{"id":680,"date":"2008-08-12T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblog.hawaiifiles.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2008-08-12T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T16:30:00","slug":"news-from-around-the-dial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"News from Around the Dial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As originally posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiiradiotv.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Hawaii Radio &amp; Television Guide*<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The economic downturn has hit <strong>KGMB TV<\/strong>. <strong>Erika Engle<\/strong> at StarBulletin.com reports that 9 employees at the TV station were laid off. None of the on-air talent were laid off. Advertising revenue at media outlets are down this year. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/starbulletin.com\/2008\/08\/12\/business\/engle.html\">Details at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s44.photobucket.com\/albums\/f21\/macpro75\/HIRATV\/?action=view&amp;current=Price-Perry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" src=\"http:\/\/i44.photobucket.com\/albums\/f21\/macpro75\/HIRATV\/Price-Perry.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>KSSK <\/strong>radio&#8217;s morning duo of <strong>Michael W. Perry<\/strong> and <strong>Larry Price<\/strong> celebrated their 25th year on-air this past Saturday (August 9) during a live radio broadcast aired from the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral ballroom. More than a thousand people showed up for the breakfast broadcast. The duo was on air for 3 1\/2 hours and were honored by dignitaries including Governor <strong>Linda Lingle<\/strong>, Mayor <strong>Mufi Hannemann<\/strong> and Congressman <strong>Neil Abercrombie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More on Perry &amp; Price&#8217;s 25th anniversary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/starbulletin.com\/2008\/08\/08\/features\/story03.html\"><strong>2 for 25 Years<\/strong><\/a>, StarBulletin.com<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.midweek.com\/content\/story\/midweek_coverstory\/michael_perry_larry_price\/\"><strong>25 Years Together<\/strong><\/a>, MidWeek.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Big Island&#8217;s <strong>KIPA<\/strong> radio station has returned to the airwaves with new call letters and a new format. The station now goes by the call sign <strong>KHNU<\/strong>. AM 620 was silent for about a year and is now airing a news and talk format. The station is owned by Mahalo Broadcasting LLC in Arizona. The KIPA call sign was immediately acquired by <strong>Buddy Gordon<\/strong> at Parrot Broadcasting for use on a new FM under construction in Kona, also on the Big Island of Hawaii. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/starbulletin.com\/2008\/08\/10\/business\/engle.html\">More details at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honolulu Skylark&#8221; <strong>Jacqueline Leilani Rossetti<\/strong> has joined <strong>Kimo Kahoano<\/strong> as a new co-host for the Hawaiian Talk Radio Show produced by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) called <em>N\u0101 &#8216;\u014ciwi &#8216;\u014clino<\/em>. The morning show airs Monday through Friday on Cox Radio&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/am940hawaii.com\/\"><strong>KKNE AM 940<\/strong><\/a> and statewide to various stations on the Big Island, Maui and Kauai. &#8220;Skylark&#8221; is a longtime radio personality who has been on various stations since the 1970s. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oha.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=682&amp;Itemid=227\">More details at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local computer and internet enthusiasts get their own radio show via <strong>Burt Lum<\/strong>&#8216;s and <strong>Ryan Ozawa<\/strong>&#8216;s newly launched <em>Bytemarks Cafe<\/em> radio talk show airing on KIPO 89.3 FM (HPR). It is a weekly &#8220;one-hour radio magazine that showcases the innovation and creativity in Hawaii&#8217;s tech community.&#8221; More details at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaiipublicradio.org\/hpr\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=75\"><strong>Hawaii Public Radio<\/strong><\/a> website and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytemarkscafe.org\/\"><em>Bytemarks Cafe<\/em><\/a> blog page.<br \/><span style=\"color:rgb(255,255,51);font-size:85%;\"><br \/>* I am the publisher of the Hawaii Radio &amp; Television Guide.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As originally posted to Hawaii Radio &amp; Television Guide* The economic downturn has hit KGMB TV. Erika Engle at StarBulletin.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hawaiifiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}