KGMB
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HAAT | 629 m (2,064 ft) |
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Transmitter coordinates | 21°23′52″N 158°6′0″W / 21.39778°N 158.10000°W |
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Website | www |
KGMB (channel 5) is a
History
The station first signed on the air on December 1, 1952, as the second television station in Hawaii.[3] KGMB-TV was originally owned by J. Howard Worrall along with KGMB radio (AM 590, now KSSK) and operated from studios on Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu. The station carried programming from three of the four major networks at the time (excluding DuMont), but was a primary CBS affiliate owing to KGMB-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. The station lost NBC programming when KONA-TV (channel 2, now KHON-TV) signed on two weeks later, and lost ABC when KULA-TV (channel 4, now KITV) launched in April 1954. In 1973, a partnership led by future Hawaii congressman Cecil Heftel bought KGMB-AM-TV, then turned around and sold the KGMB stations to Lee Enterprises in 1977. Lee sold off the radio station in 1980. In 1982, the station dropped the "-TV" suffix from its call sign.
The real-life KGMB news crew was often featured in one of the longest-running police dramas on CBS in the 1970s, Hawaii Five-O. The station also had ties to the iconic series' reboot, as CBS allowed KGMB to let its viewers preview the season premiere episode early at the Waikiki Shell each September during the rebooted series' run.
In 2000, Lee exited from television broadcasting and sold most of its television holdings (including KGMB) to
From September 2, 2002, to October 31, 2004, KGMB carried select UPN programming via a secondary affiliation shared with KHON; each station aired programs from that network that the other station did not air. The two stations began carrying UPN programming in September 2002 after KFVE (which had been with UPN since its January 1995 launch) disaffiliated from the network to become a full-time affiliate of The WB (whose programming aired on KFVE in a secondary capacity since December 1998). KIKU, an independent station specializing in Japanese programming, became a secondary UPN affiliate on November 1, 2004, and remained with the network until its closure on September 15, 2006.
Emmis itself prepared to exit the television industry and sold KHON to the
For many years, KGMB billed itself as "One of the Good Things About Hawaii" with its rich history of local television programming exclusively in Hawaii, especially in such shows as Skipper Al and Checkers & Pogo (both children's programs; the latter being the most remembered, airing from 1967 to 1982 and featured Morgan White), The Hawaii Moving Company (originally a disco/dance program that transitioned into a general interest show), and the 1982 television special Rap's Hawaii starring Rap Reiplinger. This slogan was made famous by an a cappella jingle which is still heard on KGMB today. At the end of KGMB's morning newscast, Sunrise, it can now be heard leading into CBS Mornings. Later, with an emphasis on weather, the station branded itself "Hawaii's Severe Weather Station".
Channel swap
On August 18, 2009, MCG Capital and Raycom Media (owner of KHNL and, at the time, KFVE) announced a
The resulting ownership arrangement of the stations generated some controversy, as it had the effect of Raycom trading KFVE to MCG Capital in return for KGMB. Organizations such as media watchdog group Media Council Hawaii viewed the plan as a way to circumvent FCC rules preventing one company owning two of the four highest-rated stations in the same market—in this case, KGMB and KHNL.
Raycom Media president Paul McTear staunchly defended the SSA, stating it would "preserve three stations that provide important and valuable local, national and international programming to viewers in Hawaii."
The SSA and channel swap took effect on October 26, 2009, with KGMB moving from virtual channel 9 to channel 5 and changing its branding from "KGMB 9" to just "KGMB."[10] An estimated 68 positions from a total of 198 between the three stations would be eliminated as part of the agreement.[11] On May 8, 2010, the remaining items and memorabilia that were left at KGMB's former studios were auctioned off, with proceeds going to charity.[12]
Removal from Nielsen ratings
Beginning in 2016, the Hawaii News Now (HNN) group of KGMB, KHNL, and KFVE severed ties to the
Sale to Gray Television
On June 25, 2018, Atlanta-based Gray Television announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including KGMB and KHNL), and Gray's 93 television stations) under the former's corporate umbrella. In the cash-and-stock merger transaction, valued at $3.6 billion, Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom. Because Raycom operates three stations in the Honolulu market, the companies were required to sell either KHNL, KGMB or KFVE to another station owner in order to comply with FCC ownership rules.[15][16][17][18]
On November 1, 2018, Nexstar Media Group – which has owned Fox affiliate KHON-TV since January 2017 – announced that it would acquire KFVE and the licenses of satellites KGMD-TV and KGMV from American Spirit Media for $6.5 million. Nexstar concurrently assumed the station's operations through a time brokerage agreement that took effect the day the transaction paperwork was filed with the FCC, under which Raycom forwarded the rights to certain managerial services involving KFVE – not counting certain other services to which Raycom would retain stewardship under the TBA – on a transitional basis. Under the deal, which is expected to receive regulatory approval in the first quarter of 2019, Nexstar also intends to integrate KFVE's operations into KHON's studio facilities at the Hawaiki Tower on Piikoi and Waimanu Streets. However, Raycom will retain rights to the KFVE intellectual unit (call letters, syndicated and local programming), which will be shifted to a digital subchannel of either KHNL or KGMB as will KFVE-DT2's Bounce TV affiliation (which will be moved to KGMB-DT4); the KFVE calls will also be retained by Raycom for branding continuity. As such, Nexstar will likely assign new call letters to the channel 9 license as well as acquire programming to replace that being maintained by Raycom post-acquisition (which may include shifting the programming on KHON's CW-affiliated DT2 feed to the KFVE license, and/or the retention of the MyNetworkTV affiliation, which Raycom did not include in the KFVE intellectual property transaction.)[19][20][21][22]
The sale of KFVE to Nexstar was approved by the FCC on December 17;[23] the Gray-Raycom merger was approved three days later.[24] The sale was completed on January 2, 2019.[25]
Programming
KGMB clears all CBS programming, although it will occasionally preempt prime time shows until the overnight hours in order to broadcast locally produced specials. In its early days, the only major CBS programs KGMB regularly preempted were
KGMB airs CBS'
High definition
KGMB currently broadcasts most of its programming, including CBS network shows and
News operation
KGMB presently broadcasts 27 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours, 5 minutes each weekday, and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). For its first 25 years on the air, KGMB was the dominant news station in Hawaii. However, in 1978, rival KHON-TV persuaded sports director Joe Moore to join that station as its lead anchor. Within a few years, KHON had passed KGMB for the lead, and KGMB has placed either second or third in the ratings since then.
From September 2005 to August 2007, KGMB aired the nationally syndicated morning show
In 2008, the station announced plans to upgrade its news production to high definition. However, on December 13 of that year, KGMB announced that those plans had been put on hold due to the possibility of relocating its studio facilities. The station planned to begin producing its newscasts in widescreen standard definition as early as July 2009. With the launch of the Hawaii News Now operation on October 26, 2009, KGMB began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.[28] KGMB and KHNL began to jointly produce and simulcast weeknight 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, while KHNL moved its 6 p.m. newscast to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 p.m. newscast. The only times when KGMB and KHNL do not simulcast news programming are on weekdays during the 7 a.m. hour when KHNL airs NBC's Today, at 5:30 p.m. when KGMB airs the CBS Evening News and at 6 p.m. when KHNL airs NBC Nightly News. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcast on the two stations but are subject to preemption on one of the stations due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.[29][30] While the merged operation is based at KHNL's old studio, most of the on-air personalities are holdovers from KGMB; all but four of KHNL's reporters were fired after the merger.
Notable former on-air staff
- Larry Beil – sports anchor (formerly at ESPN, now at KGO-TV in San Francisco)
- Carter Evans (now Los Angeles correspondent for CBS News)
- Neil Everett – sports anchor (now at ESPN)
- Russ Francis – sports anchor
- Joe Moore – sports anchor (now at KHON-TV)
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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5.1 | 1080i | 16:9 |
KGMB | CBS |
5.2 | 480i | Circle | Circle
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5.3 | CourtTV | Bark TV | ||
5.4 | Bounce | Bounce TV | ||
5.5 | TruCrim | True Crime Network | ||
5.6 | Quest | Quest | ||
9.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KHII DT | MyNetworkTV (KHII-TV) |
Analog-to-digital conversion
KGMB discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over
At the same time, KGMD's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 8 to its former analog-era VHF channel 9, while KGMV's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 24 (using its former analog channel 3 as its virtual channel) for post-transition digital operations.
Satellite stations
As with other major television stations in Hawaii, KGMB operates multiple satellite stations and translators across the Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast the station's programming outside of metropolitan Honolulu.
Station | City of license | Channels (RF / VC) |
First air date | Call letters' meaning | ERP | HAAT
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Facility ID | Transmitter coordinates | Transmitter location | Public license information |
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K20NX-D | Hilo
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20 ( UHF )45 |
January 4, 1989 | 13.5 kW
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151.1 m (496 ft) | 34446 | 19°35′7″N 155°27′0″W / 19.58528°N 155.45000°W | LMS | ||
K28NN-D1 | Wailuku
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28 (UHF) 28 |
November 30, 1989 | 1.08 kW | 11 m (36 ft) | 34448 | 20°42′33″N 156°15′52″W / 20.70917°N 156.26444°W | LMS | ||
KSIX-DT3 | Hilo
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22.3 (UHF) 13.3 |
August 22, 1983 | The station was previously on channel 6 under a different owner. | 8 kW | −170 m (−558 ft) | 34846 | 19°43′40″N 155°4′1″W / 19.72778°N 155.06694°W | on top of Hilo Hawaiian Hotel | Public file LMS |
KOGG-DT3 | Wailuku
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16.3 (UHF) 13.3 |
August 22, 1989 | "OGG" is Kahului Airport's IATA code | 50 kW | 818 m (2,684 ft) | 34859 | 20°39′25.5″N 156°21′35.8″W / 20.657083°N 156.359944°W | summit of Haleakala
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Public file LMS |
Notes:
- 1. K28NN-D used the call sign K26CX from 1989 to 1991 and K27DW from 1991 to 2014.
Former satellites
KGMD and KGMV used to simulcast KGMB programming until the 2009 channel swap with KFVE (now KHII-TV). The station was also simulcast on translators K69BZ (channel 69) in
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External links
- HawaiiNewsNow.com – KGMB/KHNL-TV official website
- Honolulu.ThisTV.com – This TV Hawaii official website