News Operation
For its first 25 years on the air, KGMB was the dominant news station in Hawaii. However, in 1978, rival KHON-TV persuaded sports director Joe Moore to move there as its top anchorman. Within a few years, KHON had passed KGMB for the lead, and KGMB has been either second or third in the ratings since then.
From September 2005 until August 2007, KGMB aired the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz Monday through Fridays from 5 to 7. Although The Daily Buzz is a three-hour show, the station only aired the first two. During this period it was the only big three affiliate in the United States carrying the show. They dropped the show after its August 17, 2007 edition to make room for a new morning newscast titled Sunrise on KGMB 9 which launched on September 17. The Daily Buzz moved to KHON's second digital subchannel that has CW affiliation on August 20. Ironically, that show competes with KHON's own Hawaii's Morning News. In June 2007, KGMB built new studios and launched an updated website.
As a result of the SSA, KGMB now broadcasts local news in HD. On December 13, 2008, the station had said that their plans to transfer their news operation to HD was put on hold for the coming months due to the possibility of moving their headquarters. They planned to produce their newscasts in a wide-screen picture as early as July 2009. They stream newscasts live on their website.
The shared services agreement resulted in the termination of all but four KHNL on-air staff and all of KHNL's morning show technicians when its newsroom merged with KGMB on October 26, 2009 when they began their simulcast. The two stations began to jointly produce and simulcast a weeknight 5 and 10 o'clock newscasts while KHNL moved their 6 P.M. show to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 o'clock newscast. The only times when they don't simulcast is during the 7AM hour when KHNL starts airing NBC's Today Show, 5:30PM when KGMB airs The CBS Evening News, and at 6PM when KHNL airs The NBC Nightly News. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcasted on the two but can be preempted on one station due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE-TV remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.
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