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'{{redirect|KBFD|the airport serving [[Bradford, Pennsylvania]] assigned the [[ICAO airport code|ICAO code]] KBFD|Bradford Regional Airport}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}} {{short description|Korean-language TV station in Honolulu}} {{Infobox television station | callsign = KBFD-DT | city = | logo = | slogan = ''Pioneer in Asian Programming''<br>''Hawaii's Home for K-Drama'' | branding = | digital = 33 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]) | virtual = 32 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]]) | subchannels = | translators = | affiliations = '''32.1:''' [[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]<br>'''32.2:''' [[KBS World]]<br>'''32.3:''' [[ArirangTV|Arirang]] | founded = {{start date|1984}} | airdate = {{start date and age|1986|3|24|p=y}} | location = [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]] | country = United States | callsign_meaning = '''K'''eeping your '''B'''est '''F'''riend's '''D'''istance | former_callsigns = KBFD (1984–2009) | former_channel_numbers = '''Analog:'''<br>32 (UHF, 1986–2009) | owner = The Allen Broadcasting Corp. | licensee = | sister_stations = | former_affiliations = | erp = 49.6 [[kilowatt|kW]] | haat = {{convert|-36|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | facility_id = 65395 | coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|21|18|38|N|157|51|33|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}} | licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] | website = {{URL|http://www.klife.tv/}} }} '''KBFD-DT''', [[virtual channel]] 32 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 33), is a [[Korean language|Korean-language]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]], United States. The station is owned by Allen Broadcasting. KBFD's studios are located on Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu, and its transmitter is located near [[Hawaii Pacific University]]. Unlike major network affiliates in the Hawaii market, KBFD does not operate any [[broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite stations]] or [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translators]], nor is it available on [[DirecTV]] or [[Dish Network]]. It can only be received via [[cable television|cable]] outside the Honolulu-area reach of its main signal. KBFD is carried on [[Spectrum (cable service)|Oceanic Spectrum]] [[basic cable|basic]] channel 2 on [[Oahu]], on [[digital cable|digital]] channel 1004 statewide, and on [[Hawaiian Telcom]] channel 6 and digital channel 1006. ==Overview== The station first signed on the air on March 24, 1986. KBFD-DT is one of two television stations in Hawaii that specializes in Asian programming full-time (alongside [[KIKU]], channel 20). Although the station airs a variety programs from many Asian countries, most of the programs seen on KBFD are geared to a [[Korean-American|Korean]] audience as most of its lineup features programs acquired from the [[Korean Broadcasting System]], the [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation]], and [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]. Most of the programs on KBFD are also [[subtitles|subtitled]] in English, due to a growing audience of non-Asian viewers interested in its music shows and drama series. KBFD handles exclusive [[home video]] distribution of Korean shows and specials under the KBFDVD brand banner, which the station advertises on air and on their website. KBFD also carries programming from [[KBS World]], the international program service from KBS (broadcasting as KBFD2) on [[digital subchannel]] 32.2, [[Arirang (TV network)|Arirang]] programming on digital subchannel 32.3, and operates the cable channel KLife, a Korean lifestyle programming service. KBFD airs [[infomercial]]s during the morning hours (from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. local time). KBFD is one of few television stations in the Honolulu market (and the United States as a whole) that continues to [[sign-on and sign-off|sign-off]] each night from 12:30&nbsp;a.m. to 6 a.m. local time. Its sign-on and sign-off features the [[national anthem]]s of both the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|United States]] and [[Aegukga|South Korea]]. ==Digital television== ===Digital channels=== The station's digital signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]: {| class="wikitable" |- ! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]] ! [[Display resolution|Video]] ! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]] ! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]] ! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KBFD#station RabbitEars TV Query for KBFD]</ref> |- | 32.1 || rowspan="3"|[[480i]] || rowspan="3"|[[4:3]] || KBFD-D1 || Main KBFD-TV programming |- | 32.2 || KBFD-D2 || [[KBS World]] |- | 32.3 || KBFD-D3 || [[ArirangTV|Arirang]] |} ===Analog-to-digital conversion=== KBFD-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 32 on January 15, 2009, the date in which full-power television stations in Hawaii [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 33,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |format=PDF |accessdate=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> using [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]] to display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 32. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.klife.tv/ Official website] *{{TVQ|KBFD}} *{{BIA|KBFD|TV|DT}} {{HI-tv}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kbfd-Dt}} [[Category:Television stations in Hawaii|BFD-DT]] [[Category:Korean-language television stations]] [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986]] [[Category:1986 establishments in Hawaii]]'