Branding KLEI-TV Channel 6 Affiliations The Family Channel | Slogan Hawaii's Aloha Station First air date 1988 | |
Channels Digital: 25 (UHF)
Virtual: 6 (PSIP) Owner Mauna Kea Broadcasting Company, Inc. | ||
KLEI-TV (digital RF channel 25) is the Hawaii affiliate of The Family Channel, owned by Mauna Kea Broadcasting. KLEI serves the west side of the island of Hawai`i, and is licensed to Kailua-Kona.
KLEI also provides local programming geared towards Filipino, Hispanic and native communities.
The station serves a 7954 square mile area, and covers an estimated population of 71,400. Reception is also available in Maui County, Hawaii using a rooftop antenna.
History
The station went on the air in 1988 as KVHF, 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; KLEI was one of two Ion affiliates in Hawaii, along with Ion-owned KPXO-TV.
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. The station is currently only available on cable in West Hawaii.