This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of

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. Each of the three municipal counties —

Honolulu County Honolulu County (officially known as the City and County of Honolulu, formerly Oahu County) is a consolidated city–county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The city–county includes both the city of Honolulu (the state's capital and largest cit ...

Maui County Maui County, officially the County of Maui, is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Maui, Lānai, Molokai (except for a portion of Molokai that comprises Kalawao County), Kahoolawe, and Molokini. The latter two a ...

and

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— has its own set of stations.

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has repeaters which broadcast Honolulu's stations through its islands.

Full-power stations

VC refers to the station's

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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.

Defunct full-power stations

*Channel 13: KHVH-TV (original) - Honolulu (5/5/1957-7/16/1958)

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stations

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Other islands

Many inhabited areas of Molokai and Lanai are within range of TV stations and repeaters located on facing areas of Oahu and Maui. Likewise, viewers on

Niihau Niihau ( Hawaiian: ), anglicized as Niihau ( ), is the westernmost main and seventh largest inhabited island in Hawaii. It is southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel. Its area is . Several intermittent playa lakes provide wetland ha ...

are served by transmitters on the west of Kauai.

Early conversion to digital

On January 15, 2009, Hawaii became the first state in the United States to permanently have its television stations switch from analog to digital early. Hawaii's full-power TV stations, including network affiliates and independent stations, ceased analog broadcasting at noon on that date. With the exception of residents on Kauai, households that receive TV signals over the air will need to connect a converter box to sets in order to continue watching TV, since Kauai is the only part of Hawaii that receives over-the-air television signals via low-power translators that are not affected by the DTV transition. Existing analog facilities at Maui's

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volcano are to be removed due to ongoing interference with astronomy equipment operated under the

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and the

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. The digital stations are being deployed using new facilities at Ulupalakua and the old towers will be removed before the Hawaiian

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s' nesting season begins in March. By making the switch early, the broadcast towers atop Haleakalā near the birds' nesting grounds can be dismantled without interfering with their habits."Hawaii first state to make DTV switch" from Honolulu Star-Bulletin (October 15, 2008)
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References

External links

Hawaii Radio & Television Guide
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Television Stations In Hawaii

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