KFVE
Encyclopedia
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. The station is owned by MCG Capital Corporation, which gained ownership through a shared services agreement
with Raycom Media
, the owner/operator of NBC
affiliate KHNL
and CBS
affiliate KGMB
, in which KFVE moved from PSIP channel 5 to channel 9 (KGMB's former on-air home). All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in downtown Honolulu. Syndicated
programming on KFVE includes Family Guy
, The King of Queens
, Judge Joe Brown, and Grace Under Fire.
. Originally, KFVE focused on low-budget programming such as Hawaii Five-O
repeats. Later under the moniker "Hawaii is Watching us Grow", it focused on movies and syndicated fare. As a small-time independent station
, it had to rely on low-budget programming and Japanese
television dramas (most of which were later carried on the independent KIKU
television network) through much of its early existence. That all changed in 1993 when another local station, KHNL (then a Fox affiliate owned by the Providence Journal Company
), took over management of KFVE through a local marketing agreement
(LMA). The latter station then merged its operations into KHNL's facility. It was the first such local market sharing organization in the country. After KHNL took over oversight of this station in the mid-1990s, coverage of University of Hawaii
athletics moved over to KFVE which re-branded as "The Home Team".
On January 16, 1995, the station became a charter affiliate of UPN
under the name "K-5 UPN Hawaii". On December 28, 1998, it became a secondary WB affiliate with the addition of programming from that network. Previously, The WB was carried throughout Hawaii
on KWHE
. KFVE was acquired outright by Raycom Media on December 31, 1999. Raycom had purchased KHNL and the LMA with KFVE from Belo Corporation two months earlier. On September 2, 2002, this station dropped its affiliation with UPN and became a primary WB affiliate. The station re-branded itself as "K-5, The Home Team: Hawaii's WB". In the Honolulu market, UPN programming moved to KHON-TV
and KGMB
, which both carried secondary affiliations with the network from 2002 to 2004.
On March 7, 2006, Raycom Media announced that KFVE would affiliate with MyNetworkTV
as part of a group deal involving many of Raycom-owned affiliates of The WB
and UPN
(whose consolidation and shutdowns the following September resulted in the birth of The CW Television Network
, which would affiliate in Hawaii with a digital subchannel of KHON
). KFVE officially joined MyNetworkTV on September 5 and did not air The WB's final two weeks of prime-time programming (though it did air WB daytime and Saturday morning
programming until the network's end).
On January 15, 2009, DirecTV
was transferred from KFVE's analog to its digital and high definition signals due to the analog shutdown. The HD signal of KFVE was pulled off DirecTV on January 16 due to unknown reasons. The station has since been restored on the satellite system with a standard definition digital signal. It left channel 5 and moved to channel 23 when the analog to digital transition was completed. However, it continues to display its PSIP virtual channel
as 5.
On August 18, 2009, Raycom Media announced that it would enter into a shared services agreement with MCG Capital Corporation (owner of CBS
affiliate KGMB
) in which the operations of that station, KFVE, and KHNL would be combined. The SSA also moved KFVE and its programming move from PSIP channel 5 to channel 9 under MCG ownership while KGMB moved from 9 to 5 and fall under Raycom's ownership. (The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) only recognizes ownership of facility ID's
and not station call signs
or intellectual property, allowing MCG Capital to gain ownership of KFVE and Raycom ownership of KGMB during the swap.) The channel swap took effect with the SSA on October 26, 2009, as KFVE moved from 5 to 9 and changed its on-air branding from "K-5" to simply "KFVE."
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which uses the branding "The X" and a "MyNetworkTV WXSP" logo. KFVE's local logo is used at all other times such as when promoting sitcom repeats or news. It clears all MyNetworkTV programming except for the occasional pre-emption in order to broadcast local sports or other special events. KFVE will delay MyNetworkTV programming until the weekends in order to broadcast these sporting events as the station once did with shows from UPN and The WB. Because MyNetworkTV airs twelve hours of programming per week, syndicated programming such as talk, game, and courtroom shows makes up a vast portion of KFVE's weekday schedule especially during the daytime.
Movies are also a regular part of its weekend afternoon schedule. KFVE does not sign-off choosing to air late night and early morning infomercials. It is also home to the most complete and comprehensive college sports package in the country as the station showcases more than 100 University of Hawaii
sports events annually. Sports covered on KFVE include football, men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and women's soccer. KFVE (since 1994) and sister station KHNL (1984–1993) have been the home of University of Hawaii sports in the islands for over two decades. This station has said that it plans to broadcast home games in high definition beginning in August 2009 on pay-per-view. KFVE did state that Wahine Volleyball, Warrior Basketball and Warrior Football are the sports that will be covered in HD. Events that are not on a pay-per-view basis are not broadcasted in HD.
The shared services agreement resulted in the termination of all but four KHNL on-air staff and all of KHNL's morning show technicians when its newsroom merged with KGMB on October 26, 2009 when they began their simulcast. The two stations began to jointly produce and simulcast a weeknight 5 and 10 o'clock newscasts while KHNL moved their 6 P.M. show to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 o'clock newscast. The only times when they don't simulcast is during the 7AM hour when KHNL starts airing NBC's Today Show, 5:30PM when KGMB airs The CBS Evening News, and at 6PM when KHNL airs The NBC Nightly News. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcasted on the two but can be preempted on one station due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE-TV remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 8 (Weekday mornings 8 to 9 A.M.)
Hawaii News Now at 6:30 (Weeknights 6:30 to 7 p.m.)
Hawaii News Now at 9 (9 to 9:30 p.m.)
Weeknights
Weekends
Cheap Eats (Wednesdays on KFVE-TV)
Additional news personnel are used from KGMB-TV and KHNL-TV. See each article for a complete listing.
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the state of Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
that is licensed to Honolulu
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...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 22 from a transmitter in Palehua. The station is owned by MCG Capital Corporation, which gained ownership through a shared services agreement
Shared services
Shared services refers to the provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group. Thus the funding and resourcing of the service is shared and the providing department effectively becomes an...
with Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
, the owner/operator of 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...
affiliate 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...
and 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...
affiliate 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....
, in which KFVE moved from PSIP channel 5 to channel 9 (KGMB's former on-air home). All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in downtown Honolulu. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on KFVE includes Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens is an American sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007.This show was produced by Hanley Productions and CBS Productions , CBS Paramount Television ,and CBS Television Studios in association with Columbia TriStar Television , and Sony Pictures...
, Judge Joe Brown, and Grace Under Fire.
Outlying repeaters
To expand its signal and rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu, KFVE operates three outlying repeaters.| Call letters | Channel | City of license | Transmitter location |
|---|---|---|---|
| K27DW | 27 | 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... |
summit of Haleakala Haleakala Haleakalā , or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by the West Maui Mountains.- History :... |
| K45CT | 45 | Hilo | northeast of Mauna Loa Mauna Loa Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, and the largest on Earth in terms of volume and area covered. It is an active shield volcano, with a volume estimated at approximately , although its peak is about lower than that... summit |
| K63DZ | 63 | Kailua Kona | northwest of Hualalai Hualalai Hualālai is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the third-youngest and the third most active of the five volcanoes that form the island of Hawaii, following Kīlauea and the much larger Mauna Loa, and also the westernmost. Its peak is above sea... summit |
History
KFVE signed-on February 7, 1988 as the final VHF station in the marketMedia market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
. Originally, KFVE focused on low-budget programming such as Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...
repeats. Later under the moniker "Hawaii is Watching us Grow", it focused on movies and syndicated fare. As a small-time independent station
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
, it had to rely on low-budget programming and Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
television dramas (most of which were later carried on the independent KIKU
KIKU
KIKU-TV is an independent television station based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Currently, KIKU broadcasts on DTV channel 19, Time-Warner Cable 9/Digital 89 , Time-Warner Cable 10/Digital 89 , Time-Warner Cable Digital 89 , Hawaiian Cable 12, and Hawaiian Telcom Cable 20...
television network) through much of its early existence. That all changed in 1993 when another local station, KHNL (then a Fox affiliate owned by the Providence Journal Company
The Providence Journal
The Providence Journal, nicknamed the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island and is the largest newspaper in Rhode Island. The newspaper, first published in 1829 and the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the United States, was purchased...
), took over management of KFVE through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA). The latter station then merged its operations into KHNL's facility. It was the first such local market sharing organization in the country. After KHNL took over oversight of this station in the mid-1990s, coverage of University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
athletics moved over to KFVE which re-branded as "The Home Team".
On January 16, 1995, the station became a charter affiliate of UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
under the name "K-5 UPN Hawaii". On December 28, 1998, it became a secondary WB affiliate with the addition of programming from that network. Previously, The WB was carried throughout Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
on 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...
. KFVE was acquired outright by Raycom Media on December 31, 1999. Raycom had purchased KHNL and the LMA with KFVE from Belo Corporation two months earlier. On September 2, 2002, this station dropped its affiliation with UPN and became a primary WB affiliate. The station re-branded itself as "K-5, The Home Team: Hawaii's WB". In the Honolulu market, UPN programming moved to 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...
and 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....
, which both carried secondary affiliations with the network from 2002 to 2004.
On March 7, 2006, Raycom Media announced that KFVE would affiliate with MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
as part of a group deal involving many of Raycom-owned affiliates of The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
and UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
(whose consolidation and shutdowns the following September resulted in the birth of The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
, which would affiliate in Hawaii with a digital subchannel of 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 officially joined MyNetworkTV on September 5 and did not air The WB's final two weeks of prime-time programming (though it did air WB daytime and Saturday morning
Kids' WB
Kids' WB! was Warner Bros. American childrens programing division brand for The WB Television Network. In September 2006, the block moved to The CW Television Network. The CW is the result of The WB's merger with UPN in 2006...
programming until the network's end).
On January 15, 2009, DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
was transferred from KFVE's analog to its digital and high definition signals due to the analog shutdown. The HD signal of KFVE was pulled off DirecTV on January 16 due to unknown reasons. The station has since been restored on the satellite system with a standard definition digital signal. It left channel 5 and moved to channel 23 when the analog to digital transition was completed. However, it continues to display its PSIP virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 5.
On August 18, 2009, Raycom Media announced that it would enter into a shared services agreement with MCG Capital Corporation (owner of 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...
affiliate 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....
) in which the operations of that station, KFVE, and KHNL would be combined. The SSA also moved KFVE and its programming move from PSIP channel 5 to channel 9 under MCG ownership while KGMB moved from 9 to 5 and fall under Raycom's ownership. (The Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) only recognizes ownership of facility ID's
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...
and not station call signs
Call Signs
Call Signs is the third studio album by Melbourne electronica band Black Cab, released in 2009.The album evokes the atmosphere of the former totalitarian state of East Germany, set to a soundtrack of post-punk and atmospheric electronics. In an interview, the band explained the album's sound was...
or intellectual property, allowing MCG Capital to gain ownership of KFVE and Raycom ownership of KGMB during the swap.) The channel swap took effect with the SSA on October 26, 2009, as KFVE moved from 5 to 9 and changed its on-air branding from "K-5" to simply "KFVE."
Programming
Unlike most affiliates, KFVE only uses its network logo to promote MyNetworkTV programming in a similar way to WXSP-CAWXSP-CA
WXSP-CD is the Class A MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Southwestern Michigan, licensed to Grand Rapids. It broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter in Walker along Interstate 96. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 15 and Comcast...
in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...
which uses the branding "The X" and a "MyNetworkTV WXSP" logo. KFVE's local logo is used at all other times such as when promoting sitcom repeats or news. It clears all MyNetworkTV programming except for the occasional pre-emption in order to broadcast local sports or other special events. KFVE will delay MyNetworkTV programming until the weekends in order to broadcast these sporting events as the station once did with shows from UPN and The WB. Because MyNetworkTV airs twelve hours of programming per week, syndicated programming such as talk, game, and courtroom shows makes up a vast portion of KFVE's weekday schedule especially during the daytime.
Movies are also a regular part of its weekend afternoon schedule. KFVE does not sign-off choosing to air late night and early morning infomercials. It is also home to the most complete and comprehensive college sports package in the country as the station showcases more than 100 University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
sports events annually. Sports covered on KFVE include football, men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and women's soccer. KFVE (since 1994) and sister station KHNL (1984–1993) have been the home of University of Hawaii sports in the islands for over two decades. This station has said that it plans to broadcast home games in high definition beginning in August 2009 on pay-per-view. KFVE did state that Wahine Volleyball, Warrior Basketball and Warrior Football are the sports that will be covered in HD. Events that are not on a pay-per-view basis are not broadcasted in HD.
Newscasts
On April 17, 1995, KHNL launched a prime time newscast at 9 p.m. that was simulcasted on KFVE. This was dropped on August 3, 1997. On October 18, 2004, prime time news was re-launchged on KFVE, again produced by KHNL. On January 7, 2008, this station launched an additional news show produced by that station that airs weeknights at 6:30. Beginning on December 20, KFVE and KHNL began broadcasting their local news in high definition.The shared services agreement resulted in the termination of all but four KHNL on-air staff and all of KHNL's morning show technicians when its newsroom merged with KGMB on October 26, 2009 when they began their simulcast. The two stations began to jointly produce and simulcast a weeknight 5 and 10 o'clock newscasts while KHNL moved their 6 P.M. show to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 o'clock newscast. The only times when they don't simulcast is during the 7AM hour when KHNL starts airing NBC's Today Show, 5:30PM when KGMB airs The CBS Evening News, and at 6PM when KHNL airs The NBC Nightly News. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcasted on the two but can be preempted on one station due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE-TV remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 8 (Weekday mornings 8 to 9 A.M.)
- Anchors:
- Tannya Joaquin
- Dan Cooke (also weather anchor)
- Reporters:
- Taizo Braden - Traffic
- Howard Dicus - Business
- Malika Dudley - Special Projects
- Billy V - Celebrity and local entertainment
- Ramsay Wharton
Hawaii News Now at 6:30 (Weeknights 6:30 to 7 p.m.)
- Anchors:
- Teri Okita
- Keahi Tucker
- Weather:
- Guy Hagi
Hawaii News Now at 9 (9 to 9:30 p.m.)
Weeknights
- Anchor:
- Stephanie Lum
- Weather:
- Guy Hagi
- Sports:
- Chris Tanaka
Weekends
- Anchor:
- Lisa Kubota
- Weather:
- Malika Dudley
- Sports:
- Mike Cherry
Cheap Eats (Wednesdays on KFVE-TV)
- Guy Hagi
- Augie T.Augie T.Augie T. is a Filipino comedian based in Hawaii. Starting his career in the 1990s, he has come to be a somewhat-known "comedian" since the early 2000s. He was influenced by Rap Reiplinger. Aside from being a comedian, Augie T...
Additional news personnel are used from KGMB-TV and KHNL-TV. See each article for a complete listing.