KHET

KHET, virtual and VHF digital channel 11, branded as PBS Hawai'i, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The station is owned by the Hawaii Public Television Foundation, which is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. For almost 50 years, KHET's studios were located on Dole Street on the campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu. In 2016, the station moved to its current location on Sand Island Access Road, in a renovated and expanded facility and former site of KFVE (channel 9) and KHNL (channel 13).[1] KHET's main transmitter is located on Palehua Ridge, north of Makakilo.[2]

For other uses, see Khet (disambiguation).
KHET
Honolulu, Hawaii
United States
ChannelsDigital: 11 (VHF)
Virtual: 11 (PSIP)
BrandingPBS Hawai'i
SloganHome is Here.
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerHawaii Public Television Foundation
History
First air date
April 15, 1966 (1966-04-15)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
11 (VHF, 1966–2009)
Digital:
18 (UHF, until 2009)
NET (1966–1970)
Call sign meaning
Hawaii
Educational
Television
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID26431
ERP15.7 kW
HAAT625 m (2,051 ft)
Transmitter coordinates21°24′3″N 158°6′10″W
Translator(s)See below
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.pbshawaii.org
KMEB
Satellite of KHET
Wailuku, Hawaii
United States
ChannelsDigital: 10 (VHF)
Virtual: 10 (PSIP)
Brandingsee KHET infobox
Slogansee KHET infobox
Programming
Affiliations
  • 10.1: PBS (1970–present)
  • 10.2: PBS Kids / NHK World
  • 10.3: PBS Kids 24/7
Ownership
OwnerHawaii Public Television Foundation
History
First air date
September 22, 1966 (1966-09-22)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
10 (VHF, 1966–2009)
Digital:
30 (UHF, until 2009)
NET (1966–1970)
Call sign meaning
Maui
Educational
Broadcasting
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID26428
ERP21.2 kW
HAAT747 m (2,451 ft)
Transmitter coordinates20°39′37″N 156°21′46″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS

The station's signal is relayed across the rest of the state outside Oahu and metropolitan Honolulu on full-powered satellite KMEB (virtual and VHF digital channel 10) in Wailuku on Maui (with transmitter on the summit of Haleakala) and through a network of low-powered translators on the other Hawaiian Islands. It can also be seen statewide on Oceanic Spectrum channel 11 (10 on Oahu) and digital channel 1010 in high definition, and on Hawaiian Telcom channel 11.

Station history
Logo as "PBS Hawaii"; used from 2016 to early January 2020

KHET signed on the air for the first time on April 15, 1966; KMEB followed on six months later on September 22 of that year. KHET is the second outlet in Honolulu to occupy the channel 11 dial position, the first being KONA-TV from 1952 to 1955, when it moved to channel 2 because the higher VHFs (2 to 6) offered more ERPs at the time; that station is now KHON-TV. Had KONA not moved to channel 2, the channel would have remained a commercial allocation, as the FCC had intended to make channel 7 a non-commercial allocation for Honolulu in the first assignment, but the FCC relocated channel 7 to Wailuku in 1959 and made channel 11 a non-commercial allocation instead (the Wailuku allocation was intended to be on channel 8[3]). Originally known on-air as "Hawaii Educational Television" (or "Hawaii ETV"), it rebranded as "Hawaii Public Television" in 1970 and then became "PBS Hawai'i" in 2003. PBS Hawaii broadcasts 24 hours a day on cable television, but airs only from 5 a.m. to 12 a.m. daily on its over-the-air broadcast signal; this makes it one of the few remaining television stations in the United States that continues to sign off during the overnight hours.

Original materials from PBS Hawaii have also been contributed to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.[4]

Digital television

Digital channels

The stations' digital signals are multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[5][6]
11.1 / 10.11080i16:9KHET-1Main programming / PBS
11.2 / 10.2480iKHET-2PBS Kids (5 a.m.–6 p.m.)
NHK World (6 p.m.–midnight)
11.3 / 10.3KHET-3PBS Kids

Analog-to-digital conversion

Both stations discontinued regular programming on their analog signals, respectively on January 15, 2009, the date in which full-power television stations in Hawai'i transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts (six months earlier than the June 12 transition date for stations on the U.S. mainland):[7]

  • KHET discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 11; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to VHF channel 11.
  • KMEB discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 10; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 30 to VHF channel 10.

The station's digital transmitter operates at 9.5 kW (versus 148 kW for its analog signal).[8]

Translators

PBS Hawai'i operates the following low-powered translator stations:

City of license Callsign Channel
AnaholaK36IJ-D 36
HakalauK36OZ-D 36
HanaleiK29HL-D 29
HiloK28JV-D 28
KilaueaK34IS-D 34
LihueK30JE-D 30
Mauna LoaK19JW-D 19
NaalehuK31IZ-D 31
South PointK35II-D 35
WaimeaK28JM-D 28
WaipakeK21IA-D 21

References
  1. "PBS Hawaii - NEW HOME Campaign". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. FCC information for KHET
  3. "F.C.C. Authorizes KALA-TV Permit For Channel 7". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. November 5, 1958. p. 26. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  4. "PBS Hawaii". americanarchive.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  5. "RabbitEars.Info". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. "RabbitEars.Info". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  8. "HDHawaii PBS information". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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