Media in Honolulu

Honolulu is served by one daily newspaper, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The newspaper began publication on June 7, 2010, following the merger of the city's two daily newspapers, the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Prior to the merger, Honolulu had been one of the few cities of its size in the U.S. to have more than one daily newspaper.

There is also "MidWeek", a weekly newspaper which is published every Wednesday by O'ahu Publications Inc., and distributed free on O'ahu.

Honolulu has the longest established magazine west of the Mississippi, Honolulu Magazine, the only city magazine in the state of Hawai‘i.

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Oceanic Spectrum (a division of Charter Spectrum) is the primary cable television carrier in the Honolulu metropolitan area. However, in June 2011, Hawaiian Telcom, the state's main telephone carrier, was given a license to start providing cable services in Hawaii, which is expected to begin in early 2012 in Honolulu County before going statewide. Satellite television (DIRECTV, Dish Network, some C-Band) is also available as an alternative.

Prior to 2011, due to its geographical location, service from Sirius XM Radio (the parent company of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio) was not reachable, although Sirius XM programming could've been reached through other outlets via internet or through subscription from various phone providers. XM programming was featured on DIRECTV channels in Honolulu, but DIRECTV dropped the lineup in February 2010 in favor of Sonic Tap.

That all changed in 2011, when Sirius XM received approval from the FCC to begin transmission to Hawaii and Alaska as it prepares to place a 1.8Kw transmitter in downtown Honolulu in anticipation for a future launch.[3] Sirius XM had been trying to expand service into Hawaii since 2007[4] but had opposition from the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters fearing loss of local competition. The FCC rejected the HAB's petition.