No-service TV viewers will lose CBS programs - Hawaii Business

Viewers hooked on KGMB-TV's local news or CBS network programs, but who watch the station over the air, will lose those shows when the station changes places with KFVE-TV. A woman who called your columnist from Kalihi said one of the stations told her she would lose her signal when the stations swap channels.

[AUNTY]

Why should KHNL get the short end of the deal when KGMB was the station with the problem?

Dash should go back to KITV and co anchor with Paula.

[Uncle]

Aunty is right on the money. GM Rick Blangiardi spent a ton of money trying to beat the competition. The plan failed. He drove KGMB broke and their news is trash. Now the families and employees of KHNL must suffer.

[Dash]

Tannya plays second fiddle to Stephanie Lum. Tannya must totally hate that! ha ha

[anchorman]

khnl had poor ratings for years- kgmb has money problems mainly due to KGMB's parent company mcg capital (HITV)- even khon's owner new vision television filed for ch11 bankruptcy this year- kgmb is #1 for a reason: nice set, flashy graphics, nice music package, & a team made up of former khon/khnl anchors/reporters, best of all they offer "balanced news coverage"- khnl always twists stories to make it sound worse than it really is like gov lingle being hospitalized ... for a biopsy- give me a break- stuff like that and those think about it segments make me want to puke- dash is good but i dont think he fits into kitv's "local" news team unless their new news director changes their branding of "island television news"

[hwnboi]

im just pissed cause zahid and jason gotta go they are both so hot

[debbie]

All I know it that it really sucks not getting the good CBS shows!! As a disabled person who doesn't get out and around much, I look forward to watching the CSI's, and many nights CBS has the best programming. And, no Letterman??!! It was bad enough having 2 "local" newscasts each evening that hardly even touch on outer island stories. From the couple of airings that I've watched of "Hawaii News Now" ... really awful! The whole thing is a mess ... and they say we might not get CBS for months?!! I am fuming!

[Diane]

I am livid that I am now unable to watch some of my favorite shows on CBS! No NBC, then no PBS, now no CBS. This is outrageous. I will not be watching the news on your channel. I know others are really upset as well. Not everyone can afford cable TV.

[Bully]

I agree with Diane. KGMB stole the public's right to watch prime CBS TV shows. This sucks big time!

[Jack]

Do I have to purchase cable in order to watch the NFL on CBS?

[Bill]

Any update on when the upgrades to transmission will happen?