KIKU-TV
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Honolulu, Hawaii United States |
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| Branding | KIKU |
| Slogan | Hawaii's KIKU Television |
| Channels |
Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 20 () |
| Subchannels | 20.1 Independent 20.2 Charge! 20.3 Laff |
| Owner | NRJ TV, LLC (NRJ TV Hawaii License Co, LLC) |
| First air date | December 30, 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning |
KIKU is 菊(きく, or Chrysanthemum in Japanese Former call letters of KHNL |
| Former callsigns | KHAI-TV (1983–1993) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 20 (UHF, 1983–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Both secondary: UPN (2004–2006) FUNimation Channel (2006–2007) |
| Transmitter power | 60.7 kW |
| Height | 606.4 m |
| Facility ID | 34527 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 21°23′40″N 158°5′51″W / 21.39444°N 158.09750°W |
| Website | kikutv.com |
KIKU, virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 19), is an independent television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The station is owned by NRJ TV, LLC. KIKU's studios are located on Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu, and its transmitter is located in Nānākuli. KIKU is carried on Oceanic Time Warner Cable on channel 9 and digital channel 89 statewide, Hawaiian Telcom Cable channel 20, and on satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV, both on channel 20. As a result, KIKU is available on all the major islands.
Although the station advertises on-air that it has been on the air for "over 40 years," the "current KIKU" is not to be confused with another station in Honolulu on VHF channel 13 that formerly used the KIKU call letters. That station launched as independent station KTRG-TV on July 4, 1962, under the ownership of the Watumull Broadcasting Company. That station was sold in 1966, changing its call letters to KIKU. The original KIKU became quite popular with Hawaiian children throughout the 1970s, televising several Japanese tokusatsu shows, including Kamen Rider V3, Kikaida, Rainbowman, Ganbare!! Robocon, Himitsu Sentai Goranger and Battle Fever J.
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