Kiku

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KIKU

KIKU, virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 19), is an independent television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The station is owned by NRJ TV, LLC. KIKU's studios are located on Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu, and its transmitter is located in Nānākuli. KIKU is carried on Oceanic Time Warner Cable on channel 9 and digital channel 89 in Oahu, on channel 10 and digital channel 89 in Maui, and on digital channel 89 in Kauai, on Hawaiian Cable channel 12, and Hawaiian Telcom Cable channel 20. As a result, KIKU is available on all the major islands.

History

Prior history of the KIKU callsign in Honolulu

Although the station advertises on-air that it has been on the air for "over 40 years," the "current KIKU" is not to be confused with another station in Honolulu on VHF channel 13 that formerly used the KIKU call letters. That station launched as independent station KTRG-TV on July 4, 1962, under the ownership of the Watumull Broadcasting Company. That station was sold in 1966, changing its call letters to KIKU. The original KIKU became quite popular with Hawaiian children throughout the 1970s, televising several Japanese tokusatsu shows, including Kamen Rider V3, Kikaida, Rainbowman, Ganbare!! Robocon, Himitsu Sentai Goranger and Battle Fever J.