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{{Short description|Television station in Honolulu}}
{{For|the formerly co-owned radio station with the KGMB call sign from 1930 to 1980|KSSK (AM)}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KGMB
| city                   =
| logo                   = KGMB logo (2023).svg
| logo_size              = 220px
| branding               = {{ubl|KGMB (general)|''[[Hawaii News Now]]'' (newscasts)|Bounce TV Hawaii (5.4)}}
| digital                = 23 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 5
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''5.1:''' [[CBS]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| translators            =
| airdate                = {{ubl|{{start date and age|1952|12|1|p=y}} (intellectual unit)|{{start date and age|1988|2|7|p=y}} (current broadcast facility)}}
| location               = [[Honolulu]], Hawaii
| country                = United States
| callsign_meaning       = Matched then-sister station KGMB (AM) (now [[KSSK (AM)|KSSK]])
| former_callsigns       = KGMB-TV (1952–1982)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 9 ([[VHF]], 1952–2009)|'''Digital:''' 8 (VHF, 2002–2009)|'''Virtual:''' 9 (2002–2009)}}
| owner                  = [[Gray Media]]
| licensee               = Gray Television Licensee, [[LLC]]<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KGMB TV Query Results -- Video Division (FCC) USA]. Accessed February 2, 2019.</ref>
| sister_stations        = [[KHNL]], [[KFVE]]
| former_affiliations    = {{ubl|'''All secondary:'''|[[NBC]] (December 1952)|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1952–1954)|[[UPN]] (shared with [[KHON-TV]], 2002–2004)}}
| erp                    = 23 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|629|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  =
| facility_id            = 34445
| coordinates            = {{coord|21|23|52|N|158|6|0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/}}
}}

'''KGMB''' (channel 5) is a [[television station]] in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii, United States, serving the [[Hawaiian Islands]] as an affiliate of [[CBS]]. It is owned by [[Gray Media]] alongside dual [[NBC]]/[[Telemundo]] affiliate [[KHNL]] (channel 13) and [[Kailua-Kona]]–licensed [[KFVE]] (channel 6), which relays KHNL's second and sixth [[digital subchannel]]s. The stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu's [[Kapālama]] neighborhood; KGMB's transmitter is located in [[Akupu, Hawaii]].

==History==
The station first signed on the air on December 1, 1952, as the second television station in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1952/BC-1952-12-08.pdf |title=Combined Bids Policy of FCC |page=70 |work=Broadcasting Magazine |date=December 8, 1952 |accessdate=January 21, 2024 }}</ref> KGMB-TV was originally owned by J. Howard Worrall along with KGMB radio (AM 590, now [[KSSK (AM)|KSSK]]) and operated from studios on Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu. The station carried programming from three of the four major networks at the time (excluding [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]), but was a primary CBS affiliate owing to KGMB-AM's long affiliation with [[CBS News Radio|CBS Radio]]. The station lost [[NBC]] programming when KONA-TV (channel 2, now [[KHON-TV]]) signed on two weeks later, and lost [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] when KULA-TV (channel 4, now [[KITV]]) launched in April 1954. In 1973, a partnership led by future Hawaii congressman [[Cecil Heftel]] bought KGMB-AM-TV, then turned around and sold the KGMB stations to [[Lee Enterprises]] in 1977. Lee sold off the radio station in 1980. In 1982, the station dropped the "-TV" suffix from its call sign.

The real-life KGMB news crew was often featured in one of the longest-running police dramas on CBS in the 1970s, ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''. The station also had ties to the iconic series' [[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|reboot]], as CBS allowed KGMB to let its viewers preview the season premiere episode early at the Waikiki Shell each September during the rebooted series' run.

[[Image:KGMB9 Logo 2007.png|thumb|Former KGMB logo, used from 2007 to 2009. In 2012, KGMB brought back the "9" logo for its 60th anniversary with the "9" flipping to a "6(0)" in promos.]]
In 2000, Lee exited from television broadcasting and sold most of its television holdings (including KGMB) to [[Emmis Communications]]. Emmis already owned KHON-TV, so it had to obtain a cross-ownership waiver for the purchase of KGMB from the [[Federal Communications Commission]], to bypass the recently passed [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly]] rules that forbid common ownership of two of the four highest-rated stations in a single [[media market|market]]. This waiver was renewed several times while Emmis owned both stations. At that time, KHON moved its operations into KGMB's facility, though the two stations maintained separate news departments.

From September 2, 2002, to October 31, 2004, KGMB carried select [[UPN]] programming via a secondary affiliation shared with KHON; each station aired programs from that network that the other station did not air. The two stations began carrying UPN programming in September 2002 after [[KHII-TV|KFVE]] (which had been with UPN since its January 1995 launch) disaffiliated from the network to become a full-time affiliate of [[The WB]] (whose programming aired on KFVE in a secondary capacity since December 1998). [[KIKU]], an independent station specializing in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] programming, became a secondary UPN affiliate on November 1, 2004, and remained with the network until its closure on September 15, 2006.

Emmis itself prepared to exit the television industry and sold KHON to the [[Montecito Broadcast Group]] in 2006. Emmis then announced on February 20, 2007, that KGMB and its satellites had been sold to MCG Capital Corporation for $40 million,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/|title=Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News|website=finance.yahoo.com}}</ref> resulting in one of the rare instances involving a complete separation of a television station duopoly. The FCC approved the sale in late May and was completed on June 4, 2007. Shortly after MCG Capital Corporation took over, KGMB adopted a logo similar to the one it used in the early 1980s and also rolled out a new graphics package for its newscast and a new website.

For many years, KGMB billed itself as "One of the Good Things About Hawaii" with its rich history of local television programming exclusively in Hawaii, especially in such shows as ''Skipper Al'' and ''Checkers & Pogo'' (both [[children's television series|children's programs]]; the latter being the most remembered, airing from 1967 to 1982 and featured [[Morgan White (radio DJ)|Morgan White]]), ''The Hawaii Moving Company'' (originally a [[dance on television|disco/dance program]] that transitioned into a general interest show), and the 1982 television special ''Rap's Hawaii'' starring [[Rap Reiplinger]]. This slogan was made famous by an ''[[a cappella]]'' [[jingle]] which is still heard on KGMB today. At the end of KGMB's morning newscast, ''Sunrise'', it can now be heard leading into ''[[CBS Mornings]]''. Later, with an emphasis on weather, the station branded itself "Hawaii's Severe Weather Station".

===Channel swap===
On August 18, 2009, MCG Capital and Raycom Media (owner of KHNL and, at the time, KFVE) announced a [[shared services agreement]] with Raycom as senior partner. As part of the deal, KGMB vacated its longtime studios on Kapiolani Boulevard; the combined operation would be based at KHNL/KFVE's studios on Waiakamilo Road. Though non-news programming would remain in place, news operations of the three stations would be combined into a single entity. The arrangement would also see a [[frequency swap|channel swap]], with KGMB moving from [[virtual channel]] 9 ([[UHF]] digital channel 23) to channel 5 (UHF digital channel 22) and KFVE move from 5 to 9.<ref name=kgmbswap>[http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20090820_Execs_explain_TV_swap_but_some_see_it_as_blurry.html "Execs explain TV swap, but some see it as blurry"]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, from ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', August 20, 2009</ref>

The resulting ownership arrangement of the stations generated some controversy, as it had the effect of Raycom trading KFVE to MCG Capital in return for KGMB. Organizations such as media watchdog group Media Council Hawaii viewed the plan as a way to circumvent FCC rules preventing one company owning two of the four highest-rated stations in the same market—in this case, KGMB and KHNL.<ref name=kgmbswap /> However, the FCC only recognizes ownership of [[Facility ID|facility identifications]], which remain attached to their channel numbers, and not ownership of a station's intellectual unit ([[call letters]], programming, network affiliation, etc.). In this case, Raycom kept ownership of Facility ID 34445, now belonging to KGMB, while MCG Capital still owns Facility ID 36917, which now belonged to KFVE; the overall viewership of channel 5, as KFVE, fell outside the criteria that would have otherwise barred a duopoly between KHNL and KGMB if facility IDs were traded as well.

Raycom Media president Paul McTear staunchly defended the SSA, stating it would "preserve three stations that provide important and valuable local, national and international programming to viewers in Hawaii."<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/327954-Raycom_to_Manage_Honolulu_CBS.php "Raycom to Manage Honolulu CBS"], from broadcastingcable.com, August 18, 2009</ref> Further controversy over the SSA grew after a November 7, 2009, report in the ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]'' revealed that Raycom would pay MCG Capital Corporation $22 million (according to a filing with the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141299/000119312509223368/d10q.htm|title=Form 10-Q|website=www.sec.gov}}</ref>) – which, in effect, would constitute a sale of KGMB from MCG Capital to Raycom. Both companies did not mention any monetary exchanges during its August SSA announcement, only "assets".<ref>[http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20091107_tv_deal_includes_payment_of_22m.html "TV deal includes payment of $22M"], from ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', November 7, 2009</ref> The FCC, in response to Media Council Hawaii's filing of an objection over the SSA, asked Raycom for detailed, unredacted agreements in relation to the SSA.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/388376-FCC_Wants_More_Info_From_Raycom_On_Honolulu_Shared_Service_Agreement.php "FCC Wants More Info From Raycom On Honolulu Shared Service Agreement"], from broadcastingcable.com, November 10, 2009</ref>

The SSA and channel swap took effect on October 26, 2009, with KGMB moving from virtual channel 9 to channel 5 and changing its branding from "KGMB 9" to just "KGMB."<ref>[http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20091027_Joint_newscasts_launch_with_technical_glitches.html "Joint newscasts launch with technical glitches"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029042728/http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20091027_Joint_newscasts_launch_with_technical_glitches.html |date=October 29, 2009 }}, from ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', October 27, 2009</ref> An estimated 68 positions from a total of 198 between the three stations would be eliminated as part of the agreement.<ref>[http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/53591667.html "68 to lose jobs in local TV agreement, sources say"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821080154/http://www.starbulletin.com/news/bulletin/53591667.html |date=August 21, 2009 }}, from ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', August 18, 2009</ref> On May 8, 2010, the remaining items and memorabilia that were left at KGMB's former studios were auctioned off, with proceeds going to charity.<ref>[http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=12449611 "Hawaii television history on the auction block Saturday"] from Hawaii News Now (May 7, 2010) {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Removal from Nielsen ratings===
Beginning in 2016, the Hawaii News Now (HNN) group of KGMB, KHNL, and KFVE severed ties to the [[Nielsen ratings]].<ref name=NielsenRatingStop>{{cite news | last = Engle | first = Ericka | title = Hawaii News Now parent will stop using Nielsen data | url = http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/20151116/hawaii_news_now_parent_will_stop_using_Nielsen_data_.html | newspaper = [[Honolulu Star-Advertiser|StarAdvertiser]] | location = Honolulu | date = November 16, 2015 | access-date = November 18, 2015}}</ref> After the November 25 sweeps, Raycom opted to use other research to track KHNL and KGMB audiences. KFVE, owned by HITV, is affected also. In Hawaii, Nielsen does not use electronic means to track audiences. Recently, only 914 of the printed Nielsen booklets, known as monthly diaries, were completed out of 11,400 diaries.<ref name=PressReaderNielsenStop>{{cite news | last = Engle | first = Ericka | title = HNN, Nielsen Part Ways | url = http://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu-star-advertiser/20151116/281878707269100/TextView | newspaper = StarAdvertiser | location = Honolulu | date = November 16, 2015 | access-date = November 18, 2015}}</ref> KITV and KHON will continue to use Nielsen ratings.

===Sale to Gray Television===
On June 25, 2018, [[Atlanta]]-based [[Gray Television]] announced it had reached an agreement with Raycom to merge their respective broadcasting assets (consisting of Raycom's 63 existing owned-and/or-operated television stations, including KGMB and KHNL), and Gray's 93 television stations) under the former's corporate umbrella. In the cash-and-stock merger transaction, valued at $3.6 billion, Gray shareholders would acquire preferred stock currently held by Raycom. Because Raycom operates three stations in the Honolulu market, the companies were required to sell either KHNL, KGMB or KFVE to another station owner in order to comply with FCC ownership rules.<ref>{{cite press release|title=GRAY AND RAYCOM TO COMBINE IN A $3.6 BILLION TRANSACTION|url=https://www.raycommedia.com/gray-and-raycom-to-combine-in-a-3-6-billion-transaction/#amnewsers|website=[[Raycom Media]]|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161249/https://www.raycommedia.com/gray-and-raycom-to-combine-in-a-3-6-billion-transaction/#amnewsers|archive-date=June 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="graycom">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/114556/gray-to-buy-raycom-for-36-billion|title=Gray To Buy Raycom For $3.6 Billion|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|work=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheckMedia|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gray Buying Raycom for $3.6B|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/gray-buying-raycom-for-3-6b|author=John Eggerton|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=NewBay Media|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gray Acquiring Raycom For $3.65B, Forming No. 3 Local TV Group|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/grey-acquiring-raycom-for-3-65-billion-forming-no-3-local-tv-group-1202416667/|author=Dade Hayes|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref>

On November 1, 2018, [[Nexstar Media Group]] – which has owned Fox affiliate KHON-TV since January 2017 – announced that it would acquire KFVE and the licenses of satellites KGMD-TV and KGMV from American Spirit Media for $6.5 million. Nexstar concurrently assumed the station's operations through a time brokerage agreement that took effect the day the transaction paperwork was filed with the FCC, under which Raycom forwarded the rights to certain managerial services involving KFVE – not counting certain other services to which Raycom would retain stewardship under the TBA – on a transitional basis. Under the deal, which is expected to receive regulatory approval in the first quarter of 2019, Nexstar also intends to integrate KFVE's operations into KHON's studio facilities at the Hawaiki Tower on Piikoi and Waimanu Streets. However, Raycom will retain rights to the KFVE intellectual unit (call letters, syndicated and local programming), which will be shifted to a digital subchannel of either KHNL or KGMB as will KFVE-DT2's Bounce TV affiliation (which will be moved to KGMB-DT4); the KFVE calls will also be retained by Raycom for branding continuity. As such, Nexstar will likely assign new call letters to the channel 9 license as well as acquire programming to replace that being maintained by Raycom post-acquisition (which may include shifting the programming on KHON's CW-affiliated DT2 feed to the KFVE license, and/or the retention of the MyNetworkTV affiliation, which Raycom did not include in the KFVE intellectual property transaction.)<ref>{{cite news|title=Nexstar expands in Hawaii with acquisition of KFVE|url=https://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/nexstar-expands-in-hawaii-with-acquisition-of-kfve/1563558947|website=[[KHON-TV]]|publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]]|date=October 30, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Doubling Up In Honolulu|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/225151/nexstar-doubling-honolulu/|author=Harry A. Jessell|website=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheck Media|date=November 8, 2018|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109193747/https://tvnewscheck.com/article/225151/nexstar-doubling-honolulu/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar's Quiet Hawaiian Duopoly Play|url=https://www.rbr.com/kfve-raycom-nexstar/|website=Radio-Television Business Report|publisher=Streamline-RBR, Inc.|date=November 8, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KGMB, KHNL, KFVE and KHON linked in sale|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/11/03/hawaii-news/kgmb-khnl-kfve-and-khon-linked-in-sale/|author=Andrew Gomes|newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Advertiser]]|publisher=[[Black Press|Oahu Publications Inc.]]|date=November 3, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref>

The sale of KFVE to Nexstar was approved by the FCC on December 17;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1797108.pdf|title=Notice of Consent to Assignment|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref> the Gray-Raycom merger was approved three days later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fcc-ok-with-gray-raycom-merger|title=FCC OK with Gray/Raycom Merger|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=December 20, 2018|access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> The sale was completed on January 2, 2019.<ref>[https://gray.tv/uploads/documents/pressreleases/Press%20Release%20re%20Completion%20of%20Raycom%20Acquisition.pdf "Gray Completes Acquisition of Raycom Media and Related Transactions"], [[Gray Television]], January 2, 2019, Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref>

==Programming==
KGMB clears all CBS programming, although it will occasionally preempt prime time shows until the overnight hours in order to broadcast locally produced specials. In its early days, the only major CBS programs KGMB regularly preempted were ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' and the ''[[CBS Morning News]]'', due to its morning broadcast of the popular in-house children's program ''Checkers & Pogo'', which also aired in the afternoon. Like most of the other network-affiliated stations in Hawaii, KGMB had to shuffle CBS programs because the shows were flown in via [[air mail]] or shipped a week (or several weeks) after the programs aired in the U.S. mainland; the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' in particular would often air at 12 midnight or later depending on how late the tape was in arriving from the East Coast.

KGMB airs CBS' [[CBS Daytime|daytime programs]] in a very different order from the main network feed; this is because the station airs the lineup in the order that it arrives from the network, which for unknown reasons is different from that of most CBS affiliates. From September 14, 1998, to the September 18, 2009, conclusion of ''[[Guiding Light]]'', air times included ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' at 10&nbsp;a.m., ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' at 11:30&nbsp;a.m. (following a half-hour [[infomercial]] at 11&nbsp;a.m.), ''Guiding Light'' at noon, ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' at 1&nbsp;p.m., and ''[[As the World Turns]]'' at 2&nbsp;p.m. In most other markets, ''Y&R'' aired first, followed by ''B&B'', ''ATWT'', and ''GL''. ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' (CBS' replacement for ''Guiding Light'') assumed the noon slot when it debuted on October 5, 2009, while ''[[The Talk (talk show)|The Talk]]'' (which replaced ''As the World Turns'') took over the 2&nbsp;p.m. time slot on October 18, 2010. The station also airs the weekday edition of ''CBS Mornings'' an hour later, from 8 to 10&nbsp;a.m. local time, due to its morning newscast ''Sunrise'' airing until 8&nbsp;a.m. On weekdays outside of network hours, KGMB airs syndicated first-run shows during the daytime and [[sitcom]] reruns overnight. On weekends during the [[Hawaii Warriors football]] season, KGMB airs ''The Nick Rolovich Show'', which recaps the last game played and previews the next one.

===High definition===
KGMB currently broadcasts most of its programming, including CBS network shows and [[CBS Sports|sports events]] such as [[NFL]] and [[college basketball]] games, in full [[1080i]] [[high-definition television|high definition]]. In the late 2000s, the station upgraded its servers to broadcast timeshifted programming in high definition such as ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[The Unit]]'', and the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. The shows, which are received from the U.S. mainland in the afternoon, were previously recorded in [[standard definition]] before being rebroadcast in the evening. On January 14, 2008, KGMB's HD feed became available on [[Time Warner Cable|Oceanic Time Warner Cable]] digital channel 1007.<ref>[http://www.oceanic.com/OceanicWebApps/Television/DigitalServices/DCL_Oahu.html "Oceanic Time Warner Cable digital channel lineup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314201149/http://www.oceanic.com/OceanicWebApps/Television/DigitalServices/DCL_Oahu.html |date=March 14, 2007 }}</ref> Prior to that date, it was the only major station in the market not available in HD on Oceanic. A temporary agreement was reached between KGMB and Oceanic Time Warner to carry [[Super Bowl XLI]] in high definition.<ref>[http://starbulletin.com/2007/02/02/business/engle.html "Super news in time for Super Bowl"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205082528/http://starbulletin.com/2007/02/02/business/engle.html |date=February 5, 2007 }} February 2, 2007</ref> KGMB also broadcasts some local programming in high definition, such as newscasts.

===News operation===
KGMB presently broadcasts 27 hours, 25 minutes of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours, 5 minutes each weekday, and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). For its first 25 years on the air, KGMB was the dominant news station in Hawaii. However, in 1978, rival KHON-TV persuaded sports director [[Joe Moore (television journalist)|Joe Moore]] to join that station as its lead anchor. Within a few years, KHON had passed KGMB for the lead, and KGMB has placed either second or third in the ratings since then.

From September 2005 to August 2007, KGMB aired the nationally syndicated morning show ''[[The Daily Buzz]]'' on weekdays from 5 to 7 a.m. Although that program runs three hours, the station only aired the first two hours; during this period, KGMB was the only "[[Big Three television networks|Big Three]]" affiliate in the United States that carried the show. The program was dropped on August 17, 2007, to make room for a new morning newscast titled ''Sunrise on KGMB 9'', which launched on September 17. ''The Daily Buzz'' moved to KHON's [[The CW|CW]]-affiliated second digital subchannel on August 20; ironically, that show competes with KHON's own ''Hawaii's Morning News''. In June 2007, KGMB built new studios and launched an updated website.

In 2008, the station announced plans to upgrade its news production to high definition. However, on December 13 of that year, KGMB announced that those plans had been put on hold due to the possibility of relocating its studio facilities. The station planned to begin producing its newscasts in widescreen standard definition as early as July 2009. With the launch of the ''Hawaii News Now'' operation on October 26, 2009, KGMB began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/3222/40/|title="KGMB9 Goes High Definition"}}</ref> KGMB and KHNL began to jointly produce and simulcast weeknight 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts, while KHNL moved its 6 p.m. newscast to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 p.m. newscast. The only times when KGMB and KHNL do not simulcast news programming are on weekdays during the 7 a.m. hour when KHNL airs NBC's ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'', at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. when KGMB airs the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' and at 6 p.m. when KHNL airs ''[[NBC Nightly News]]''. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcast on the two stations but are subject to preemption on one of the stations due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.<ref>http://media.ohio.com/documents/20091021_KGMB.pdf{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091020/BUSINESS/910200313&source=rss_business{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> While the merged operation is based at KHNL's old studio, most of the on-air personalities are holdovers from KGMB; all but four of KHNL's reporters were fired after the merger.

====Notable former on-air staff====
* [[Larry Beil]] – sports anchor
* [[Carter Evans]]
* [[Neil Everett]] – sports anchor
* [[Russ Francis]] – sports anchor
* [[Joe Moore (television journalist)|Joe Moore]] – sports anchor

==Technical information==

===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of KGMB<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KGMB|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KGMB|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=January 8, 2025}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=5| [[16:9]] || KGMB || [[CBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.2
| rowspan=4| [[480i]] || Outlaw || [[Outlaw (TV network)|Outlaw]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.3
| The365 || [[365BLK]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.4
| Bounce || [[Bounce TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.5
| TruCrim || [[True Crime Network]]
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope = "row" | [[KHII-TV|9.1]]
| 1080i || 16:9 || KHII DT || [[MyNetworkTV]] ([[KHII-TV]])
|}
{{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
KGMB ended regular programming on its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 9, on January 15, 2009, the date on which full-power television stations in Hawaii [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] (almost five months earlier than the June 12 transition date for stations on the U.S. mainland).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawaiigoesdigital.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623005310/http://www.hawaiigoesdigital.com/|url-status=usurped|title=Television as we know it is about to change.|archivedate=June 23, 2009|website=www.hawaiigoesdigital.com}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23, using virtual channel 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref> Following the channel swap with KFVE, the station's digital channel switched to UHF channel 23 and its virtual channel to 5.

At the same time, KGMD's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 8 to its former analog-era VHF channel 9, while KGMV's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 24 (using its former analog channel 3 as its virtual channel) for post-transition digital operations.

==Satellite stations==
As with other major television stations in Hawaii, KGMB operates multiple [[broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite stations]] and [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translators]] across the Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast the station's programming outside of metropolitan Honolulu.

{| class="wikitable"
! Station
! [[City of license]]
! [[channel (broadcasting)|Channels]]<br />(RF / [[virtual channel|VC]])
! First air date
! [[call signs in North America|Call letters' meaning]]
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
! Transmitter location
! Public license information
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | K20NX-D
| [[Hilo]]
| {{nowrap|20 ([[UHF]])}}<br />45
| {{start date and age|1989|1|4|p=y}}
|
| 13.5 [[kW]]
| {{convert|151.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 34446
| {{coord|19|35|7|N|155|27|0|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K45CT-D}}
|
| {{FCC-LMS-Facility|34446|3=LMS}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | K28NN-D{{efn|K28NN-D used the call sign K26CX from 1989 to 1991 and K27DW from 1991 to 2014.}}
| [[Wailuku]]
| {{nowrap|28 (UHF)}}<br />28
| {{start date and age|1989|11|30|p=y}}
|
| 1.08&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|11|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 34448
| {{coord|20|42|33|N|156|15|52|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=K28NN-D}}
|
| {{FCC-LMS-Facility|34448|3=LMS}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | [[KSIX-TV|KSIX-DT3]]
| [[Hilo]]
| {{nowrap|22.3 (UHF)}}<br />13.3
| {{start date and age|1983|8|22|p=y}}
| The station was previously on channel 6 under a different owner.
| 8&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|-170|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 34846
| {{coord|19|43|40|N|155|4|1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KFVE}}
| on top of Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KSIX-TV|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|34846|3=LMS}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
! scope = "row" | KOGG-DT3
| [[Wailuku]]
| {{nowrap|16.3 (UHF)}}<br />13.3
| {{start date and age|1989|8|22|p=y}}
| "OGG" is [[Kahului Airport]]'s [[IATA airport code|IATA code]]
| 50&nbsp;kW
| {{convert|818|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| 34859
| {{coord|20|39|25.5|N|156|21|35.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=KOGG}}
| summit of [[Haleakala]]
| {{FCC-TV-Station-profile|KOGG|Public file}}<br />{{FCC-LMS-Facility|34859|3=LMS}}
|- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"
|}
'''Notes:'''
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===Former satellites===
'''KGMD''' and '''KGMV''' used to simulcast KGMB programming until the 2009 channel swap with KFVE (now KHII-TV). The station was also simulcast on translators K69BZ (channel 69) in [[Lihue]], which had a transmitter northwest of [[Omao]], and K57BI (channel 57) in [[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii|Waimea]], with its transmitter in [[Kalaheo]]. As of October 2015, however, K57BI and K69BZ's licenses were canceled by the FCC.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/ HawaiiNewsNow.com] – KGMB/KHNL-TV official website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102121514/http://honolulu.thistv.com/ Honolulu.ThisTV.com] – This TV Hawaii official website
* [https://uluulu.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/6287 KGMB-TV Collection], ‘Ulu‘ulu : The Henry Ku'ualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawai'i, [[University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu]]

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