Television station in Honolulu
KWBN (channel 44) is areligious television station inHonolulu , Hawaii, United States, airing programming from theDaystar Television Network . The station isowned and operated by Ho'ona'auao Community Television, a subsidiary of Daystar parent company Word of God Fellowship. KWBN's transmitter is located inAkupu, Hawaii .
KWBN, which signed on the air in 1999, is one of sixreligious stations serving the Honolulu television market, withKWHE ,KAAH-TV ,KALO ,KKAI andKUPU being the other five.
KWBN's allocation channel, like KALO andPBS member stationKHET , is reserved fornon-commercial use, and as such, must rely on paid religious programs, educational fare, and viewer donations for support.
Technical information [ edit ] The station's signal ismultiplexed :
Analog-to-digital conversion [ edit ] In 2009, KWBN left channel 44 and moved to channel 43 when the analog-to-digital conversion was completed.[ 3]
On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KWBN would relocate to RF channel 26[ 4] by April 12, 2019[ 5] as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.[ 6] The move was completed in December 2018.[ 7]
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