KWBN (channel 44) is a religious television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, airing programming from the Daystar Television Network. The station is owned and operated by Ho'ona'auao Community Television, a subsidiary of Daystar parent company Word of God Fellowship. KWBN's transmitter is located in Akupu, Hawaii.
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First air date | 1999 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27425 |
| ERP | 4.58 kW |
| HAAT | 577 m (1,893 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 21°23′33.6″N 158°5′48.1″W / 21.392667°N 158.096694°W |
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KWBN, which signed on the air in 1999, is one of six religious stations serving the Honolulu television market, with KWHE, KAAH-TV, KALO, KKAI and KUPU being the other five.
KWBN's allocation channel, like KALO and PBS member station KHET, is reserved for non-commercial use, and as such, must rely on paid religious programs, educational fare, and viewer donations for support.
Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 44.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KWBN-DT | Daystar |
| 44.2 | 480i | KWBN-ES | Daystar Español |
Analog-to-digital conversion
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]