KWBN
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KWBN is a Daystar-owned and operated religious station serving Honolulu, Hawaii
. The station is owned and operated by the Word Of God Fellowship
and broadcasts on ATSC channel 43 (digital). They can also be seen on Oceanic Cable
channel 28 throughout most of the state, with the exception of Hawai'i Island (the "Big Island"), where KWBN is not available at all.
KWBN, which signed on the air in 1999, is one of six religious stations serving the Honolulu television market, with KWHE
, KAAH-TV
, KALO
, KKAI
and KUPU
being the other five.
KWBN's allocation channel, like KALO and PBS
station KHET
, is reserved for non-commercial use, and as such, must rely on paid religious programs, educational fare, and viewer donations for support.
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...
. The station is owned and operated by the Word Of God Fellowship
Daystar Television Network
The Daystar Television Network is an American evangelical Christian television religious broadcasting network headquartered near Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Bedford, Texas...
and broadcasts on ATSC channel 43 (digital). They can also be 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 28 throughout most of the state, with the exception of Hawai'i Island (the "Big Island"), where KWBN is not available at all.
KWBN, which signed on the air in 1999, is one of six religious stations serving the Honolulu television market, with KWHE
KWHE
KWHE is a television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, broadcasting locally on digital channel 31 as a LeSEA owned-and-operated station. KWHE can also be seen on satellite stations KWHD channel 14 in Hilo and KWHM channel 21 in Wailuku, and on Oceanic Cable channel 11 statewide...
, KAAH-TV
KAAH-TV
KAAH-TV is a religious television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, serving the Hawaii media market on digital channel 27 as a Trinity Broadcasting Network owned-and-operated station...
, KALO
KALO
KALO is a non-commercial, independent Religious broadcasting television station serving Honolulu, Hawaii. The One Love Outreach, Inc. station operates at digital channel 38...
, KKAI
KKAI
KKAI is a television station that hit the air in 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The license is owned by Kailua Broadcasting, LLC.The station's city of license is Kailua and operates on ATSC digital channel 50...
and KUPU
Kupu
Kupu was a 'document-centric' open source client-side editor for Mozilla, Netscape and Internet Explorer. Inspired by Maik Jablonski's Epoz editor, it was written by Paul Everitt, Guido Wesdorp and Philipp von Weitershausen to improve the JavaScript code and architecture, pluggability, standards...
being the other five.
KWBN's allocation channel, like KALO and PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
station KHET
KHET
KHET, also called PBS Hawaii, is the only Public Broadcasting Service member non-commercial educational Public television station in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KHET first aired in 1966...
, is reserved for non-commercial use, and as such, must rely on paid religious programs, educational fare, and viewer donations for support.