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December 24, 2005 Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to You All! I'd like to take this space to wish my readers and visitors the best this holiday season. Hopefully this site is still useful to you even though I am guilty at times of not updating it on a more timely basis. I know the site design is very old now and I do plan to do some changes in the new year. Hopefully we'll have a better site. Thanks for your participation in the informal polls and the ever popular message board over at HawaiiThreads.com. I'd like to thank those who have provided me with news tips, updates and revisions over the year(s). If you have any suggestions on how the Hawaii Radio & Television Guide site could improve, drop me an email. Until then, may your holiday be happy and safe. Aloha & God Bless! Recent Tidbits from Around the Dial: As most of you know by now, Jodi Leong formerly of KHNL News 8 recently surfaced on KITV Channel 4 this month after a few months off the air. At the time she left News 8, it was said that she wanted to pursue more time in theater productions. More details at this link. Speaking of local news, Emmis TV station KGMB Channel 9 caught up with b in the late night local news ratings race. KGMB TV's 10 o'clock broadcast tied with KHON for #1 during the sweeps period in November. KHON's news with Joe Moore still leads the Nielsens in the 6 pm time slot. More details Digital TV Mandate Coming in 2009: The U.S. Congress voted on a compromise bill to end analog TV broadcasts on February 17, 2009. Broadcast TV stations will have to be broadcasting in digital beyond that date. Millions of American households will have to by that time get a digital set and tuner, or a digital adapter for their analog sets. Congress has set a $1.5 billion subsidy to help consumers get digital converter boxes. More details at this link. Cox radio in Hawaii have added websites for radio staitons KRTR AM 650 and KKNE 940 AM. Their websites follow the standard template used on other Cox radio sites. AM 650 plays an easy listening format while 940 AM features a traditional Hawaiian music format.
Emmis Sales, KGMB's Jade Moon, KHNL's Lyle Galdeira, More Emmis Communications Corporation, current owners of Honolulu TV stations KHON and KGMB, finalized the sales of six of 16 stations it sold on the mainland this past August. The sale of three other mainland stations are set to close next week. None involve the KHON or KGMB properties. KHON's sale is pending FCC approval, and KGMB TV still remains on the market. More details at this link. KGMB TV's Jade Moon signed off after last night's newscast, ending a 19 year career at the CBS affiliate. Over at KHNL TV, reporter Lyle Galdeira did his last broadcast for News 8 as he embarks on a real estate career. Jade Moon left the everyday grind of the news business to spend more time with her family and son. More details at this link. | Jade Moon Growing Up with KGMB You can discuss the departure of Jade Moon and Hawaii's TV News Reporters and Anchors on our message board hosted at HawaiiThreads.com. Tis the Season: Christmas music is in the air full time at the following radio stations - KSSK AM & FM (590 & 92.3) and KAIM 95.5 FM "The Fish" in Honolulu and KAOI 95.1 FM on Maui. Several other stations are running specialty holiday programs or mixing holiday tunes into their music playlists. In Hilo, Moody Radio's K220E0 at 91.7 FM will be running special holiday programming on the weekends including presentations of "Handal's Messiah" and a radio drama titled "O Little Town of Bethleham." More information at the station's Hilo website. Click here if you want to discuss Christmas Music on Local Radio. It was reported earlier this week that former owner of the old KKUA 69 Top 40 radio station Bob Wilson passed away at age 84. Wilson was the person who first brought Michael W. Perry to the airwaves on KKUA in 1972. More details at this link.
Newslinks From Hawaii's Media Landscape Levi Returns: Investigative news reporter Matt Levi returns to the airwaves in a series of special reports he is producing with filmmaker Edgy Lee. "The Levi Report" debuts on KHON TV Channel 2 on Tuesday night at 9:PM. Levi and Lee hope to produce at least 4 programs of this type in the coming year. More details at this link: starbulletin.com. New Transmitter Approved: Hawaii Public Radio will be able to boost the power to KIPO FM after receiving approval from the FCC to change its site. HPR plans to build a new trasmitter on Tanatulus after the station goes through various approval processes with a number of state agencies. More details here. Interesting Reading: The ongoing feud at Maui's public access TV operation "Akaku" continues. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Cardoza "strongly urged the two sides to seek a compromise and avoid a lengthy and potentially damaging court case." Akaku has been in turmoil since January in a dispute over TV channel funding being split between public and educational uses. More detail at this link: Maui News | Hawaii Public Access Media Should the Government Subsidize Consumers for Digital Changeover? The U.S. Government may be subsidizing consumers up to 3 billion dollars for the purchase of set-top converter boxes to bring analog TV equipment into compliance with the digital standard and mandate that is set to take effect in 2009. A bill working its way through Congress will be addressing this matter. More information at this link. Lost Ratings: The made-in-Hawaii ABC TV hit "Lost" continues its dominance in the ratings leading all programs Wednesday night with over 20 million viewers in the coveted 18 - 49 demographic, according to AC Nielsen. It has also been reported that "Lost" on Apple's iTunes music service is the most purchased videocast offered through iTunes. ABC TV also offers a new official "Lost" podcast through iTunes. The ABC sponsored podcast comes on the heals of successful fan podcasts such as Ryan & Jen Ozawa's "The Transmission" that is produced in Mililani, Hawaii. Finally Maggie Grace is apparently being written out of the show as her character was shot in a recent episode and most likely will be dead before the ratings sweeps are over. More details at the official "Lost" website. Christmas All Month Long: KSSK radio starts an all Christmas music format the day after Thanksgiving and running through the holiday season up to and including December 25. Programming will be from a music library of over 400 holiday songs. The station will revert back to its adult contemporary music format on December 26. David Cohen, co-founder and co-director of The Advocacy Institute will be speaking at a forum sponsored by the Honolulu Community Media Council December 13 at the State Capitol Auditorium starting at 5:PM. The topic will be "Media and Civil Society: Expectations and Obligations". RSVP hc-mc@verizon.net or call 748-0880.
PBS Hawaii Turns 40 PBS Hawaii / KHET Channel 11 is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. The station was created by the Hawaii State Legislature in 1965 and started broadcasting in 1966. They were a state funded operation until the year 2000, after which they became a private non-profit operation. KHET has been lauded for their quality local programs over the years and is an affiliate of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). More details. | PBS Hawaii Website | Discussion
KGMB's Jade Moon to Leave Anchor Desk Soon Jade Moon, longtime anchor person at KGMB TV Channel 9 will be leaving her position at the station by the end of this month (Nov. 30) to spend more time with her family. She has been employed at the station for 19 years and has seen the changes in the news business and station operations over the years. She had worked at the station with people like Bob Sevey and Bob Jones, both longtime anchormen at KGMB in the 1970s and 80s. She most recently shared her anchoring duties with Kim Gennaula during the weeknight newscasts. More details at this link. | Discussion Topic SHORT TAKE: Former TV newsman, Lt. Governor and congressional candidate Dalton Tanonaka was sentenced yesterday in Federal Court to 3 months in prison and 3 months house arrest for lying about funds he received during his two runs for public office. Prior to his runs for public office, Tanonaka had spent many years as a broadcast journalist on networks such as CNN.
Columnist Bob Rees Dies Freelance writer Bob Rees, a longtime political pundit in both the print and the electronic media realm passed away on Tuesday after a year-long battle with cancer. Rees was well known for being a supporter of civil liberties and First Amendment rights. He most recently was the moderator of a weekly TV show on Olelo called "Counterpoint". He also wrote for the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Weekly. He also moderated Hawaii Public Radio's "Talk of the Town" broadcast. Rees was born in Chicago and moved to Hawaii in 1966. His other TV activities also included KFVE's "Island Issues" talk show and Olelo's candidate debates aired during election years. He is survived by his wife Keene, son Kendall of Dallas Texas, and daughter Liz who lives in Honolulu. There will be no funeral service. Rees' ashes will be scattered at sea. MORE DETAILS: Honolulu Advertiser | Star-Bulletin.com | Discussion Topic SHORT TAKES: KHNL News 8 weather person Sharie Shima will be co-anchoring the evening news on the NBC affilite with Howard Dashefsky. She fills in a position vacated by Jodi Leong earlier this year. A group of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" fans got to meet the star of their favorite show at Da Kine Bail Bonds on Monday. Duane "Dog" Chapman is the star of one of the most popular TV programs on the A&E cable network. Many episodes of his reality based program are filmed in Honolulu.
News Tidbits from Hawaii's Media Landscape Ratings, ratings, ratings: The Summer 2005 Arbitrons for the Honolulu market came out on Monday, October 24. No suprises in the overall numbers. Market leaders KSSK 92.3 FM, KRTR 96.3 FM, KINE 105. 1 FM and KDNN 98.5 FM held on to 4 of the 5 top spots. New n the top 5 is Oldies Station 107.9 FM (KGMZ) which is the highest a Salem property has gone in recent months. That station came in at #5 overall. In the CHR/Hip Hop Urban ratings race, KPHW 104.3 FM narrowly beats "Da Bomb" 102.7 FM. Both stations are still in the top 10 overall. In the talk radio segment, local sports talker KKEA 1420 AM tops KHVH 830 AM for the first time by 2/10's of a point. Moving talk to FM may be a good thing for Salem's KHNR 97.5 as that station has made a small gain. For more on the ratings go to this link. For discussion go to our Message Board topic. The Hawaii Radio & Television Guide website is currently taking unscientific polls of your favorite radio stations. In the CHR category, the overwhelming choice was "None of the Above." For those who did vote for a radio station, KQMQ's The Zone came out ahead. TV Ratings: ABC TV's "Lost" continues to be a top 10 show this season. The made in Hawaii TV hit is on a 2 week hiatus before another new episode airs during the November sweeps period. Speculation runs rampent as to who will be killed off during the ratings period. A good bet will be Martha Stewart's NBC reaility show airing in the same time slot opposite of "Lost". Apple computer recently introduced a new video iPod and iTunes service where viewers can buy individual episodes of "Lost" and other ABC and Disney shows for $1.99 each. The programs can be viewed on new versions of the iPod player and iTunes software. Local TV Movements: KITV 4's Tasha Kobashigawa will be leaving the Channel 4 soon to pursue her passion and possible career as a pilot on the aviation industry. She is weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for the station. PBS Hawaii (KHET Channel 11) has named Lacene Terri as its new Community Relations Director. Terri was formerly an employee of the State House Minority Leader and ran for State Senate in 2002. Forum: "Local Obligations of TV Broadcasters" will be the subject of a special meeting being held at the Hawaii State Capitol on November 1. The meeeting is being sponsored by the Hawaii Media Action Group. It starts at 5:30 pm and will be held in Room 225. The full press announcement can be downloaded from this link (PDF). Forced TV Hardware Upgrade: The Federal Government is pushing a mandate through the U.S. Senate to get all TV stations off the analog dial by April 7, 2009. The forced transition to digital broadcasting will have long range consequences to TV broadcasters, cablecasters and consumers. Many broadcasters have converted or are in the process of converting to a digital signal. Nearly all retain their analog TV broadcasts since the majority of consumers do not have digital ready equipment. More details at this link. | FCC Regulatory Information | Consumer Facts Honolulu Radio Dial Listings Update: We have noted that 102.7 FM "Da Bomb" now has a new website at www.1027.fm. Also KORL 690 "Hawaii's Local Talk and Multicultural Radio" has expanded their website to present listeners with program information. We also updated our downloadable text file listings for Honolulu Radio Stations. You can view this file here, copy and paste it to your Palm mobile device Memo pad or copy it to your notes folder on your iPod music player. Lastly be sure to visit our Hawaii Radio & Television Guide Media Forum at HawaiiThreads.com for media discussion of all types and topics. Sometimes news breaks there before anywhere else!
Recent News from Hawaii Broadcast & Print Media Filmed in Hawaii TV show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" could be renewed for a third season by the A & E cable network. The show is reportedly the most successful on the A & E network. Duane "Dog" Chapman is on a tour of New York City this week to promote his program. More details at this link.| Discussion Topic The Honolulu Community Media Council will be presenting a Brown Bag lunch briefing on "Free Speech At Risk: Congress Rewrites the Telecom Bill" next Tuesday, October 18 at the State Capitol in Room 225. The briefing will be held from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m, and will feature Sean McLaughlin, Public Media Advocate and formerly of Maui's Akaku cable organization as its speaker. Details available by downloading this PDF file. Erika Engle reports in last week's Buzz, that Education Media Foundation, a California religious broadcaster has bought the construction permit for proposed radio station KKHI FM at 103.5 on the dial. The station has not been built, but the papers to it have been sold for a cool $2 million. More Details at this Link. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin website has recently gone through a makeover. Blaine Fergerstrom, the Star Bulletin's original webmaster has returned to the organization to resume his duties. He says he did not have much to do with the site's new makeover but will move it forward. Discussion topics at our Hawaii Internet Media thread.
KHON TV Sold to SJL Broadcast Group The big news this week in local broadcasting this week is the sale of KHON TV by Emmis Communications Corp. to SJL Broadcast Group for $259 million. The sale to SLG may not end the duopoly that KHON and KGMB TV currently enjoy. The duopoly is a cause of concern among some regarding the news operations of both stations. SLG could acquire KGMB or at least continue to manage the station if Emmis cannot sell it to someone else. The sale is expected to take about 4 to 5 months to be closed. SLG's purchase of KHON TV was also tied to 3 other TV stations Emmis owned on the mainland. KHON TV is the local Fox network affiliate and the home of Hawaii's highest rated nightly newscast. Both KHON and KGMB have been under Emmis' ownership since 2000 and have been under a federal waiver for a long time.
KHON TV | EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS | SLJ BROADCAST GROUP
The ABC TV program "Lost" made its second season debut last week to spectacular ratings last week. More than 23 million viewers watched the made in Hawaii TV series about a group of castaways stuck on an uncharted island. ABC TV's good fortune with "Lost" continued this week as the 2nd episode of the 2nd season was also met with spectacular overnight ratings. "Lost" is aired in Hawaii on local affiliate KITV Channel 4. Link to Top 10 Nielsen rated shows. Lost Season 2 Discussion. Locally, it was announced this past week that longtime KHNL News 8 reporter and anchor Lyle Galdeira will be leaving the station to pursue his real estate career in December. Galdeira is the producer of News 8's consumer segment "Does It Work" among other duties. He was also part of the morning news operations which he recently left.
"Lost" Takes Home Emmys; Second Season Debuts Wednesday ABC TV series "Lost" took home 6 Emmy Award statuettes last night winning for "Best Dramatic Series" and "Best Direction" in ceremonies held in Los Angeles California. The Emmy Award program was broadcast on CBS TV. In addition to the prestigious "Best Drama" and "Best Direction" for its pilot episode, the series also won for music composition, single-camera picture, special visual effects and casting. The program was one of 3 breakout hits for ABC TV last season, being a consistent ratings winner in the Nielsen ratings often landing in the Top 10 for the week. "Lost" begins its 2nd season this coming Wednesday at 8:PM on KITV Channel 4 (9 & 10pm on the mainland) following a "Lost" special the hour before. Honolulu Oahu fans got a chance to view an advance screening of the 2nd season opener last Wednesday at a special "Brunch on the Beach" event in Waikiki with some cast members also in attendance. LOST WEBSITE | EMMYS ARITCLE | SEASON 1 DISCUSSION | SEASON 2 DISCUSSION
Angela Keen Moving to KHNL, Jade Moon on Temporary Leave, More News
News From Around the Dial and on Cable
Salem owns the radio station with the oldest callsign in the state... KGU radio at 760 on the AM dial.
It's a big complicated mess that culminated last week when 2 board members got involved in a physical altercation at a videotaped board meeting. Public access TV pundit Jeff Garland covers the issue in depth at his Hawaii Public Access Media website. A citizen's group has created a new "Save Akaku" website to track the news and issues surrounding Akaku's operation. Everything is expected to come to a head again at Akaku's annual board meeting this coming Friday, August 26.
Akaka Bill Garnering More Media Attention The Akaka Bill which seeks to establish federal recognition for Native Hawaiians and their right to self governance similar to that of North American Indian tribes, is garnering more national and local media coverage as a possible U.S. Senate vote on the measure looms September 6. The issue was the subject of national airtime on the syndicated Rush Limbaugh radio show (aired in Honolulu on KHVH 830 AM). During the segment on the bill Rush referred to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece written by former U.S. Senators Slade Gorton and Hank Brown. In that piece they state, "The Akaka bill classifies citizens by race, defying the express provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. It also rests on a betrayal of express commitments made by its sponsors a decade ago and asserts as true many false statements about the history of Hawaii and it now should be defeated," Discussion and listener call in followed. Locally coverage of the Akaka Bill may reach a zenith next Monday with a planned televised debate to air on KHON TV Channel 2. Hawaii State Attorney General Mark Bennett and Office of Hawaiian Affairs attorney Robert Klein will lead the debate in favor of the bill vs. Bruce Fein, attorney for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Kaleikoa Kaeo, a Hawaiian activist and Anne Keala Kelly a Hawaiian journalist and fimmakter. The televised debate is to air live on Channel 2 Monday night, August 22 starting at 8:00 P.M. A debate at the Japanese Cultural Center the next day will be taped for showing on Olelo Public Access TV. Attention to the Akaka Bill has been building since the arrival and reportage by a Fox TV news crew last month. Senator Daniel Akaka was subject to a recent interview on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition". Debate continued this morning on KHVH radio with Attorney General Bennett, and Wall Street Journal's John Fund. More attention to the issue is bound to continue leading up to and past the September 6 vote in the U.S. Senate.
Assorted News from the Local Media Landscape Since our last update, the following news has been brought to the attention of our site:
Perry & Price, KSSK Top Spring Arbitron Ratings The continuing popularity of Michael W. Perry and Larry Price's morning show on Clear Channel's KSSK FM & AM radio was not broken in the latest release of the Spring Arbitron Ratings for the Honolulu Market. The venerable duo owns the morning drive with 22.6% of the audience. The 2nd place morning broadcast of Chris Riser and Sistah Sherry trail at 7.1% on Cox's KRTR FM 96. Overall KSSK FM was the #1 rated radio station for the typical broadcast day. They were followed by KRTR FM, KINE FM, KDDB FM, KCCN FM, KDNN FM, KUCD FM, KSSK AM, KPHW FM and KUMU FM in the top 10. More information: PERRY, PRICE RULE AIRWAVES | HONOLULU'S SPRING ARBITRONS | DISCUSSION TOPIC
TownPodcast Website Adopts Clear Channel Broadcasts Peter Kay, most well known for the minute long radio feature "YourComputerMinute.com" recently launched his new website TownPodcast.com, which has officially launched this month and features talk radio podcasts of content from Clear Channel's KHVH 830 AM. Hour long segments of the Rick Hamada and Mike Buck show are now available as downloadable podcasts from TownPodcast.com as well as KHVH's own website. Podcasting has been hailed as the next big thing on the internet which gives nearly anyone with a computer, a broadband internet connection and something to say to become a broadcaster or more accurately a "podcaster." Podcasters create audio content and make it available through websites and online syndication services such as Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store. Several independent Hawaii based podcasts have been available since late last year.
MORE DETAILS | TOWNPODCAST.COM | KHVH RADIO
More UH Sports Games to be on Pay-Per-View KFVE TV will be airing more University of Hawaii football, basketball and volleyball games on its pay-per-view service. All home football games broadcast by KFVE TV will be Pay-Per-View with the free same day delay eliminated until the next day. Two away football games will be pay-per-view with the delay airing the same night for free on KFVE TV. Selected University of Hawaii basketball and volleyball games are also going the pay-per-view route. The pay-per-view package will cost subscribers on Oahu $200, neighbor islanders $75. People choosing to buy individual games will have to dish out at least $40 per event ($25 for neighbor islanders). The move to pay-per-view comes after KFVE TV paid the University of Hawaii $1.75 million for the TV broadcast rights. Some home and away games will be broadcast by ESPN cable, and are not covered by the pay-per-view package. Oceanic Cable will handle the distribution of the broadcasts. MORE DETAILS AT THIS LINK | KFVE TV | UH ATHLETICS | DISCUSSION TOPIC
FCC Rules Review Delayed The Federal Communication Commission is delaying the process on creating new rules regarding how many broadcast stations a media firm can own in a single market. The FCC rulings could effect the ownership of local Honolulu TV stations KHON and KGMB, both currently owned by Emmis Communications Corp., and possibly Raycom Media, owners of KHNL and KFVE TV. The current FCC rules apply to the Top 4 stations in each market, which KFVE is not a part of. Local organizations have been opposed to single ownership of multiple stations in Honolulu. Emmis has recently put KHON and KGMB TV up for sale.
More personnel changes in the Honolulu media market. KHNL TV co-anchor Jodi Leong has left the station to pursue her interest in local theatre full-time. More details at this link.
Changes on Local Media Landscape KHON TV reporter Greg Takeyama is leaving the airwaves effective July 30. He has taken a new position as public relations director for the University of Hawaii's John A Burns School of Medicine. One of local rock radio's major personalities was let go this week. Phil Roberts (popularly known as Fil Slash) at 105.9 FM "The Big Kahuna" lost his long running evening show to a nationally syndicated program hosted by rock star Alice Cooper. Slash was let go by KPOI corporate owner Visionary Related Entertainment. Also at Visionary, Honolulu radio station KQMQ 93.1 FM recently changed their format from 70s-80s oldies to Hot Adult Contemporary. They are going by the monicker of "The Zone". Radio station KUPA at 1370 AM on the dial has been sold Utah based Broadcasting Corporation of America. The station is currently simulcasting 99.5 FM's "The Breeze" Hawaiian music programming. The new owners are looking into changing the format to Hispanic. On the print media side, longtime Honolulu magazine editor John Heckathorn is leaving after a 21-year run. MORE DETAILS | VISIONARY'S STATIONS | KHON TV | KUPA sale
The Hawaii Radio & Television Guide's recently completed poll showed that more than 80% of our respondents do not want Oceanic Cable to track their TV viewing habits. The firm recently announced that they will seek volunteer viewers who would like to have their viewing habits tracked. The unscientifice, informal poll ran from the end of June to this past Monday. CLICK HERE FOR FINAL POLL RESULTS
Oceanic To Track TV Viewing Habits Time Warner Oceanic Cable will be launching a pilot program that will allow them to track TV subscriber viewing habits. They hope to lure 5000 to 6000 of their 397,000 subscribers into the voluntary system. In turn subscribers will have their television viewing habits tracked on an individual basis through a digital set-top box that will be connected to their TV sets. The tracking program will be used to help the cable company measure which advertising viewers tune into and which ones they don't. Information as to what programs they watch and what times of day the set is on will probably also be measured. The pilot program is being launched in the Hawaii market because of Oceanic's near monopoly status as being the only cable TV company available in the state. MORE DETAILS AT THIS LINK | OCEANIC CABLE
KFVE TV to Retain UH Sports Broadcast Rights KFVE the "Home Team" will retain its broadcast rights for another 3 years covering University of Hawaii men's and women's sports. The UH announced that KFVE was awareded the $1.75 million contract last week. KFVE will continue broadcast UH football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and other events as it has done for the past 22 years with some changes. The station also retains the Pay-Per-View rights to various broadcast games. A casualty of the new contract besides the only other bidder Oceanic Cable, will be football fans who got used to watching the same-day delayed games. The same-day football game broadcasts have come to an end as those games will now be moved to the next day. The UH is doing this to encourage more home game attendance and pay-per-view purchases. Some of basketball games may also go to pay-per-view. Not all will be lost for local UH football fans. Three of the UH's home football games will be broadcast on ABC TV and ESPN. Those games have not been subject to local market blackouts in recent years. The retainment of KFVE's broadcast rights to UH Sports assures continuance of longtime sports play by play anchor Jim Leahey in the broadcast booth. MORE DETAILS AT THIS LINK | KFVE TV | UH SPORTS
March 4, 2005 Former Island DJ Michael Qseng Dies Former Island DJ Michael Qseng, who once ruled the airwaves from his morning show at KQMQ FM from 1984 to 1993, died on Wednesday of a heart attack while on vacation in Thailand. Qseng's real name was Michael Jones. During his time on KQMQ radio his "Morning Madness with Michael Qseng and Danielle Tucker," was a top rated morning show through most of its run, once even beating the venerable Perry & Price morning duo for a couple of ratings periods in the late 1980s. Former KQMQ program director Kimo Akane posted some of Qseng's accomplishments and antics at KQMQ on the Hawaii Radio & Television Guide Media Forum yesterday, "The Super Bowl Bet he lost with Danielle Tucker and had to Cruise the Ala Wai on a Jet ski wearing a Tuxedo and a Hula skirt..... Giving away a Breast Implant... long before Stern et al... but not the operation just the prosthesis... because 2 were better than 3." Akane further mentioned, "The Oops Upside your head song... the Morning Madness Shuffle... Marvelous Mare, Chris Chang, Jung Ho, Dr. Sports, Sr. Everthings Gonna Be Allright, Susan Page, Loyd Kandel, Sam Litzinger, Mary Scott-Lau, Jedai the Wonder Dog, Blanch Du Boise, Keri Steel and of course Danielle Tucker." All were familiar antics and people to Qseng's listeners and fans on KQMQ. Qseng was born in Texas and lived in Waipahu as a teenager. He landed radio jobs at WAPE, KELP, KAUM and KRLY in Texas during the 1970s before moving to New York and working at WKTU. He returned to Texas for a brief one year period on KLOL radio before moving to Hawaii where he landed on KQMQ radio for the next 10 years. After leaving KQMQ Qseng briefly worked at KGMZ FM and KRTR FM from 1994 to 1997. Qseng left the Hawaii market and worked in other industries, most recently running his own online travel agency based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Local funeral services are pending.
Additional Links: Former Island DJ Amused and Outraged with Antics
In a not so surprising move, the Fox television network cancelled the TV series "North Shore" which was filmed in the islands last year. The show has been on hiatus since December 2004 and was a victim of pooer ratings and high production cost. During its 20 episode run, the TV series spent $26 million of its $40 million production funds in the islands, employing dozens of local cast and crew members. The program was criticized for its badly written soap opera style scripts and for the minimal use of local actors in key roles. "North Shore" leased space at the state's Diamond Head film studio where they constructed one of the most expensive and elaborate sets in local TV production history. The set was the interior of the ficticious North Shore hotel which served as the main backdrop for the series' storyline. With "North Shore" and NBC's "Hawaii" cancellation of a few months back, only one prime time network TV show remains in the island. The ABC TV series "Lost", which has proven to be a bonafide ratings hit, will return to the islands for filming this summer when it gets renewed by the network. MORE DETAILS AT THIS LINK | DISCUSSION TOPIC
News from Around the Dial The fall Arbitron ratings were released this week and the usual leaders are at the head of the pack in the overall as well as the highly competitive morning show ratings. KSSK AM & FM tops the overalls while the long enduring Perry & Price Show continue to dominate the morning airwaves with marketwide higher than average numbers (compared to the rest of the radio morning shows). Item details are at the following links: "The Buzz" at StarBulletin.com | Radio & Records The ABC TV series "Lost" may be leaving the islands due to high production costs. Cast and crew like the islands, but the network wants to cut costs. The program is losing up to $500,000 per episode. State officials are looking into ways to keep the production here. "Lost" has been one of 2 unexpected new hit breakout shows for the ABC Network this season. Additional Links: "Lost" Opportunity? | Discussion Topic
KSSK morning show co-host Michael W. Perry received an award from Small Business Hawaii as "Small Business Booster" of the year at the organization's annual conference held on January 12 (photo above, shown with SBH President, Sam Slom). More details about the conference are available at SBH's website. KGMB TV news reporter Rob Young left the station last week to take on a new position at Centex Destination Properties. He will be working on the Big Island at the firm's Waikaloa operations. Wife Britt Riedl who once was KGMB TV's weekend weather person, left the station last year after she gave birth to their daughter. Over at KHON TV, News Director Dam Dennison will be leaving that station in March when his contract expires. Both KGMB and KHON are owned by Emmis Communications Corp. Radio station KHVH will be broadcasting live from the State Capitol on the opening day (January 19) of the 23rd Legislature from 6 to 9 a.m. KHVH morning guy Rick Hamada will host various guests at the live broadcast. The Hawaii State Legislature gets underway at 10:00 a.m on Wednesday January 19. Olelo cable TV will broadcast the proceedings from the House and Senate chambers live on Channels 52 and 53. Governor Linda Lingle has floated a proposal that will return surplus money cable TV firms collect from their customers to cover the cost of administering cable TV regulations. The surplus could be as much as $1 million. Cox radio's AM 940 now broadcasting traditional Hawaiian music has taken on the call letters of KKNE.
Salem & Cox Station Swap Creates New Radio Formats on AM Dial The 3 station swap between Salem Hawaii and Cox Radio was completed this week. The results are that Salem now owns Oldies 107.9 FM and Cox is the owners of stations that Salem had at 650 and 940 AM. The results have yielded program format changes as follows: 107.9 FM KGMZ - Oldies 50s 60s & 70s (no change) 650 AM - Now KRTR AM - Easy Listening Favorites 940 AM - Call letters pending; Traditional Hawaiian Music. 870 AM - KAIM: switches format to country music. 1170 AM - KHCM: call letters moved from 940 AM along with "Hawaii's Country Music" format. The 2 country stations are still with Salem, each broadcasting a separate country music program. MORE DETAILS AT THIS LINK | DISCUSSION TOPIC
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