On January 17, 2019, Nexstar announced that it would relaunch the station as KHII-TV. The station would retain its MyNetworkTV affiliation and plans to continue its focus on bringing local programming to Hawaii. The rebranding and call sign change took place concurrent with the sale's completion on January 28. At the same time, KFVE's intellectual unit and syndicated programming, along with its Hawaii-centric specials, moved to the second digital subchannel of KHNL-DT2 (channel 13.2), and changed its cable channel position from Charter Spectrum 5/1005 to 22/1022. The HD feed of "K5" was temporarily exclusive to cable, because ever since its inception, KHNL-DT2 had broadcast in 480i standard definition. An equipment upgrade in early 2021 allowed for an upgrade of the subchannel to 720p high definition; however, the KSIX-DT2 and KOGG-DT2 simulcasts of "K5" continue to be aired in standard definition.