KEKE (TV)

"KEKE" redirects here. For other uses, see Keke.

KEKE (channel 14) is a Spanish-language independent television station in Hilo, Hawaii, United States, owned by Halepule Television, LLC. The station's transmitter is located west of Hilo.

KEKE

Hilo, Hawaii United States
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 14
Programming
Affiliations	14.1: Spanish independent (2021–present)
Ownership
Owner	Halepule Television, LLC
History
First air date	October 1, 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-10-01)
Former call signs	KWHH (1989–2010) KWHD (2010–2021)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (UHF, 1989–2009)
Former affiliations	As satellite of KWHE: Independent (1989–1995) The WB (1995–1998) LeSEA (1998–2018) Religious independent (2018–2021) DT2: Light TV (until 2021)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	37103
ERP	14.9 kW
HAAT	33 m (108 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	19°42′49″N 155°8′3″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

Channel 14 in Hilo was started as KWHH, a satellite of LeSEA Broadcasting's KWHE on Oahu, on October 1, 1989; it retained that status for more than 30 years. It became KWHD in 2010, warehousing a call sign that was used on channel 53 near Denver, which LeSEA had just sold. On August 12, 2020, Family Broadcasting (the former LeSEA) announced it would sell KWHD to Halepule Television for $100,000;^[2] the sale was completed on September 25.^[3] The call letters were changed to KEKE on November 8, 2021.

Technical information

Subchannel of KEKE^[4]

Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
14.1	480i	4:3		Main KEKE programming

Analog-to-digital conversion

After Hawaii's switch to DTV on January 15, 2009 (five months earlier than the June 12 transition date for stations on the U.S. mainland),^[5] KWHH remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23.^[6][7]