. ▁Japanese ▁programming ▁was ▁p ared ▁down ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁prim etime ▁hours ▁from ▁ 7 ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁p . m .; ▁K IK U ▁switched ▁to ▁a ▁" k id ▁vid " ▁format , ▁scoring ▁success ▁with ▁programs ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Children ' s ▁H our ▁and ▁Professor ▁Fun . ▁( the ▁Japanese ▁programs ▁would ▁be ▁dropped ▁completely ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 1 ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁K IK U ▁had ▁its ▁call sign ▁changed ▁to ▁K H NL - TV . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁K H NL - TV ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Seattle - based ▁King ▁Broadcast ing ▁Company ; ▁that ▁year , ▁channel ▁ 1 3 ▁became ▁a ▁char ter ▁affili ate ▁of ▁the ▁Fox ▁network . ▁However , ▁K H NL ▁continued ▁to ▁broadcast ▁Asian ▁programming ▁content — most ly ▁sum o ▁wrest ling ▁matches . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁King ▁Broadcast ing ▁merged ▁with ▁the ▁Prov idence ▁Journal ▁Company ▁and ▁its ▁financial ▁partner , ▁Kel so ▁& ▁Company . ▁K H NL ▁presently ▁oper ates ▁as ▁the ▁market ' s ▁N BC ▁affili ate ▁following ▁a ▁January ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁affili ation ▁switch ▁that ▁saw ▁the ▁station ▁trade ▁network ▁affili ations ▁with ▁K H ON - TV ▁( channel ▁ 2 ), ▁which ▁became ▁Hon ol ulu ' s ▁Fox ▁affili ate ▁on ▁that ▁date ▁through ▁a ▁group wide ▁affili ation ▁agreement ▁with ▁its ▁then - owner