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KHNL
Honolulu, Hawaii
Branding	KHNL NBC8
Slogan	Live, Local, Late Breaking
Channels	Analog: 13 (VHF) Digital: 35 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC (since 1996) NBC Weather Plus on DT2 signal
Owner	Raycom Media
Founded	1962
Call letters meaning	HNL for Honolulu International Airport's IATA airport code
Former affiliations	Independent (1962-1986) FOX (1987-1995) PTEN (secondary, 1993-1995)
Website	www.khnl.com

KHNL ("KHNL NBC 8") is the licensed broadcast affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company in Hawaii. Based in Honolulu, KHNL first broadcast from Channel 13 on July 4, 1962 under the call letters KTRG from a transmitter atop the Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. The station is currently owned by Raycom Media and has satellite feeds on all the major Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu. Its main transmitter is located in Honolulu. KHNL is also seen on cable channel 8 on Oceanic Cable, which is why they refer to themselves on-air as "KHNL NBC 8" instead of their regular over-the-air channel position. In addition, KHNL is the sister station of local MyNetworkTV affiliate KFVE-TV.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.2 FOX Network 1.3 NBC Network 2 Programming 2.1 Recent schedule changes 3 KHNL News 8 Anchors & Reporters 3.1 KHNL News 8 Anchors 3.2 Live, Local, Late Breaking Weather 3.3 LIve, Local, Late Breaking Sports 3.4 KHNL News 8 Reporters 4 KHNL News 8 Past Personalities 5 Relay Stations 6 External links

Unaffiliated with a national network, KTRG broadcast English language and Japanese language programming. It had a local start-up news program called Nightly News. Under new ownership in 1967, KTRG became KIKU and offered Japanese language programming from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. followed by English language programming from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. The English language shows included old movies, westerns, and cartoons. By the late 1970's the station ran English programming from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and Japanese programming 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and back to English Language Programming after 10:00 p.m. until sign off. By 1981 the station became a full time English speaking general entertainment station running a blend of cartoons, sitcoms, westerns, and movies. Japanese programming moved to various UHF stations. In 1984, the call letters were changed again from KIKU to KHNL and branded itself as the "News Alternative" and "Free Movie Channel." The station also began airing University of Hawaii at Manoa athletics.

In 1986, KHNL contracted programming from the new FOX Network to begin airing in 1987: Joan Rivers Show, Tracey Ullman Show, and Married with Children. It wasn't until 1993 that KHNL adopted the brand name FOX13. The following year however, KHON announced it was dropping it affiliation with NBC to become the new local FOX affiliate (its new owner was partly funded by FOX, forcing the change). On January 1, 1996, KHNL switched its affiliation to NBC, while FOX moved to KHON.

With the new affiliation, KHNL began construction of the first fully digital newsroom in the world in 1995. It was the last of the major network TV stations in Hawaii to debut a news telecast. It also became the first news station to utilize fiber optic technology to broadcast live feeds from neighbor islands. Former KITV anchors Dan Cooke and sports anchor Robert Kekaula moved to KHNL during that time to start up the very first newscast. That same year, KHNL developed a new brand name, KHNL Hawaii News 8. With all the changes, KHNL successfully mounted a challenge to the top ratings that rival KHON had held for decades. On January 1, 1996, KHNL officially became Hawaii's new NBC affiliate, dubbed NBC Hawaii News 8. During 1996, the station won the first Emmy Award for a local news broadcast. The following year, the station struck a deal with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper to share polling services. In the years ahead, anchors and reporters have come and gone. In 2003, KHNL got national exposure for having Conan O'Brien's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog do the weather report at the station. Triumph was actually invited to the station after chatting with people auditioning for American Idol in Hawaii. In September of 2004, the station became known as KHNL NBC 8. Ever since its first newscast in 1995, KHNL currently claims itself Hawaii's Live, Local, Late Breaking news station.

KHNL clears all NBC programming. The station rarely (if ever) pre-empts NBC shows due to NBC's tendency of not being pleased with stations pre-empting network programs.

Outside of network hours, KHNL airs syndicated programming such as The Martha Stewart Show, The 700 Club, The Tyra Banks Show, Maury, and Entertainment Tonight. Compared to the other major network affiliates in Hawaii (KHON, KFVE, KGMB and KITV), KHNL airs no sitcom or drama reruns. This can be attributed mainly to NBC's extensive overnight lineup, which leaves very little (if any) room for NBC affiliates to air syndicated programming during the late night hours.

On Monday, September 10, 2007, a full hour of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire filled the 2 pm timeslot in KHNL's weekday daytime schedule after Passions left NBC Daytime the preceding Friday, September 7. Ironically, Millionaire previously aired on KHNL from 2002 to 2006 before moving to sister station KFVE. KFVE will air the new daytime courtroom show Judge David Young in Millionaire's place.

To accommodate for the upcoming fourth hour of The Today Show, The Martha Stewart Show moved from KHNL to KHON. Martha now airs on KHON weekdays at 9 am.

• Kristine Uyeno - KHNL News 8 Sunrise, KHNL News 8 Today, KHNL News 8 Now!
• Walter Makaula - KHNL News 8 at 5PM, K5 News at Nine on KFVE-TV
• Howard Dashefsky - KHNL News 8 at 6PM and 10PM
• Stephanie Lum - KHNL News 8 at 6PM and 10PM, K5 News at 6:30 (starting Jan. 7th 2008), K5 News at Nine on KFVE-TV
• Diane Ako - KHNL News 8 at 5PM (Sunday), 6PM (Saturday), and 10PM (Sat. & Sun.), K5 News at Nine (weekends) on KFVE-TV
• Paul Drewes - KHNL News 8 at 5PM (Sunday), 6PM (Saturday), and 10PM (Sat. & Sun.), K5 News at Nine (weekends) on KFVE-TV

• Sharie Shima - Chief Meteorologist - KHNL News 8 at 5PM, 6PM, & 10PM
• Paul Drewes - Meteorologist - KHNL News 8 at 5PM (Sunday), 6PM (Saturday), and 10PM (Sat. & Sun.)

• Jason Tang - Sports Director - KHNL News 8 at 6PM & 10PM
• Stephen Florino - Temporary Sports Anchor/Reporter

• Diane Ako - Anchor/Reporter
• Marvin Buenconsejo - KHNL News 8 Sunrise/Today Reporter
• Cindy Cha - Web Producer/Reporter
• Mari-Ela David
• Paul Drewes - Anchor/Reporter
• Stephen Florino
• Beth Hillyer
• Leland Kim
• Walter Makaula - Anchor/Reporter
• Roger Mari
• Minna Sugimoto

• Dan Cooke (Weeknight Anchor; Weather Anchor; helped launch first KHNL newscast)
• Robert Kekaula (Weeknight Sports Anchor; helped launch first KHNL newscast) - Currently with KITV-TV
• Jodi Leong (Weeknight Anchor) - Currently with KITV-TV
• Heidi Umbhau (Weeknight Anchor; Healthcast Reporter)
• Barbara Wallace (5PM Anchor; KFVE News at 9 Anchor; Morning Anchor; Reporter)
• Lee Cataluna (Morning Anchor; Weeknight Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with The Honolulu Advertiser
• Lyle Galdeira (Morning Anchor; Fill-In Anchor; Reporter; Cheap Eats; Does it Work?; Lucky You Live Hawaii)
• Angela Keen (Morning Anchor; Morning Weathercaster; Healthcast Reporter)
• Erin Brown (Weather Anchor)
• Guy Hagi (Morning Weather Anchor) - Currently with KGMB-TV
• Maria Quiban (Weather Anchor) - Currently with KCOP-TV, Los Angeles, CA
• Vince Gerasole (Weekend Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with WBBM-TV, Chicago, IL
• Russell Yamanoha (Sports Director & Anchor) - Currently with KUMU 1500, Honolulu, HI
• Reid Shimizu (Weekend Sports Anchor; Sports Reporter) - Currently with KHON-TV
• Rod Antone (Reporter)
• Brooks Baehr (Reporter) - Currently with KGMB-TV
• Sharon Chen (Reporter)
• Danielle De Longe (Reporter)
• Dave Erickson (Reporter) - Currently with KXLY-TV, Spokane, WA
• Linda Hosek (Reporter) - Currently with Honolulu Star-Bulletin
• Lisa Kubota (Reporter) - Currently with KGMB-TV
• Patti Lee (Reporter)
• Julie Ogata (Reporter)
• Darren Pai (Chief Political Reporter)
• Cindy Paliracio (Reporter; Healthcast Reporter)
• Audrey Port (Reporter)
• Su Shin (Reporter)
• Glenn Wakai (Reporter)
• Nancy Weiner (Reporter)

• KHBC Channel 2 (Digital Channel 22) Hilo
• KOGG Channel 15 (Digital Channel 16) Wailuku
• K65BV Channel 65 Lihue

• KHNL NBC 8
• KHNL-TV History
• Raycom Media
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHNL
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KHBC-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KOGG
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K65BV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Honolulu, Hawaii market (Nielsen DMA #73)
Local television stations
O'ahu:	KHON 2 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KITV 4 (ABC/AccuWX TV on DT2) - KFVE 5 (MNTV) - KGMB 9 (CBS) - KHET 11 (PBS) - KHNL 13 (NBC/WX Plus on DT2) - KWHE 14 (LeSEA) - KIKU 20 (Ind) - KAAH 26 (TBN) - KBFD 32 (Ind) - KALO 38 (Ind) - KWBN 44 (DS) - KHLU 46 (UNI) - KKAI 50 (Faith TV) - KUPU 56 (Ind) - KPXO 66 (ION)
Hawai'i (Island):	KHBC 2 (NBC) - K04FE 4 / K56BD 56 / K62AQ 62 / K63BB 66 / K63DT 63 / K69CF 69 (PBS) - KHHB-LP 5 (Ind) - KLEI 6 (ION) - KGMD 9 (CBS) - KHAW 11 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KHVO 13 (ABC) - KWHH 14 (LeSEA) - KOIW-LP 16 (Ind) - K34HC 34 (TBN) - K45CT 45 (MNTV)
Maui:	KGMV 3 (CBS) - KAII 7 (Fox/The CW on DT2) - KMEB 10 (PBS) - KMAU 12 (ABC) - KOGG 15 (NBC) - KWHM 21 (LeSEA) - K27DW 27 (MNTV) - KAUI-LP 51 (Ind) - KAMN-LP 61 (TBN)
Kaua'i:	K06NC (Ind) - K51BB (ABC) - K55DZ (Fox/The CW) - K57BI / K69BZ (CBS) - K62AQ / K63AI / K63AZ / K66AY / K68BE (PBS) - K65BV (NBC)

v • d • e Raycom Media
Corporate Staff	Paul McTear (President & CEO) · Wayne Daugherty · Marty Edelman · Leon Long · Jeff Rosser · Anne Adkins · Clyde Baucom · Rebecca Bryan · David Folsom · Mary Carloe McDonnell · Billy McDowell · Susana Schuler · Melissa Thurber
Network Affiliates	ABC Network Affiliates: KAIT · KLTV · KTRE · WLOX · WTVM CBS Network Affiliates: KFVS · KOLD · KSLA · WAFB · WBTV3 · WCSC3 · WOIO · WTOC · WTOL · WTVR4 The CW Network Affiliates: WQWQ · WUPV1 Fox Network Affiliates: WDFX · WFLX · WFXG1 · WPGX · WSFX1 · WTNZ · WXIX · WXTX1 MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KFVE · WBXH · WUAB NBC Network Affiliates: KCBD · KHNL/KHBC/KOGG  · KPLC · WAFF · WALB · WAVE · WDAM  · WECT · WFIE · WIS · WLBT · WMBF2  · WMC · WSFA · WWBT3 1Raycom Media owns and operates these stations through Southeastern Media Holdings. 2Scheduled to begin broadcasting in 2008. 3Acquisition of these stations from Lincoln Financial Media is awaiting FCC approval. 4Subject to sale once a buyer is found.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: 4,200 · Stock Symbol: None, privately held. · Website: www.raycommedia.com