KGMB

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KGMB
city =
station_
station_slogan = Hawaii's Severe Weather Station
station_branding = KGMB 9
analog = 9 (VHF)
digital = 22 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
network =
founded =
airdate = December 1, 1952
location = Honolulu, Hawaii
callsign_meaning = George M. Bowls
(first chief engineer of KGMB-AM)
former_callsigns = KGMB-TV (1952-1982)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = HITV Operating Company, Inc.
licensee = HITV License Subsidiary, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Both secondary:
ABC (1952-1954)
UPN (shared with KHON; 2002-2004)
effective_radiated_power = 105 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = -12 m (analog)
9.2 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 36917
coordinates = coord|21|17|34.6|N|157|50|26|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|21|17|28.8|N|157|50|7.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.kgmb9.com/ www.kgmb9.com]

KGMB is the licensed broadcast affiliate of CBS in Hawaii, with its main transmitter located in Honolulu broadcasting on channel 9 (analog) and 22 (digital). The station is owned by HITV Operating Company, Inc. Like all major television stations in Hawaii, KGMB operates multiple satellite stations and translators across the Hawaiian Islands to rebroadcast programs outside of metropolitan Honolulu.

History

KGMB was the first television station in Hawaii, airing its first programs on December 1, 1952. It was owned by a partnership of future congressman Cec Heftel, owner of KGMB-AM 590, and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. It carried programming from all three major networks, but was a primary CBS affiliate owing to KGMB-AM's long affiliation with CBS Radio. NBC disappeared from the schedule when KONA-TV (now KHON-TV) signed on in 1953, and ABC went to KULA-TV (now KITV) signed on in 1954, leaving KGMB as a sole CBS affiliate.

Lee Enterprises bought KGMB-AM-TV in 1977. It sold off KGMB-AM in 1980; it is now KSSK-AM.

In 2000, Lee exited television and sold most of its television holdings, including KGMB, to Emmis Communications. Emmis already owned KHON-TV, and KHON moved its studios to KGMB's facility. As Emmis itself prepared to exit the television industry, it sold KHON to Montecito Broadcast Group in 2006. On February 20, 2007 Emmis announced that KGMB and its satellites have been sold to HITV Operating Company, Inc. (a subsidiary of MCG Capital), for $40 million. [http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070220/cltu257.html?.v=1] The FCC granted approval for this sale in late May 2007, and the sale was completed on June 4.

From 2002 to 2004, KGMB carried select programming from the now-defunct UPN television network as a secondary affiliation. In the Honolulu market, KFVE previously was a UPN affiliate from 1995 until 2002, when the station decided to drop UPN and switch its primary affiliation to The WB. KGMB was one of two stations that aired UPN programming on a secondary basis in Hawaii during this period; KHON was the other. KIKU-TV picked up secondary UPN affiliation in the fall of 2004.

For many years, KGMB called itself "One of the Good Things About Hawaii" with its rich history of local television programming exclusively in Hawaii. Now with an emphasis on weather, the station brands itself "Hawaii's Severe Weather Station".

Shortly after HITV took over, KGMB tweaked their logo and introduced a new on-air news set and graphics package. They also redesigned its website.

Programming

KGMB clears all CBS programming, although the station will occasionally pre-empt CBS primetime shows until late nights in order to broadcast local events.

From September 2005 to August 2007, KGMB aired the nationally syndicated weekday morning news show "The Daily Buzz" every Monday through Friday from 5-7 am. (Although "The Daily Buzz" was/is a three-hour show, KGMB only aired the first two hours.) During this period it was the only "Big Three" affiliate in the United States carrying the show. The station dropped the show after its August 17, 2007 edition to make room for KGMB's new morning newscast titled "Sunrise on KGMB9", which launched on September 17. "The Daily Buzz" moved to KHON's CW digital subchannel "Hawaii's CW 93" the following Monday, August 20. Ironically, the show competes with KHON's own "Hawaii's Morning News" program.

KGMB airs CBS' daytime soap operas in a radically different order from the main network feed; specifically, "The Bold and the Beautiful" (11:30 am), "Guiding Light" (12 Noon), "The Young and the Restless" (1 pm), and "As the World Turns" (2 pm). In most other markets, "Y&R" is aired first, followed by "B&B", "ATWT" and "GL".

On weekdays (outside of network hours), KGMB airs the syndicated first-run shows, "Deal Or No Deal", "Jeopardy!", "Rachael Ray", and "The Insider" during the daytime, and reruns of the sitcoms "Frasier" and "One on One" during the late night hours.

Logos

High-definition TV

KGMB-DT currently broadcasts in 1080i on channel 9.1. Live-action events such as NFL and college basketball games are thus available in high-definition to Honolulu residents. Recently, KGMB also upgraded its servers to time-shift high-definition programming including , The Unit and The Late Show with David Letterman. The shows, which are received from the mainland in the afternoon, were previously recorded in standard definition before being rebroadcast in the evening.

On January 14, 2008 KGMB's HD channel became available on Oceanic Time Warner Cable on channel 1007. [ [http://www.oceanic.com/OceanicWebApps/Television/DigitalServices/DCL_Oahu.html "Oceanic Time Warner Cable digital channel lineup] ] Prior to that date KGMB was the only station of the "Big 4" 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. [ [http://starbulletin.com/2007/02/02/business/engle.html "Super news in time for Super Bowl"] February 2, 2007]

KGMB9 does produce some local programming in High-definition. KGMB9 News currently isn't broadcasted in HD, but it will be in the near feature.Fact|date=October 2008

KGMB9 News Anchors & Reporters

KGMB9 News Anchors

* Ramsay Wharton - weekdays 4:30am-5am
* Steve Uyehara - weekdays 5am-8am
* Grace Lee - weekdays 5am-8am
* Lisa Kubota - temporary anchor - Tuesday-Friday 5pm and 6pm
* Keahi Tucker - weekdays 6pm and 10pm
* Kim Gennaula - weekdays 10pm
* Stacy Loe - weekends 5pm and 10pm / temporary anchor - Monday 5pm and 6pm
* Tannya Joaquin - weekdays 5pm and 6pm (Beginning Monday Feb. 2nd, 2009)

KGMB9 Weather

* Guy Hagi - weekdays 5pm, 6pm, and 10pm
* Jeff Booth - Meteorologist (AMS and NWA Seal of Approval) - weekdays 4:30am-8am
* Malika Dudley - weekends 5pm and 10pm

KGMB9 Traffic

* Jeff Booth - Traffic Reporter - weekdays 4:30am-8am
* Taizo Braden - Traffic Producer / Fill-In Traffic Reporter

KGMB9 Sports

* Liz Chun - Sports Director - weekdays 6pm and 10pm
* Mike Cherry - weekends 5pm and 10pm, Sports Reporter
* Steve Uyehara - Special Assignments

KGMB9 Reporters

* Brooks Baehr
* Tina Chau
* Howard Dicus - Sunrise on KGMB9 Reporter / Business Reporter
* Malika Dudley - Sunrise on KGMB9 Special Projects Reporter, "Hawaii's Super Kids"
* Terry Hunter - Reporter / Movie Critic
* Amy Kalili - Sunrise on KGMB9 Reporter/`Āha`i `Ōlelo Ola (Hawaiian News)
* Lisa Kubota
* Stacy Loe - Anchor/Reporter
* Jim Mendoza
* Tim Sakahara
* Ramsay Wharton - Sunrise on KGMB9 Anchor/Reporter

Well-Known Former KGMB9 Anchors & Reporters

* Linda Coble (Anchor; Reporter)
* Wayne Collins (Anchor - First Anchor at KGMB9)
* Bob Jones (Anchor; Reporter; News Director)
* Jade Moon (Anchor; Reporter)
* Bob Sevey (Anchor; News Director)
* Russell Shimooka (Anchor; Reporter)
* Tim Tindall (Anchor)
* Leslie Wilcox (Anchor; Reporter) - Currently President & CEO of KHET-TV
* Teri Okita (5 p.m. Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with CBS News
* Dave Carlin (Weekend Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with WCBS-TV, New York, NY
* Sandra Sagisi (Moser) (Weekend Anchor; Morning Anchor; Reporter and Weekend Weather)
* Janet Wu (Weekend Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with WHDH-TV, Boston, MA
* Aloha Taylor (Weather Anchor) - Currently with XETV-TV, San Diego, CA
* Larry Beil (Sports Anchor) - Currently with KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA
* Scott Culbertson (Sports Anchor)
* Neil Everett (Sports Anchor) - Currently with ESPN
* Russ Francis (Sports Anchor)
* Jim Leahy (Sports Anchor)
* Joe Moore (Sports Anchor) - Currently with KHON-TV
* Gary Sprinkle (Sports Anchor; Reporter) - Currently with KITV-TV
* Dave Vinton (Sports Anchor)
* Sabrina Hall (Reporter) - Currently with KIII-TV, Corpus Christi, TX
* Angela Keen (Reporter; Fill-In Anchor and Weather Anchor; Health Reporter)
* Louise Kim McCoy (Reporter)
* Alan Lu (Reporter) - Now with the Honolulu Police Department.
* Cedric Moon (Reporter) - Currently with KGTV-TV, San Diego, CA
* Lara Yamada (Reporter) - Currently with KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA

atellite stations

These stations, in addition to translators K57BI in Waimea and K69BZ in Lihue, rebroadcast KGMB's signal throughout Hawaii:Notes:
*1. KGMD-TV used the callsign KPUA-TV from its 1955 sign-on until either 1975 or 1976.
*2. KGMV used the callsign KMAU-TV from its 1955 sign-on until either 1976 or 1977.

References

External links

* [http://www.kgmb.com/ KGMB 9's Website]
* [http://www.mcsittel.com/html/tvg-hi.htm TV Guide: Hawaii Edition] - old station logos
* [http://www.hdhawaii.net/ HD Hawaii]
*TVQ|KGMB
**TVQ|K57BI
**TVQ|K69BZ
*TVQ|KGMD-TV
*TVQ|KGMV
*BIA|KGMB|TV|TV
*BIA|KGMD|TV|TV
*BIA|KGMV|TV|TV