Entries Tagged as 'News'

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

KFVE Gets New UH Sports Deal

KFVE TV got a new sports deal from the University of Hawaii to continue broadcasting the school’s sports events. The 6-year contract will pay KFVE over $14 million. Oceanic Cable will continue to faciliate the broadcast of pay-per-view games under the new contract.
KFVE has been broadcasting most of the University of Hawaii sports events for […]

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

10 More Years for Joe Moore

TV news anchor Joe Moore announced last night that he will be at KHON TV’s anchor desk for another 10 years. Moore’s new contract runs through the year 2018. Terms are undisclosed. From Erika Engle’s column in today’s Buzz:
Joe Moore has a new 10-year deal to anchor the KHON-TV news. He has been leading up […]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Former TV Journalist Bill Bigelow Dies

Bill Bigelow, a former Hawaii journalist, actor and marketing executive died yesterday (May 18) after a long fight with cancer. He was 75. From HawaiiReporter.com’s story:
A former U.S. Navy officer, he lived in Hawaii for over 40 years and is a well known local radio and TV journalist, having been a reporter and news […]

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Dog the Bounty Hunter Coming Back

It is quite apparent that “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, the A&E network reality show featuring Duane “Dog” Chapman and his bail bonds business and posse is coming back to the airwaves. A media advisory was recently released:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Honolulu, HI – Hawaii press are invited to a private media-only event with the cast of A&E’s […]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Honolulu Winter Radio Ratings

The latest Arbitron ratings for the Winter period is reported today in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. There are no suprises as the morning show team of Michael W. Perry & Larry Price on Clear Channel’s KSSK FM & AM lead the pack of prime-time morning shows.
Overall the top 5 radio stations in the Honolulu market are:

KSSK […]

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 […]