Media in Honolulu

This article concerns media in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Newspapers

Honolulu is served by one daily newspaper, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The newspaper began publication on June 7, 2010, following the merger of the city's two daily newspapers, the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Prior to the merger, Honolulu had been one of the few cities of its size in the U.S. to have more than one daily newspaper.

There is also "MidWeek", a weekly newspaper which is published every Wednesday by O'ahu Publications Inc., and distributed free on O'ahu.

Magazines

Honolulu has the longest established magazine west of the Mississippi, Honolulu Magazine, the only city magazine in the state of Hawai‘i.

Television

Main article: List of television stations in Hawaii

Full-power TV stations

PSIP Virtual channel	ATSC Physical Channel	Call letter	Affiliations	DT2	DT3	DT4	DT5	Owner
2	8	KHON-TV (Cable 3)	Fox	The CW	GetTV	Laff		Nexstar Media Group
4	20	KITV (Cable 6)	ABC	MeTV Hawaii	Hawaii TV	Start TV	Heroes & Icons	Allen Media Broadcasting
5	23	KGMB (Cable 7)	CBS	This TV	Escape	Bounce TV		Gray Television
9	22	KHII-TV (Cable 5)	MNTV					Nexstar Media Group
11	11	KHET (Cable 10)	PBS	NHK World-Japan/PBS Kids	PBS Hawaii Kids			Hawaii Public Television
13	35	KHNL (Cable 8)	NBC	Independent	Antenna TV	Grit		Gray Television
14	31	KWHE	Family	Dabl	TheGrio			Family Broadcasting Corporation
20	19	KIKU	Ind. (Asian)	The Works	Charge!			NRJ Media
26	27	KAAH-TV	TBN	Hillsong	JUCE TV/Smille	Enlace USA	TBN Salsa	Trinity Broadcasting Network
32	33	KBFD	Ind. (Asian)	KBS World	Arirang			Allen Broadcasting
38	18	KALO	Independent					One Love Outreach Inc.
44	26	KWBN	DayStar					DayStar
50	29	KKAI	Independent	Telemundo (simulcast of KFVE Kailua-Kona)				Kailua Television
56	15	KUPU	Cozi TV					Oceania Christian Church
66	32	KPXO-TV	ION	Court TV	Grit	Court TV Mystery	HSN	Inyo Broadcast Holdings

Early conversion to DT

On January 15, 2009, Hawaii became the first state in the United States to have its television stations switch from analog to digital early. As a result of this move, all of Honolulu's full-power TV stations, including network affiliates and independent stations, ceased analog broadcasting at noon on that date. By making the switch early, the broadcast towers atop Haleakala near the birds' nesting grounds can be dismantled without interfering with the petrels' nesting season. Also, as a result of the conversion, the former NTSC channels listed in this table are now the same channels that can be seen on a PSIP Virtual channel.

Low-power TV channels

• 42 K42CO
• 48 KHHI-LP (HSN)
• 64 K64FN

Radio stations

Main article: List of radio stations in Hawaii

AM radio stations

Frequency	Call letter	HD1 format	HD2 format	FM translator	Owner
590	KSSK	Adult Contemporary			iHeart Media
690	KHNR	Conservative Talk		94.3	Salem Communications
760	KGU	Sports			Salem Communications
830	KHVH	News/Talk			iHeart Media
870	KHCM	Chinese			Salem Communications
990	KIKI	Sports			iHeart Media
1030	KLHT	Religious			Calvary
1130	KPHI	Tagalog		96.7	Hochman-McCain Hawaii
1210	KZOO	Japanese Pop			Polynesian Broadcasting
1270	KNDI	Multicultural		103.9	Broadcast House of the Pacific
1370	KHXM	Chinese			Broadcasting Corp. of America
1420	KKEA	Sports		92.7	Blow Up
1500	KHKA	Sports			Blow Up
1540	KREA	Korean			JMK Communications

FM radio stations

Frequency	Call letter	HD1 format	HD2 format	HD3 format	HD4 format	Translator	Owner
88.1	KHPR	Classical, News (National Public Radio)					Hawaii Public Radio
89.3	KIPO	News, Information, Jazz (National Public Radio)					Hawaii Public Radio
90.1	KTUH	Modern Rock, Progressive music					University of Hawaii
91.5	KLHT-FM	Religious					Calvary Chapel
92.3	KSSK-FM	Adult Contemporary	Country				iHeart Media
93.1	KQMQ-FM	Hawaiian Contemporary/Reggae					Ohana Broadcast Company
93.9	KUBT	Rhythmic contemporary	Rhythmic adult contemporary				iHeart Media
94.7	KUMU-FM	Rhythmic adult contemporary					Ohana Broadcast Company
95.5	KAIM-FM	Christian Contemporary					Salem Communications
96.3	KRTR-FM	Hot Adult Contemporary					SummitMedia LLC
97.5	KHCM-FM	Country					Salem Communications
98.5	KDNN	Hawaiian Contemporary	Hawaiian AC				iHeart Media
99.5	KGU-FM	Religious					Salem Communications
100.3	KCCN-FM	Hawaiian Contemporary					SummitMedia LLC
101.1	KORL-FM	Oldies	Classic rock	‘80s hits	Smooth jazz	97.1/101.5/107.5	Hochman-McCain Hawaii
101.9	KUCD	International Top 40	Alternative rock			99.1	iHeart Media
102.7	KDDB	Top 40/CHR					Ohana Broadcast Company
103.5	KLUU	Christian Contemporary					Educational Media Foundation
104.3	KPHW	Rhythmic Top 40/CHR					SummitMedia LLC
105.1	KINE-FM	Traditional Hawaiian					SummitMedia LLC
105.9	KPOI-FM	Soft AC					Ohana Broadcast Company
106.7	KNAN	Rhythmic AC					Big D Consulting
107.9	KKOL-FM	Classic hits					Salem Communications

Low powered FM

• 91.1 K216FI (Christian Contemporary)
• 95.9 KXRG-LP (Dance)
• 104.7 K284AL (Community programming)

Cable and satellite television

Oceanic Spectrum (a division of Charter Spectrum) is the primary cable television carrier in the Honolulu metropolitan area. However, in June 2011, Hawaiian Telcom, the state's main telephone carrier, was given a license to start providing cable services in Hawaii, which is expected to begin in early 2012 in Honolulu County before going statewide. Satellite television (DIRECTV, Dish Network, some C-Band) is also available as an alternative.

Satellite radio

Prior to 2011, due to its geographical location, service from Sirius XM Radio (the parent company of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio) was not reachable, although Sirius XM programming could've been reached through other outlets via internet or through subscription from various phone providers. XM programming was featured on DIRECTV channels in Honolulu, but DIRECTV dropped the lineup in February 2010 in favor of Sonic Tap.

That all changed in 2011, when Sirius XM received approval from the FCC to begin transmission to Hawaii and Alaska as it prepares to place a 1.8Kw transmitter in downtown Honolulu in anticipation for a future launch. Sirius XM had been trying to expand service into Hawaii since 2007 but had opposition from the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters fearing loss of local competition. The FCC rejected the HAB's petition.