The University of Hawaii womens basketball team is back on top of the Big West Conference. 3:34. K-9 handler fired as police dog remains missing for weeks, officials say On TV, KITV has already eliminated their sports departments and there is only one sports reporter on Hawaii News Now. While at KITV, he was named Hawaii Sportscaster of the Year by local sportscasters and sportswriters. It was a close one over in Santa Barbara as the No. So, this is not just a change of personnel, this is a housecleaning, said Billy V. who had a Saturday show on Hawaiian 105. He later left the station for KHNL in 1994, and returned to KITV in 1997 to work as sports director. I wish them all the luck in the world, said Maria. It means everything to me to represent where I was born and raised.". The journal's staff have won a number of top awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, including the top investigative news reporting awards, business reporting awards, government reporting awards, and online news reporting awards. It was a down to the wire showdown at Hoakalei Country club for the 2023 LOTTE Championship. Awa says he was fired for standing up with the stations GM and News Director who he claims allowed false information to go out on air. In a statement to USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday, ESPNconfirmed that Rivera "no longer works here." Gaete, a freelance reporter,is the wife ofMLB vice president of communicationsJohn Blundell. All rights reserved. Former KHNL Meteorologist Sharie Shima dies - Hawaii News Now Copyright 2023 StarAdvertiser.com. "It's hard for me to explain . We have all been in radio for almost three decades and are household names in Hawaii Radio, Apana wrote. If your comments are inappropriate, you may be banned from posting. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ============================================== Summit Media didnt give us a reason either but said in a statement, it will continue the tradition of Hawaiian music and celebrating the culture. He was especially close to groups like the Manao Company, Kapena and many of the groups of the 1990s. Eric Keawe wrote in response: We now wait and see how much culture is preserved and allowed on the airwaves.. I think she realized I would never become a meteorologist, so Sharie put up with me using her same weatherboards from the night before and just repeating what she said. SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va (WSAZ/Gray News) - The handler of a police dog has reportedly been fired in connection with their K-9 partner's disappearance. Hawaii News Now - Breaking News, Latest News, Weather & Traffic Hawaii Reporter has learned that Veteran Entertainment Reporter Tim Ryan, fired from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on Jan. 13, 2006, for alleged plagiarism, is appealing his termination to his union, the Hawaii Newspaper Guild, in hopes he will get back the job he had since 1984 at Hawaii. Drag story hour at park continues despite protesters, Hawaii is one of the country's biggest producers of honey and queen bees, 'The Other Side of Paradise' with Lynn Kawano, KHNLPUBLICFILE@HAWAIINEWSNOW.COM (808) 847-3246, KGMBPUBLICFILE@HAWAIINEWSNOW.COM (808) 847-3246, KFVEPUBLICFILE@HAWAIINEWSNOW.COM (808) 847-3246, KSIXPUBLICFILE@HAWAIINEWSNOW.COM (808) 847-3246, KOGGPUBLICFILE@HAWAIINEWSNOW.COM (808) 847-3246. ", In 2002, Shima won an Emmy for a hurricane special that she wrote and produced called "Surviving the Storm. KITV (Honolulu) Anchor Brenton Awa took to social media to say he is no longer with the Allen Media station and called out his former bosses Awa says he was fired for standing up with the station's GM and News Director who he claims allowed false information to go out on air. You may have noticed some familiar voices were missing from your morning commute after a long list of radio hosts lost their jobs. Wayne Maria, who was with KRTR for 28 years and in radio for 32, served as morning show co-host with Gregg and Shawnee Hammer, did a midday show and was program director for multiple stations as well as operations manager for SummitMedia Hawaii. Marias daughter, Candace Kay, lost her position at Power 104.3. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Sharie Shima, Hawaii's first broadcast meteorologist, has died. Katie Robertson The New York Times Whatever news gods decided that cable television stars Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon should be fired the same week that President Joe Biden was scheduled to. var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); Report comments if you believe they do not follow our guidelines. Maria said he holds no ill will towards SummitMedia. She said the company had little local advertising since the pandemic began and often ran national ads, which provided little revenue. HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - An armed fugitive was critically wounded overnight after being shot by police in Kalihi. I wasnt expecting that I was actually done with my show. Danielle Tuckers voice has guided people through traffic for more than 20 years. Already a subscriber? Read this story for free: Watch an ad or complete a survey, Gov. (90006) NY Daily News NY Daily News Hollywood Gossip and Celebrity News Reporter - Los Angeles, CA (90006) NY Daily News Reporter - WAHPETON, ND (58074) . Honolulu, HI 96813 Opening Day of the 2023 MLB season has come and four players with ties to Hawaii have made day one rosters throughout the big leagues. Click here to see our full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. We have given our life to our community and our music industry.. Billy V. says thats what listeners should also continue to support. Hawaii News Now. The company owns radio stations KRATER 96, KCCN FM100, Power 104.3 and Hawaiian 105 KINE. TV Listings. EEO Public File Reports. She could have said it was sunny and even standing in the rain I would have believed her.". Unlimited access to premium stories for as low as $12.95 /mo. Allegations painting Fox News as an abusive workplace that excuses misogyny and anti-Semitism have been put on blast in the aftermath of star host Tucker Carlson's abrupt firing earlier this week.. Misogyny was "blatant" on Carlson's show and across Fox News, Abby Grossberg, a former senior booker for Tucker Carlson Tonight told NPR's Leila Fadel on .