In 1980, KHQK-TV begin transmission as an independent station built by TVX Broadcast Group, with a similar logo style to its sister stations featuring the Omega symbol.
Logo with slogan "Prime all the Time"
Logo with city of license
1987-1991[]
Designer:
TVX Broadcast Group
Typography:
Custom-designed (number) Helvetica Black (callsign and city of license)
Launched:
1987
A similar logo would be used by its sister stations owned by TVX Broadcast Group, despite the station never been a charter Fox affiliate (at the time, KHNL affiliated with Fox until January 1, 1996 while KHQK-TV stood independent) like the other TVX-owned Fox affiliates. In 1991, TVX Broadcast Group was folded into Paramount Stations Group.
Print variant
Alternate variant
Alternate print variant
"36" numeral
"36" numeral print variant
Legal ID bug (1988, during a movie premiere of The Wiz (1978))
1991-1993[]
1993-1995[]
Designer:
Paramount Stations Group
Typography:
Custom-designed (Paramount, channel number) Futura Extra Bold (callsign)
Launched:
1993
This station's branding is known as "Paramount 36", with the logo design shared with then-sister stations WDCA in Washington D.C., KTXA in Fort Worth-Dallas and KTXH in Houston, both in Texas.
1995-2011[]
1995-1996[]
This was used during a transitional period between independent and UWN. At the time, KHQK-TV established a news department, coinciding with its affiliation switch to UWN.
1996-2002[]
SVG NEEDED
KHQK-TV gained the UWN affiliate from KAYS-TV (channel 3), which then turned KAYS-TV into a Telemundo affiliated station on January 1, 1996 (now affiliated with Univision since November 21, 2016). KHQK-TV is the only UWN affiliated station to be owned by Paramount Stations Group. In 2001, the UWN Television Stations (now UWN Stations) sold KHQK-TV after Paramount Stations Group was folded into Viacom Television Stations Group, which is now as CBS News and Stations, while the remains of Paramount-owned stations were sold to different broadcasting companies.
2002-2007[]
2007-2009[]
A similar logo design was used by sister UWN owned-and-operated stations.
2009-2011[]
SVG NEEDED
2011-2020[]
SVG NEEDED
In 2011, KHQK-TV rebranded simply as UWN Hawaii, dropping the number 36 due to the fact of this station operated on a high channel number frequency.
Akira Expanded ("Hawaii News First") Proxima Nova (graphics)
Launched:
October 26, 2022 (reveal) November 16, 2022 (launch)
KHQK-TV introduced a new logo (designed by Matchstic, also created logos for its sister stations WXIA-TV (channel 11) in Atlanta and WTSP (channel 10) in Tampa Bay) on October 23, 2022 branded as "Hawaii News First", when it was first revealed by Tegna on October 26, 2022.
Purple variant
Blue variant
Profile picture
Hawaii News First: The Morning Rush (2022-present)
