[3] KSHO signed on the air December 23, 1982, as Hawaii's first television station operating on the UHF band.
By 1989, KHNL and KFVE had taken the first- and second-tier syndicated movies and reruns meant for broadcast by independent stations, and KMGT was running a schedule of lower-budget programs.
[4] By 1990, KMGT began phasing out general entertainment programming in favor of carrying Home Shopping Network and religious programming from TBN as a dual affiliate; the station eventually changed its call letters to KOBN in 1992.
TBN took K34HC off-the-air on April 13, 2010, due to declining financial support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.
[6] In February 2006, K34HC was granted a construction permit to begin converting operations to digital television prior to being taken off the air.