KITV

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KITV
Honolulu, Hawaii
Branding	KITV 4: Island Television
Slogan	Island Television
Channels	4 (VHF) analog, 40 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC The CW (DT2)
Owner	Hearst-Argyle
Founded	1954
Call letters meaning	K Island Television
Former callsigns	KULA-TV (1954-60) KHVH (1960-1970s)
Former affiliations	None
Transmitter Power	100 kW Analog 85 kW Digital
Website	www.thehawaiichannel.com

KITV is the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television affiliate licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii. Based in Honolulu and broadcasting on channel 4, the station is currently owned by Hearst-Argyle Television and operates several satellites and translators on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu. Its main transmitter is located in Honolulu. It brands itself as KITV 4 Island Television. The station is also seen on Oceanic Cable channel 6 throughout most of the state, with the exception of the eastern half of Hawaii Island, where it is instead seen on channel 12.

According to television listings on the station's website, KITV broadcasts a CW affiliate on its DT2 digital subchannel. [1] That subchannel currently has no programming, but may be used as an alternate CW affiliate should KHON-DT2 begin to pre-empt such network programming.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 Current Anchors & Reporters 4 Relay stations 5 Old logos 6 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on the air in 1954 as KULA-TV, and changed its calls to KHVH by 1960.

One of KITV's previous owners was Kaiser Broadcasting, which owned the station from 1958 to 1964; Kaiser sold the station in December 1964, to help fund its new chain of independent stations on the mainland.

KITV adopted its current calls in the 1970s to reflect its service of broadcasting to the Hawaiian Islands.

The station has been an ABC affiliate since its sign-on. Shamrock Broadcasting acquired KITV in 1984, then sold it to Tak Communications in 1987. Tak would declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991, and was later taken over by a group of creditors. In 1995, rumors circulated that it would join NBC when KHON-TV (which had been Hawaii's NBC affiliate for 43 years (1953-1996) decided to join Fox during the "Big Network Switch" of 1994-96. However, later in 1995, Argyle Television bought KITV and then-sister station WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York from Tak's creditors. In the end, KITV stayed with ABC, and NBC instead signed with KHNL as its new affiliate in 1996.

When Argyle merged with Hearst in 1997, KITV and its satellites became part of the newly-formed TV station group.

KITV also has an affiliation with CNN, which used KITV's live broadband stream to report on a 6.6 earthquake that struck off the northwestern coast of Hawaii County on October 15, 2006. Since KITV was the only station in Hawaii to remain on the air during the earthquake, they also attracted a flood of phone calls and e-mails from people around the world trying to find out if their loved ones were alright. The live stream also attracted the attention of The Daily Show the following day (October 16), thanks in part to a KITV staffer mentioning off-camera that the stations' bathrooms were still operational while the news anchors were still on the air. That clip can be seen on KITV's website.

[edit] Newscasts

Weekdays

• Island Television News This Morning - 5AM-7AM
  • Mahealani Richardson and Dan Meisenzahl
  • Island Weather with Ben Gutierrez
  • Traffic with Dave Hisaka
• Island Television News at 5PM - 5PM-5:30PM
  • Pamala Young and Gary Sprinkle
  • Island Weather with Justin Fujioka
  • Island Sports with Robert Kekaula
• Island Television News at 6PM - 6PM-6:30PM
  • Paula Akana and Shawn Ching
  • Island Weather with Justin Fujioka
  • Island Sports with Robert Kekaula
• Island Television News at 10PM - 10PM-10:35PM
  • Paula Akana and Shawn Ching
  • Island Weather with Justin Fujioka
  • Island Sports with Robert Kekaula

Weekends

• Island Television News at 5PM - 5PM-5:30PM
  • Jill Kuramoto
  • Island Sports with Rob DeMello
• Island Television News at 10PM - 10PM-10:35PM
  • Jill Kuramoto
  • Island Sports with Rob DeMello

[edit] Current Anchors & Reporters

• Paula Akana (6PM & 10PM Anchor)
• Shawn Ching (6PM & 10PM Anchor)
• Pamala Young (5PM Anchor)
• Gary Sprinkle (5PM Anchor)
• Justin Fujioka (Weather Anchor)
• Robert Kekaula (Sports Anchor)
• Mahealani Richardson (Morning Anchor / Reporter)
• Dan Meisenzahl (Morning Anchor / Reporter)
• Ben Gutierrez (Morning Weather Anchor / Reporter)
• Jill Kuramoto (Weekend Anchor / Reporter)
• Rob DeMello (Weekend Sports Anchor)
• Dick Allgire (Health & General Assignment Reporter)
• Catherine Cruz (Reporter)
• Denby Fawcett (Reporter)
• Daryl Huff (Reporter)
• Keoki Kerr (Reporter)
• Jodi Leong (Reporter)
• Caroline Sluyter (Reporter)
• Marisa Takahashi (Reporter)

[edit] Relay stations

• KHVO Channel 13 (Digital Channel 18) Hilo
• KMAU Channel 12 (Digital Channel 29) Wailuku
• K51BB Channel 51 Lihue

[edit] Old logos

KITV once used a circle 4 logo. This one is from 1976.

KITV 1986 circle 4 logo.

KITV stopped using a circle 4 logo in 1991.

[edit] External links

• KITV 4
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KITV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHVO
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KMAU
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K51BB

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)

Kauai: K51BB (ABC) - K55DZ (Fox/The CW) - K57BI / K69BZ (CBS) - K62AQ / K63AI / K63AZ / K66AY / K68BE (PBS) - K65BV (NBC)