Entries from April 2008

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

ABC-TV’s “Lost” to Wrap Season May 29

Apparently fans of ABC-TV’s “Lost” which is filmed in Hawaii will have to settle for an abridged 4th season, due to this past winter’s writers strike. It was announced today that the series will fall 5 episodes short of their original episode run and that the last episode of the current season will air on […]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

KGMB TV News Wins Awards

KGMB TV’s news division has won 3 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for stories they did on the Hawaii Superferry and the Hawaiian Language. Their website at kgmb9.com was named as “Best Broadcast-Affiliated Web”. KGMB was the only Hawaii based station in the awards competition.
KGMB, KITV, KITV, KHNL and KHET TV are also in competition […]

Friday, April 11th, 2008

KHNL’s Earth-Sea Project Continues to Make Waves

The Office of the National Marine Sanctuary Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently commenced a partnership with television stations KHNL and KFVE (K5) in Honolulu, HI. The Earth and Sea Project: Going Green in Hawaii is a year-long series of environmental reports on KHNL News 8 and K5 News.
The Earth and […]

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Student Videos Honored at 2008 Pele Awards

Work produced by Hawaii Student Television (HSTV) was recognized at the 2008 Pele Awards Celebration on Saturday, April 5th at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Tapa Ballroom. A special Exhibition Category was designed to celebrate the outstanding work being produced by HSTV and Hawaii’s Elementary, Middle, High School and College students. […]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

South Kohala’s KWYI Launches Website

South Kohala’s KWYI at 106.9 FM recently launched their new website which can be found at http://www.kwyi.com/. The site features tabs for contact information, music charts, advertising, links and station information. KWYI plays an adult contemporary music format and has been under the same local ownership for more than 10 years. Their chart link features […]

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

“Radio Free Hawaii” Coming Back as a Clear Channel Brand

Erika Engle reports in her Buzz column that Clear Channel radio is ressurrecting the “Radio Free Hawaii” brand with a new HD broadcast of the format.
Radio Free Hawaii coming back, in HD
Radio Free Hawaii, which prided itself as the island’s anti-corporate radio station in the 1990s, is being resurrected — by the ultimate […]