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Recent viewers of KITV 4 in Hawaii may have noticed some glitches: a reporter’s microphone that is turned off even though the reporter is speaking to the camera; a mic that is still hot when it should have been muted; a camera cutaway to a video clip for another story, not the one being broadcast live; an anchor momentarily confused by what’s scrolling on a teleprompter.

The minor misfires are due in part to the ABC affiliate’s switch to a high-definition format that launched in early December.

KITV fans can now enjoy the 6 p.m. broadcasts of Paula Akana, Yunji de Nies, Kenny Choi, Moanikeala Nabarro and Paul Drewes, for example, in the same fashion as viewers of Hawaii News Now and KHON 2 have enjoyed for years.

Less evident to viewers is the unsettled mood on the other side of the cameras.

For longtime broadcast industry veterans, there is a great unease that changes at KITV will further dumb down the news, make it less local and community-focused, and violate a tenet that ownin