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{{Short description|TV station in Honolulu}}
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{{for|the airport serving Waterloo, Iowa assigned the ICAO code KALO|Waterloo Regional Airport}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KALO
| city                   =
| logo                   = File:KALOtv logo.png
| logo_size              = 220px
| branding               = KALO 38
| analog                 =
| digital                = 18 ([[UHF]])
| virtual                = 38
| subchannels            =
| translators            =
| affiliations           = [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] [[independent station|independent]]
| network                =
| founded                =
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1999|7|9|p=y}}
| location               = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| country                = United States
| callsign_meaning       = "Kalo" means [[taro]] in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]
| former_callsigns       = KAIE (1999–2000)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 38 (UHF, 1999–2009)|'''Digital:''' 38 (UHF, 2009–2019)|'''Translator:''' KAUI-LP 51 (UHF) [[Wailuku]]}}
| owner                  = KALO TV, Inc.
| licensee               =
| sister_stations        =
| former_affiliations    =
| erp                    = 103 [[kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|688|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class                  =
| facility_id            = 51241
| coordinates            = {{coord|21|24|10.8|N|158|5|52.2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority    = [[FCC]]
| website                = {{URL|https://kalotv.com/}}
}}
'''KALO''' (channel 38) is an [[independent station|independent]] [[religious television station]] in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], United States. Owned by KALO TV, Inc., the station maintains studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu, and its transmitter is located in [[Akupu, Hawaii]].
KALO, which signed on the air July 9, 1999, is one of six stations in Honolulu that air religious programming, the other five being [[KWHE]], [[KAAH-TV]], [[KWBN]], [[KKAI]] and [[KUPU]]. KALO's allocation channel, like that of KWBN and [[PBS]] outlet [[KHET]], is reserved for [[non-commercial educational]] use, and as such, the station depends on viewer donations for support.
==Technical information==
===Subchannel===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannel of KALO<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KALO#station|title=Digital TV Market Listing for KALO|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=September 14, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 38.1
| [[1080i]]
| [[16:9]]
| KALO HD
| Main KALO programming
|}
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
On January 15, 2009, KALO became channel 38 digital when the digital transition was completed.<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archivedate=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>
On April 13, 2017, the FCC announced that KALO was relocated to RF channel 18<ref>{{cite web|title=Repack Plan|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/repackchannels.php?country=US&city=&state=&mktid=91&owner=&sort=|website=RabbitEars.info|publisher=RabbitEars.info|accessdate=April 16, 2017}}</ref> on June 21, 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Transition Schedule|url=https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-initiatives/incentive-auctions/transition-schedule|website=FCC.gov|date=April 13, 2017|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=April 16, 2017}}</ref> as a result of the broadcast incentive auction.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meisch|first1=Charlie|title=FCC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF WORLD'S FIRST BROADCAST INCENTIVE AUCTION|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0413/DOC-344397A1.pdf|website=FCC.gov|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=April 16, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://kalotv.com/}}
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[[Category:1999 establishments in Hawaii]]
[[Category:Religious television stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Independent television stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1999]]
[[Category:Television stations in Hawaii|ALO]]
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