11-08-2018, 03:08 PM
KFVE Channel 9 filed today to shift control over to KHON Channel 11, with an eventual sale to KHON. I would imagine this would mean some kind of channel lineup change, and some programming changes, since Channel 9 currently runs Hawaii News Now, the main competitor to KHON2.
In the filing, Channel 9 promises to run a "general, advertiser-supported, national-network-affiliated, entertainment/sports format, with some mix permitted of home shopping, religious, foreign language and infomercial programming". The first part of that sentence refers to the current My-Network TV affiliation-- the second half I think probably suggests new subchannels, as they are talking about the full suite of Channel 9 subchannels, not just 9.1.
They also committed to 2 hours of news per week, and said there will be no Big Island originated programming on the local Channel 9 transmitter because, they say, Hilo can not support it.
The move also opens up an engineering opportunity to make KFVE and KHON available in both ATSC and ATSC 3.0 in the future.
In the filing, Channel 9 promises to run a "general, advertiser-supported, national-network-affiliated, entertainment/sports format, with some mix permitted of home shopping, religious, foreign language and infomercial programming". The first part of that sentence refers to the current My-Network TV affiliation-- the second half I think probably suggests new subchannels, as they are talking about the full suite of Channel 9 subchannels, not just 9.1.
They also committed to 2 hours of news per week, and said there will be no Big Island originated programming on the local Channel 9 transmitter because, they say, Hilo can not support it.
The move also opens up an engineering opportunity to make KFVE and KHON available in both ATSC and ATSC 3.0 in the future.