KHLU-CD
Channels
BrandingUnivision 46
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerHawaiian TV Network, Ltd.
History
FoundedApril 29, 1988
First air date
August 26, 1994 (1994-08-26)
Last air date
November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21) (22 years, 87 days)
Former call signs
K60FJ (1994–2001)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 60 (UHF, 1996–2001), 46 (UHF, 2001–2015)
Univision (1994–2016)
Call sign meaning
Honolulu
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID27969
ClassCD
ERP15 kW
Links
Public license information

KHLU-CD (channel 46) was a low-power, Class A television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. The station was owned by Hawaiian TV Network, Ltd.

History

KHLU signed on the air on August 26, 1994, as K60FJ and began airing Univision programming to Honolulu's growing Hispanic population.

Originally, KHLU operated on channel 60, but when the FCC made that channel a full-power allocation with more than seven companies applying for the last vacant TV signal in the market, they relocated to channel 46 and were upgraded to Class A status.

In 2010, KHLU filed an application with the FCC to convert its status from analog to digital. It was licensed for digital operation on channel 46 on May 29, 2015. On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KHLU-CD would relocate to RF channel 36[2] by April 12, 2019[3] as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.[4]

KHLU-CD went dark on November 21, 2016, after its automated traffic system failed, which made it impossible to manage the station's programming and feed it to the transmitter.[5] On November 17, 2017, KHLU-CD surrendered its license.[6] While the shutdown of KHLU-CD left Honolulu as one of the few markets without an over-the-air Univision or UniMás affiliate, both networks maintain national feeds available locally on cable television.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHLU-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Repack Plan". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "Transition Schedule". FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Meisch, Charlie. "FCC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION" (PDF). FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "Suspension of Operations and Silent Authority of a Digital Class A Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Cancellation Application". Federal Communications Commission. Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
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