KHET

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KHET

Honolulu, Hawaii
Branding	PBS Hawaii
Channels	11 (VHF) analog, 11.1 (frequency assignment 18 (UHF)) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Hawaii Public Television Foundation
Founded	1966
Call letters meaning	K Hawaii Educational Television
Transmitter Power	148 kW (Analog) 9.5 kW (Digital)
Website	pbshawaii.org

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. They can also be seen statewide on Oceanic Cable channel 10.

KHET broadcasts over-the-air on channel 11(analog)/11.1(digital), with a multicast of the "PBS Hawaii Create" channel on 11.2^[1]. The analog transmitter is located in Honolulu, while the digital transmitter is on Palehua Ridge, north of Makakilo^[2]. The digital transmitter is only 9.5 kW (versus 148 kW for analog), so most Honolulu residents have difficulty receiving the 1080i digital signal^[3].

KMEB, was PBS in Wailuku on Maui (when the eastern side of the island was served by TCI cable).

Until 2003, the station was known as Hawaii Public Television.

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^ ["http://www.pbshawaii.org/about/about_digitaltv.php" PBS Hawaii Digital TV]
^ ["http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KHET" FCC information for KHET]
^ ["http://hdhawaii.net/locals.html#pbs" HDHawaii PBS information]

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Television stations in Hawaii (Nielsen DMA #72)

Honolulu: KHON 2 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KITV 4 (ABC) - KFVE 5 (MNTV/The Tube on DT2) - KGMB 9 (CBS) - KHET 11 (PBS) - KHNL 13 (NBC) - KWHE 14 (LeSEA) - KIKU 20 (Ind) - KAAH 26 (TBN) - KBFD 32 (Ind) - KALO 38 (Ind) - KWBN 44 (DS) - KHLU 46 (UNI) - KKAI 50 (Faith TV) - KUPU 56 (Ind) - KPXO 66 (ION)

Hilo: KHBC 2 (NBC) - K04FE 4 (PBS) - KLEI 6 (ION) - KGMD 9 (CBS) - KHAW 11 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KHVO 13 (ABC) - KWHH 14 (LeSEA) - K34HC 34 (TBN) - K45CT 45 (MNTV)

Maui: KGMV 3 (CBS) - KAII 7 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KMEB 10 (PBS) - KMAU 12 (ABC) - KOGG 15 (NBC) - KWHM 21 (LeSEA) - K27DW 27 (MNTV) - KAUI-LP 51 (Ind) - KAMN-LP 61 (TBN)