KHLU-CD

ChannelsBrandingUnivision 46ProgrammingAffiliationsDefunctOwnershipOwnerHawaiian TV Network, Ltd.HistoryFoundedApril 29, 1988August 26, 1994 (1994-08-26)November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21) (22 years, 87 days)K60FJ (1994–2001)Analog: 60 (UHF, 1996–2001), 46 (UHF, 2001–2015)Univision (1994–2016)HonoluluTechnical information^[1]FCCFacility ID27969ClassCDERP15 kWLinks

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.

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