KBFD-DT

KBFD-DT, virtual channel 32 (UHF digital channel 33), is an Asian-language independent television station located in 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. Since it does not operate any satellite stations, it can only be received in areas of the state that do not receive its signal via cable or satellite; KBFD is available on Oceanic Cable basic channel 4 in Oahu and on digital cable channels 82 and 1004 statewide, and on Hawaiian Telcom channel 6 and digital channel 1006.

Overview

The station first signed on the air on March 24, 1986; it is one of two television stations in Hawaii that specializes in Asian programming full-time (alongside KIKU, channel 20). Although the station airs various programs from many Asian countries, most of the programs seen on KBFD are geared to a Korean audience since most of its lineup features programs acquired from the Korean Broadcasting System, the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation and SBS. Most of the programs airing on KBFD are also subtitled in English, due to a growing audience among non-Asian viewers for its fare of music shows and drama serials, which KBFD will air around the same time as the Korean broadcasts, usually two weeks after their broadcasts. In January 2015, KFVE became the second station in Hawaii to offer Korean dramas, airing Sunday afternoons.