KSIX-TV
KSIX-TV, virtual channel 6, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station licensed to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States. The station is owned by Mauna Kea Broadcasting. KSIX-TV's transmitter is located near Kalaoa, Hawaii. On cable, the station is available statewide on Oceanic Spectrum digital channels 6 and 695.
KSIX-TV serves a area, and covers an estimated population of 71,400. The station's signal is relayed on satellite station KLEI in Wailuku and on the second digital subchannel of KKAI in Kailua.
History
The station went on the air in 1988 as KVHF, a satellite of Mauna Kea Broadcasting's KMGT channel 26, and changed its call letters to KLEI on March 9, 1992. The station was at one point affiliated with Ion Television and its predecessors, i and Pax TV, and later with The Family Channel.On October 19, 2012, KLEI was granted statewide must-carry status on the Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Hawaiian Telcom cable services, provided it delivers a good quality signal to the cable television headends.
In late 2017, KLEI became Hawaii's first over-the-air affiliate of Spanish-language network Telemundo, filling a void in the market for a Spanish language station that opened up when KHLU-CD ceased operations in 2016. Shortly after assuming the Telemundo affiliation, KLEI became available on all cable systems in Hawaii for the first time.
On December 3, 2018, the station's call sign changed to KSIX-TV.
On July 8, 2020, Gray Television, owner of Honolulu-based stations KGMB and KHNL and their satellites, agreed to purchase KSIX-TV for $1 million, pending approval of the Federal Communications Commission. Maui-based satellite KLEI was not included in the sale.
Digital television
| PSIP Channel | Programming |
| 6.1 | Main KSIX-TV programming / Telemundo |