when KHON-TV
KHON-TV
KHON-TV is a Fox-affiliated television station in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station broadcasts on virtual channel 2.In addition to its Honolulu broadcast facilities, KHON has relays on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu: KHAW-TV in Hilo; KAII-TV in...
-- which had been Hawaii's NBC affiliate for 43 years (1953–1996) -- decided to join Fox during the "Big Network Switch" of 1994-96.
Fox affiliate switches of 1994
The United States television network affiliate switches of 1994 were a series of events resulting from a multi-million dollar deal between Fox Broadcasting Company, known commonly as Fox, and New World Communications, an owner of several VHF television stations affiliated with major networks,...
However, later in 1995, Argyle Television Holdings II bought KITV and then-sister station WGRZ-TV
WGRZ-TV
WGRZ, virtual channel 2 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Buffalo, New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo. Its transmitter is located at 11530 Warner Hill Road in South Wales, New York...
in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
from Tak's creditors. In the end KITV stayed with ABC and NBC instead signed with KHNL
KHNL
KHNL is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Hawaii that is licensed to Honolulu. The station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter in Palehua...
as its new affiliate in 1996.
When Argyle Television Holdings II merged with the Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation
The Hearst Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media...
's broadcasting unit in 1997 KITV and its satellites became part of the newly formed TV station group then known as Hearst-Argyle Television. Hearst bought out the remainder of the company in mid-2009, dropping the word "Argyle" from the company's name.
KITV also has an affiliation with CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
which used KITV's live broadband stream to report on a 6.6 earthquake that struck off the northwestern coast of Hawaii County
Hawaii County, Hawaii
Hawaii County is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is coterminous with the Island of Hawaii, often called the "Big Island" to distinguish it from the state as a whole. As of the 2010 Census the population was 185,079. The county seat is Hilo. There are no...
on October 15, 2006. Since KITV was the only station in Hawaii to air live coverage of the earthquake after the event (most other stations in Honolulu continued on with their normal morning programming) they also attracted a flood of phone calls and e-mails from people around the world trying to find out if their loved ones were all right. The live stream also attracted the attention of The Daily Show
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
the following day (October 16), thanks in part to a building manager mentioning via public address system that the building's bathrooms were still operational while the news anchors were still on the air. That clip can be seen on KITV's website TheHawaiiChannel.com.
The station has been an ABC affiliate since its sign-on, making KITV one of the two major television stations in Honolulu that has never changed its network affiliation; local CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
outlet KGMB
KGMB
KGMB is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Hawaii that is licensed to Honolulu. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 23 from a transmitter in Palehua....
is the other.
Digital television
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
In January 2009, KITV left channel 4 and moved to channel 40, while KHVO and KMAU remained on channel 13 and 12 when the analog to digital conversion has completed. It is also one of the first Hearst-Argyle
Hearst-Argyle
Hearst Television, Inc. is a broadcasting company in the United States, owned by the New York City-based Hearst Corporation. It holds joint ventures in television production with NBC Universal Television Distribution...
stations to terminate analog over-the-air programming.
KITV 4.2
In addition to its main channel, KITV operates a DT-2 digital subchannelDigital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
, KITV 4.2, which can be seen statewide on Oceanic Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
, on digital channel 126.
During the day, KITV carries a weather information channel called Weather Now, which features programming from The AccuWeather Channel with local cut-ins by KITV weather anchors. The channel features local weather, a news ticker, and live traffic cameras in addition to national programming provided by AccuWeather
AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
.
On October 4, 2010, about two months after Hearst sister stations KCRA
KCRA-TV
KCRA-TV, channel 3, is a television station in Sacramento, California, United States. KCRA-TV is owned by Hearst Television, a subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation, and is an affiliate of the NBC television network...
and KSBW
KSBW
KSBW is a television station in the United States and is the primary NBC affiliate for the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, California market. The station is owned by Hearst Television. KSBW has its studios on John Street in downtown Salinas, which is mentioned occasionally during commercial breaks...
started broadcasting an alternate set of programming over on their second digital subchannel, KITV replaced the evening hours of "Weather Now" with "More TV Hawaii." The channel is patterned after its sister station in Tampa, WMOR-TV
WMOR-TV
WMOR-TV is an independent television station in the Tampa Bay television market . It is licensed to Lakeland, with studios in Tampa. The station is owned by the Hearst Corporation.-History:...
and operates as a Independent station, airing from 6 to 11 PM daily. More TV Hawaii features first-run shows, reruns of sitcoms and dramas, and current KITV programs (Non-ABC). KITV 4.2 also joins KHON's DT2 as the only outlets in Hawaii to feature general programming on their digital subchannels.
In order to comply with FCC rules that all television stations (including digital subchannels) must broadcast three hours of E/I
E/I
E/I, which stands for "educational and informative," refers to a type of children's television programming shown in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission requires that every full-service Terrestrial television station in the U.S. show at least three hours of these television...
programming per week, KITV-DT2 airs a three hour block of Gina D's Kids Club
Gina D's Kids Club
Gina D's Kids Club is an educational children's television program, currently broadcast on selected stations and networks. It is currently seen on Smile of a Child, The Country Network, and TCT. The series is primarily used to fill federal E/I mandates....
every Saturday from noon-3 pm.
KITV, through its parent company Hearst television, added Me-TV to its digital subchannel on November 14, 2011, replacing "Weather Now."
Satellite stations
These stations, and translator K51BB in Lihue, rebroadcast KITV's signal throughout Hawaii:| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channels Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... (Analog Analog television Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal... / Digital Digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals... ) |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| KHVO | Hilo | 13 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) 18 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
May 15, 1960 1960 in television The year 1960 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1960.For the American TV schedule, please see: 1960-61 American network television schedule.-Events:... |
Kaiser Hawaiian Village HilO (disambiguation of former sister station KHVH Radio KHVH KHVH is a news radio station licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, and owned by Clear Channel Communications. It is also transmitting on Oceanic Time Warner Cable digital channel 881 for the entire state of Hawaii.-History:... ) |
30.9 kW 50 kW |
-180 m -187 m |
64544 | 19°43′46.4"N 155°3′53.9"W |
| KMAU1 | Wailuku Wailuku, Hawaii Wailuku is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 12,296 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Maui County.Wailuku is located just west of Kahului, at the mouth of the Īao Valley... |
12 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) 29 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
December 4, 1955 1955 in television The year 1955 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1955.-Events:*March 5 – Elvis Presley appears on television for the first time... |
MAUi | 37.2 kW 51.2 kW |
1759 m 1770 m |
64551 | 20°42′30"N 156°15′17"W |
Notes:
- 1. KMAU used the callsign KMVI-TV from its 1955 sign-on to 1978.
Programming
In its early days KITV and its predecessors aired most of the ABC offerings on weekly delays due to Hawaii's geographical location and at times would receive most of the network shows via air mail. Because of this specific reason, it had a weird scheduling pattern that resulted in the station programming ABC daytime programs from 8AM to 1PM in incorrect order (with movies rounding out most the schedule) and ABC primetime shows from 6:30PM to 10:30PM, all out of pattern (and at times, delayed to weekends) and mixed in with syndicated programs to fill in the slots. And like most of the Honolulu stations the network newscast would be delayed as far as 12 Midnight because they were flown in from the mainland after their airings in the East Coast. However that would change on November 19, 1966, as a pioneering piece of history would take place when channel 4 (when it was KHVH) began broadcasting the first live network satellite telecast from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii as ABC feeds the Notre Dame-Michigan State football game via the Lani Bird satellite to the station. Today KITV receives ABC shows on the same day as the rest of the United States, including live news, sports coverage and special events.KITV clears all ABC programming. The only exception was for Power Rangers
Power Rangers
Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
, which was part of the ABC Kids block until August 28, 2010. Most (if not all) ABC affiliates owned by Hearst Television refused to clear the show due to its lack of educational and informational (E/I
E/I
E/I, which stands for "educational and informative," refers to a type of children's television programming shown in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission requires that every full-service Terrestrial television station in the U.S. show at least three hours of these television...
) content.
Early on, prior to being owned by Hearst, it did air the ABC Saturday morning cartoon lineup on Saturdays, usually starting at 5 or 6 am. But today, unlike most ABC affiliates, KITV does not air the ABC Kids block on Saturdays. The station airs live ESPN
ESPN on ABC
ESPN on ABC is the brand used for sports programming on the ABC television network. Officially the broadcast network retains its own sports division; however, for all practical purposes, ABC's sports division has been merged with ESPN, a sports cable network majority-owned by ABC's parent, The...
coverage or infomercials in its place, due to the five-hour time difference between Hawaii-Aleutian Time
Hawaii-Aleutian time zone
The Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time , by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory....
and Eastern
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
. KITV did air three hours of the ABC Kids programming block over three weekdays (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). On each of the three days, one hour (two shows) of the block would air from 11 am-12 Noon local time, leading into ABC's daytime soap opera lineup. In September 2010, KITV placed "The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show, commonly referred to as The Nate Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by interior designer Nate Berkus, which premiered on September 13, 2010....
" in the 11 am-12 Noon time slot and The ABC Kids lineup was moved to Sunday afternoons, as KITV is still obligated to broadcast E/I programming in its schedule.
When compared to other major network affiliates in Honolulu (KHON
KHON-TV
KHON-TV is a Fox-affiliated television station in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station broadcasts on virtual channel 2.In addition to its Honolulu broadcast facilities, KHON has relays on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu: KHAW-TV in Hilo; KAII-TV in...
, KFVE
KFVE
KFVE is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the state of Hawaii that is licensed to Honolulu. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter in Palehua...
, KGMB
KGMB
KGMB is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Hawaii that is licensed to Honolulu. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 23 from a transmitter in Palehua....
and KHNL
KHNL
KHNL is the NBC-affiliated television station for the state of Hawaii that is licensed to Honolulu. The station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 from a transmitter in Palehua...
), KITV airs few syndicated programs outside of network hours. The only first-run syndicated shows currently aired on KITV include The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
and Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
. The station also airs syndicated reruns of How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
and The Closer
The Closer (1998 TV series)
The Closer was an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS for 10 episodes in 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive.-Plot summary:...
. Various other syndicated shows are aired on weekends, usually during late nights.
On the weekends, KITV airs the locally produced program "Ohana Road", which features info and reviews on the latest automobiles as well as coverage of local car enthusiast events. Another KITV-produced show, Mixed Plate, a lifestyle/travel/cultural/entertainment program hosted by KITV anchorwoman Pamela Young, airs in various timeslots whenever live feeds from ABC finishes their telecasts or in some cases the technical problems with the satellite feeds occur.
KITV was also well known among Hawaii residents as the year-after-year presenter of the Merrie Monarch Festival
Merrie Monarch Festival
The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii. It honors King David Kalākaua, who was called the "Merrie Monarch" for his patronage of the arts. He is credited with restoring many Hawaiian cultural traditions during his reign, including the...
, which was broadcast on the station live every April from Hilo until 2009. During this time, KITV usually pre-empted ABC primetime programs until the weekend. On October 1, 2009 it was announced that the Merrie Monarch Festival
Merrie Monarch Festival
The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii. It honors King David Kalākaua, who was called the "Merrie Monarch" for his patronage of the arts. He is credited with restoring many Hawaiian cultural traditions during his reign, including the...
would be broadcast on Hawaii News Now
Hawaii News Now
Hawaii News Now is the name of the news department shared by three Honolulu, Hawaii television outlets, KGMB, KFVE and KHNL. The newscasts are produced by Raycom Media, which owns and operates KGMB and KHNL and shares studios with KFVE through a local marketing agreement.-Background:The origins of...
channel KFVE
KFVE
KFVE is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the state of Hawaii that is licensed to Honolulu. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter in Palehua...
beginning in 2010.
News operation
KITV airs 26.5 hours of local news programming a week, with four hours on weekdays, 3.5 hours on Saturday, and three hours on Sunday, thus making it one of the stations in Hawaii to have the most hours aired for local news coverage. (Hawaii News NowHawaii News Now
Hawaii News Now is the name of the news department shared by three Honolulu, Hawaii television outlets, KGMB, KFVE and KHNL. The newscasts are produced by Raycom Media, which owns and operates KGMB and KHNL and shares studios with KFVE through a local marketing agreement.-Background:The origins of...
has the most hours aired for local, national, and international news coverage.) KITV has also won a Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for its newscasts. On weekdays, a two-hour news block airs at 5am, followed by half-hour blocks at 5 and 6pm, and an hour-long 10pm newscast, which has aired since November 16, 2009, meaning that KITV becomes the first station in the state with an hour-long late night newscast. The market's first and only two hour weekend morning newscast begins at 6am (since September 7, 2010), followed by half hour news blocks at 5 and 10pm, although the station airs its 6pm newscast on Saturday nights. KITV does not air local news at noon.
On April 18, 2011, starting with their evening newscasts, KITV began broadcasting from the newsroom, and on April 28th, with the new set completed, the station began airing local news in widescreen standard definition, along with updated graphics and music. The majority of live field reports and video footage are also in widescreen.
Newscast titles
- Hawaii Newsreel (1954–1961)
- The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report (1961–1965)
- The Nightly News (1965–1975; 6 pm newscast)
- 24 Hours (1965–1975; 10 p.m newscast)
- Newscene 4 (1970–1975)
- NewsCenter Four (1975–1983)
- Live at Five (1980–1986; 5 p.m. newscast)
- KITV 4 News (1983–1986 and 1995–2005)
- News 4 (1986–1995)
- KITV 4 Island Television News (2005–2010)
- KITV4 News (2010–present)
Station slogans
- Hawaii's Channel 4, in Color (1966–1970)
- Newscene 4...On the Scene (1970-1975)
- Let's Get Together on Channel 4 (1970-1971; local version of ABC campaign)
- NewsCenter Four, Hawaii's Most Respected Television News Organization (1975–1978)
- We're Still the One, on Channel 4 (1977–1978 and 1979–1980; local version of ABC campaign)
- Turn to NewsCenter Four (1978–1983)
- We're The One You Can Turn To Channel 4 (1978–1979; local version of ABC campaign)
- You and Me and Channel 4 (1980–1981; local version of ABC campaign)
- Now is the Time, Channel 4 is the Place (1981–1982; local version of ABC campaign)
- Come on Along with Hawaii's 4 (1982–1983; local version of ABC campaign)
- That Special Feeling on Channel 4 (1983–1984; local version of ABC campaign)
- We're With You on Channel 4 (1984–1985; local version of ABC campaign)
- You'll Love It on KITV-4 (1985–1986; local version of ABC campaign)
- KITV 4 News: Hawaii's First News (1983–1986)
- News 4: We're the Team (1986–1987)
- We Belong Together and Together on Channel 4 (1986–1987; local version of ABC campaign)
- Something's Happening on Channel 4 (1987–1990; local version of ABC campaign)
- We're 4 Hawaii (1988–1990)
- KITV-4, Your Island Television Station (1991–1995)
- If It`s Hawaii, It Must Be Channel 4 (1992–1993; local version of "It Must Be ABC" campaign)
- KITV 4, Your 24-Hour News Source24 Hour News SourceThe 24 Hour News Source brand was a common name used by American television stations starting in the early 1990s for brief hourly news updates, usually running 30 seconds to a minute in length. At its peak, dozens of stations across the U.S. were producing these brief news updates...
(1995–2001) - Get the Whole Story (2002–2005)
- The Team You Know. The Team You Trust. (2005–2009)
- Always Local, Always KITV (2009–present)
Current Anchors
- Mahealani Richardson - weekday mornings "KITV4 News This Morning" (5-7 a.m.); also reporter
- Jill Kuramoto - weekday mornings "KITV4 News This Morning" (5-7 a.m.); also reporter
- Paula Akana - weeknights at 5 and 6 p.m.; also reporter
- Lara Yamada - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporter
- Kenny Choi - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporter
- Jodi Leong - weekend mornings "KITV4 News This Morning" (6-8 a.m.); also reporter
- Paul Drewes - weekend mornings "KITV4 News This Morning" (6-8 a.m.); also weekend morning meteorologist and reporter
- Pamela Young - Saturdays at 6 and weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also "Mixed Plate" feature reporter
Weather team
- Justin Fujioka (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. - Moanike'ala Nabarro - weather anchor; weekday mornings "KITV4 News This Morning" (5-7 a.m.)
- Amber-Lynn Hyden - weather anchor; Saturdays at 6 and weekends at 5 and 10 p.m.; also reporter
- Paul Drewes (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; weekend mornings "KITV4 News This Morning" (6-8 a.m.); also weekend morning anchor and reporter
Sports team
- Robert Kekaula - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Jahmai Webster - sports anchor; Saturdays at 6 and weekends at 5 and 10 p.m., also sports reporter
Reporters
- Dick Allgire - general assignment & health reporter
- Catherine Cruz - general assignment reporter
- Yasmin Dar - morning traffic & social media reporter
- Shayne Enright - general assignment reporter
- Keoki Kerr - government & investigative reporter
Hearst Television Washington Bureau
- Kate Amara - Washington D.C. bureau correspondent
- Sally Kidd - Washington D.C. bureau correspondent
- Nikole Killion - Washington D.C. bureau morning correspondent
Former anchors and reporters
- Tina SheltonTina SheltonTina Shelton is a United States television and stage personality. She is remembered mainly as a news anchor and reporter at KHON-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii; the state's Fox affiliate. Shelton is also a theatrical actress. She has appeared on various live theatrical productions.-News Service:Shelton has...
(Anchor; Reporter) - Neil EverettNeil EverettNeil Everett Morfitt, known professionally as Neil Everett, is a sportscaster for the ESPN cable network. He is co-anchor of the West Coast edition of SportsCenter.-Biography:...
(Weekend Sports Anchor; Sports Reporter) - Currently with ESPN's Sportscenter - Kanoa LeaheyKanoa LeaheyJames Kanoa Leahey, known as Kanoa Leahey, is the Sports Director for KHON-TV, the Honolulu Fox affiliate. In addition to broadcasting the Monday-Friday sportscasts, he is also a Play by Play Announcer for high school sports on Oceanic Cable, as well as co-host of , a weekly talk show featured on ,...
(Weekend Sports Anchor; Sports Reporter) - Currently with KHON-TVKHON-TVKHON-TV is a Fox-affiliated television station in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station broadcasts on virtual channel 2.In addition to its Honolulu broadcast facilities, KHON has relays on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu: KHAW-TV in Hilo; KAII-TV in...
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