Honolulu, Hawaii United States |
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City | Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
Slogan | Hawaii's Five-O |
Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 50 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 50.1 RTV |
Affiliations | RTV (2012–present) |
Owner | Kailua Television, LLC |
First air date | 2004 |
Call letters' meaning | KAIlua (city of license) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 50 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
Former affiliations | Faith TV (2004–2012) |
Transmitter power | 12 kW |
Height | 373 m |
Facility ID | 83180 |
Transmitter coordinates | 21°19′23″N 157°40′53″W / 21.32306°N 157.68139°W |
Website | www.kkai.tv |
KKAI is a television station that hit the air in 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The license is owned by Kailua Broadcasting, LLC.
The station's city of license is Kailua and operates on ATSC digital channel 50. Originally intended to sign on as an affiliate of the UPN television network, it began airing family programming from Faith TV in addition to local programming. In 2012, the station became a full-time affiliate of the Retro Television Network
As of August 2007, KKAI programming can be seen in the Honolulu area over the air or on cable.
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a second (companion) channel for a digital television station. On January 15, 2009, KKAI flash-cut to a digital signal on the same channel.
On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KKAI will relocate to RF channel 25 by April 12, 2019 as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.