KHET

KHET
Channels
BrandingPBS Hawai'i
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerHawaii Public Television Foundation
History
First air date
April 15, 1966 (58 years ago) (1966-04-15)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 11 (VHF, 1966–2009)
  • Digital: 18 (UHF, until 2009)
NET (1966–1970)
Call sign meaning
Hawaii Educational Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID26431
ERP15.7 kW
HAAT625 m (2,051 ft)
Transmitter coordinates21°24′3″N 158°6′10″W / 21.40083°N 158.10278°W / 21.40083; -158.10278
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.pbshawaii.org
Satellite station
KMEB
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
  • 10.1: PBS
  • 10.2: PBS Kids / NHK World
  • 10.3: PBS Kids 24/7
History
First air date
September 22, 1966 (58 years ago) (1966-09-22)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 10 (VHF, 1966–2009)
  • Digital: 30 (UHF, until 2009)
NET (1966–1970)
Call sign meaning
Maui Educational Broadcasting
Technical information[2]
Facility ID26428
ERP21.2 kW
HAAT747 m (2,451 ft)
Transmitter coordinates20°39′37″N 156°21′46″W / 20.66028°N 156.36278°W / 20.66028; -156.36278 (KMEB)
Links
Public license information

KHET (channel 11), branded PBS Hawai'i, is a PBS member television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands. Owned by the Hawaii Public Television Foundation, the station maintains studios on Sand Island Access Road in Honolulu,[3] and its main transmitter is located on Palehua Ridge, north of Makakilo.[4]

The station's signal is relayed across the rest of the state outside Oahu and metropolitan Honolulu on full-powered satellite KMEB (channel 10) in Wailuku on Maui (with transmitter at Ulupalakua) and through a network of low-power translators on the other Hawaiian Islands.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KHET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KMEB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "PBS Hawaii - NEW HOME Campaign". Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  4. ^ FCC information for KHET