KHET , also called PBS Hawaii , is the only 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 and has satellite feeds on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu. It can also be seen statewide on Oceanic Cable channel 10.
KHET signed on for the first time on April 15 , 1966 . 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 "PBS Hawaii Kids".
PBS Hawaii transmits 24 hours a day on Oceanic Time Warner Cable, but only from 6 a.m. until 12 a.m. over the air. The digital transmitter is on Palehua Ridge, north of Makakilo. The digital transmitter is only 9.5 kW (versus 148 kW for analog), so most Honolulu residents have difficulty receiving the 1080i digital signal.
Digital television
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.
Translators
PBS Hawaii is rebroadcast on full-powered KMEB in Wailuku on Maui, as well as the following low-powered translator stations.
- K63AZ Channel 63 (Moving to Ch. 36) Anahola
- K67BA Channel 67 (Moving to Ch. 50) Hakalau
- K68BE Channel 68 (Moving to Ch. 29) Hanalei
- K04FE Channel 4 (Moving to Ch. 28) Hilo
- K63AI Channel 63 (Moving to Ch. 34) Kaumakani
- K56BD Channel 56 (Moving to Ch. 41) Kilauea Military Camp
- K62AQ Channel 62 (Moving to Ch. 34) Kilauea
- K67AV Channel 67 (Moving to Ch. 30) Lihue
- K63BB Channel 63 (Moving to Ch. 31) Naalehu
- K69CF Channel 69 (Moving to Ch. 35) South Point
- K63DT Channel 63 (Moving to Ch. 28) Waimea
- K66AY Channel 66 (Moving to Ch. 21) Waipake
External links
- 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
References
- ^ FCC information for KHET
- ^ HDHawaii PBS information
- ^ http:
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