KHET
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KHET, also called PBS Hawaii, is the only Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) member non-commercial educational
Public television 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 programming from Create and NHK World.
PBS Hawaii transmits 24 hours a day on Oceanic Time Warner Cable (on cable 10) and Hawaiian Telcom (cable 11), 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.
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.
on Maui
, as well as the following low-powered translator stations.
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....
(PBS) member non-commercial educational
Non-commercial educational
The term non-commercial educational applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements , as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission . NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non-profit uses of the radio spectrum...
Public television station in 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...
. 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
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. It can also be seen statewide 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 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 programming from Create and NHK World.
PBS Hawaii transmits 24 hours a day on Oceanic Time Warner Cable (on cable 10) and Hawaiian Telcom (cable 11), 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
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...
digital signal.
Digital television
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 11.1 | Main KHET Programming / PBS HD |
| 11.2 | Create (12 a.m.-6 p.m.) NHK World (6 p.m.-12 a.m.) |
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 WailukuWailuku, 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...
on Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
, as well as the following low-powered translator stations.
- K36IJ-D Channel 36 AnaholaAnahola, HawaiiAnahola is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,932 at the 2000 census.- History :...
- K50JT-D Channel 50 HakalauHakalau, HawaiiHakalau is a small unincorporated community located along the Hamakua coast about north of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii at ....
- K29HL-D Channel 29 HanaleiHanalei, HawaiiHanalei is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 478 at the 2000 census. Hanalei means "lei making" in Hawaiian...
- K28JV-D Channel 28 Hilo
- K41JT-D Channel 41 Kilauea Military Camp
- K34IS-D Channel 34 KilaueaKilauea, HawaiiKīlauea, on the Island of Kauai, shares the name of the active volcano, Mt. Kilauea. The name literally translates to "spewing" or '"much spreading" in Hawaiian. Kilauea, the town, is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States....
- K30JE-D Channel 30 Lihue
- K31IZ-D Channel 31 Naalehu
- K35II-D Channel 35 South PointKa LaeKa Lae , also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District under the name South Point Complex...
- K28JM-D Channel 28 WaimeaWaimea, Hawai'i County, Hawai'iWaimea is a census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 7,028 at the 2000 census. Since each U.S. state cannot have more than one post office of the same name and there are many 'Waimeas' on the islands of Hawaii, the official US Post Office name for Waimea...
- K21IA-D Channel 21 Waipake