EXHIBIT J QUARTERLY LIST OF PROGRAMMING PROVIDING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY ISSUES
KGMB 1st Quarter 2012 January 1 - March 31, 2012
licensee: KHNL/KGMB License Subsidiary, LLC
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OVERVIEW OF ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING
Program Day Time
Local News
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise Early Edition Monday to Friday 4:30-5:00 AM
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 5:00 Monday to Friday 5:00-6:00 AM
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 6:00 Monday to Friday 6:00-7:00 AM
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 7:00 Monday to Friday 7:00-8:00 AM
Hawaii News Now at 5:00 Monday to Sunday 5:00-5:30 PM
Hawaii News Now at 6:00 Monday to Friday 6:00-6:30 PM
Hawaii News Now at 10:00 Monday to Sunday 10:00-10:35 PM
All of the above programs are locally produced news programs presenting a mix of news, weather, sports and issue-responsive feature stories and segments. Regularly recurring segments include:
(1) Eye on the Economy: During the Monday to Friday 5:00PM newscast, business reporter Howard Dicus focuses on a single economic/business topic, including its impact on Hawaii. Typical duration is 1:20 to 1:40.
(2) Wanted Wednesdays: A segment in the 6:00AM Sunrise news on Wednesday, which profiles one of Hawaii's most sought-after fugitives. Since 2007, tips from viewers have led to more than 70 arrests of wanted felons that have been profiled. Typical duration is 1:30 to 1:45.
Editorials - "Local Connections"
General Manager Rick Blangiardi prepares and presents editorials for airing on KGMB. During the quarter, one editorial aired 3x each week. The editorials typically last one minute, unless noted otherwise below.
-2- Aha'i 'Olelo Ola (last telecast: 1/22/12) Sundays 2:30-3:00 PM
In a news-magazine format, in-studio host Amy Kalili, a lawyer fluent in Hawaiian, introduces segments that focus on issues, people and events from a Hawaiian perspective. Fostering the unique cultural heritage of the community, the shows are conducted primarily in native Hawaiian language with English subtitles (with English portions including Hawaiian subtitles).
Public Service Messages
Over the quarter, KGMB aired 1518 public service announcements of various lengths. Some of the causes promoted included the promotion of local purchasing, Hawaii Food Bank, PBS Hawaii, Ronald McDonald House, and the American Red Cross to name a few.
CBS NETWORK
60 Minutes Sundays 6:00-7:00 PM
This CBS public affairs program features investigative reporting on controversial issues facing the American public. The program usually has three segments, each approximately fifteen minutes in duration.
The Early Show Monday to Friday 8:00-10:00 AM Saturday 5:00-7:00 AM
This CBS morning news talk shows features a variety of news, interviews, conversation, and entertainment segments.
The Talk Monday to Friday 2:00-3:00 PM
CBS's daytime talk show features a panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities having The Talk about current events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and the trending topics of the day. The daily one-hour series is co-hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler. The hosts swap stories, challenge each other on issues and engage the studio audience and viewers at home about events in the headlines and their own homes. Show segments include guest interviews with entertainers and newsmakers, musical performances, how-to demos and appearances from extraordinary people with stories that engage and inform. The show was developed by Gilbert, who also serves as executive producer.
48 Hours Mystery Saturday 9:00-10:00 PM
This CBS program provides documentary and news coverage primarily relating to crime and unsolved mysteries.
-3- CBS News Sunday Morning Sunday 5:00-6:30 AM
This CBS program provides morning news programming in the format of a Sunday newspaper, featuring both news and lighter fare.
Face the Nation Sunday 6:30-7:00 AM
This CBS Sunday morning news talk show features interviews of political newsmakers as well as analysis of the week's major national issues. Most topics are discussed for a few minutes each.
CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: "State of the Union 2012" January 24 4:00-5:43 PM 8:30-10:13 PM-repeat
Live coverage of President Obama' s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Includes: (1) President Obama's address; (2) Correspondents' commentary v/o video of President Obama exiting the House chamber; (3) Republican Response by Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN). Correspondents: Scott Pelley (anchor, Washington, D.C.); Bob Schieffer; Norah O'Donnell; Nancy Cordes
CBS NEWS SPECIAL: Person To Person February 8 7:00 8:00PM
A CBS News special presentation providing viewers with the opportunity to enter the private homes of actor George Clooney; musician Jon Bon J ovi; and the office of businessman Warren Buffett-- some ofthe 21st century's most admired people. (1) George Clooney, actor and humanitarian, gives co-hosts Lara Logan and Charlie Rose a tour of his Los Angeles, California home; (2) billionaire businessman Warren Buffett invites viewers into his Omaha, Nebraska office; and (3) musician Jon Bon Jovi takes the audience on a tour of his home on the Navesink River in New Jersey, including his private recording studio. (Hosts: Lara Logan, Charlie Rose. Executive Producers: Susan Zirinsky, Judy Tygard. Director: Rob Klug. Supervising Producer: Mead Stone)
-4- KGMB LOCAL SPECIALS Various Times and Lengths
During the quarter, KGMB aired a number of specials covering issues of interest and importance to the community. Specials aired included focused on key state and federal political speeches as well as cultural issues in Hawaii.
The Rain Follows the Forest with Jason Scott Lee January 19 6:30-7:00 PM January 22 -repeat 4:30-5:00 PM
Jason Scott Lee sets out on a journey to learn about sustainable life in our island home. Through interesting conversations, he learns about Hawaii's fragile fresh water supply and discovers connections to our upland forest environment.
Waikiki- Inspiration Renewed January 21 6:30-7:00 PM February 25 - repeat 6:30- 7:00PM
Take a look at how Waikiki became one of the world's most famous visitor destinations and the economic engine for a state dependent on tourism, and how Kyo-ya's plans to redevelop its Diamond Head Tower will help to ensure Waikiki remains competitive.
State-of-the State Address January 23 10:00- 11:08 AM
Governor Neil Abercrombie delivers the State-of-the State Address with the theme being "Investing Now for Hawaii's Future."
Kamehameha Schools Song Contest Pre-Show March 16 6:30-7:30 PM March 23 - repeat 6:30-7:30 PM
A one hour special in which students, faculty, and alumni will reflect on what the contest means to them and how it exemplifies the soul of a school- and a community.
Kamehameha Schools Song Contest March 16 7:30 10:00 PM March 23 - repeat 7:30-10:00 PM
2012 marks a very auspicious celebration for the Kamehameha Schools family as they honor the 125-year vision of a princess and the amazing vitality of her people. This year, Kamehameha Schools celebrates 125 years of Ke Ali 'i Bernice Pauahi Bishop's legacy and Kamehameha's mission of enhancing the capability and well-being of Native Hawaiians through education. The theme for this year's song contest is, "Ho'ola Uihui, Ho'oulu Pae 'Aina- Vibrant People, Thriving Lands". Traditionally, the Song Contest celebrates the history and tradition of Hawaii's composers. Because it 1 is Kamehameha School's 125 h anniversary, a special program has been developed which will feature new songs composed specifically for the Contest.
-5- CATEGORY DEFINITIONS
A. COMMUNITY ISSUES-including local and state laws and regulations, elections, local events, and manners concerning local businesses.
B. ECONOMIC ISSUES-including local issues, labor matters, job opportunities, and the state of the economy.
C. EDUCATION ISSUES-including education standards, school safety, budget matters, outside of the classroom learning, etc.
D. ENVIRONMENTAL AND WEATHER ISSUES-including conservation, global warming, littering, environmental issues particular to Hawaii, environmental education, and political issues, as well as tsunamis, typhoons, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other severe weather.
E. HEALTH ISSUES-including health care, public health awareness and public health safety.
F. NEIGHBOR ISLAND ISSUES-including matters of particular concern to residents of and visitors to the Hawaiian Islands other than Oahu, including events, park status, tourism, politics and local culture.
G. PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES-including health education and awareness, homeland security, crime prevention, police conduct, and fire safety.
H. PUBLIC SERVICE-including services provided by non-profit organizations, services which benefit the public, and civil service.
I. WEATHER & TRANSPORTATION ISSUES-including traffic, air travel news, travel construction and relevant political issues.
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PROGRAMMING PROVIDING MOST SIGNIFICANT TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY ISSUES
A. COMMUNITY ISSUES, including local and state laws and regulations, elections, local events, and matters concerning local businesses.
PROGRAM iAHAI OLELO OLA
DATE i1/1/2012- Original !1/8/2012- Repeat '1/14/2012- Repeat '1/22/2012 - Repeat .lENGTH j30 minutes
!SUMMARY !IN THE SECOND EPISODE EXPLORING SIGNIFICANT PLACES IN HAWAIIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, WE TALK STORY WITH UNCLE 'FRED CACHOLAAS HE RECOUNTS THE DRAMATIC TALE TO SAVE THE INFANT KAMEHAMEHA, A STORY MEMORIALIZED IN THE PLACE, iNAMES OF KOHALA. IN HIS CONQUEST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, KAMEHAMEHA CONSTRUCTED THE HEIAU PUUKOHOLA THAT . EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGH LEVEL OF RELIGION, ENGINEERING, AND COMMUNITY POSSESSED BY OUR ANCESTORS. ON OAHU, THE !SITES OF KO!LIOLOA IN WAIANAE AND KOKANILOKO IN THE WAHIAWA PLAINS HOLD MANY SECRETS UNKNOWN EVEN TO KAMAAINA. jLEARN MORE ABOUT THESE SITES AND MORE IN THIS EPISODE OF AHAI OLELO OLA.
PROGRAM '6 NEWSKGMB
:DATE :1/3/2012
;LENGTH /1:33
.STORY TITLE iFORMER GOVERNOR RUNS FOR MAYOR
SUMMARY 'FORMER GOVERNOR BEN CAYETANO POSSIBLY RUNNING FOR MAYOR. FORMER GOVERNOR, BEN CAYETANO IS THINKING ABOUT COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO MAKE A RUN FOR HONOLULU MAYOR. THE TWO TERM GOVERNOR OPPOSES THE RAIL TRANSIT ;PROJECT AND IS PART OF THE LAWSUIT TO STOP IT. ONE OF HIS MAIN GOALS AS MAYOR, WOULD BE TO HALT THE $5.3 BILLION !DOLLAR PROJECT.
i PROGRAM 16 NEWS KGMB
'DATE h/3/2012
!LENGTH l1:3s ; :STORY TITLE !oBAMA VACATION
SUMMARY !PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND THE FIRST FAMILY WERE ABLE TO ENJOY HAWAII. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST FAMILY !ALSO MADE EFFORT TO VISIT THE MILITARY AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. i ·--- . -·-·
'PROGRAM SPM NEWS KGMB
:DATE 11/4/2012
;LENGTH 10:33
. -·---- ' - SUMMARY !JAMES MALGANA APPEARS IN COURT. JAMES MALGANA BROKE INTO A HOME THAT WAS BEING FUMIGATED PLEADED NO CONTEST :TO FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY. THE 22-YEAR-OLD FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON WHEN HE IS SENTENCED MARCH 14TH.
-7- PROGRAM !sUNRISE 5AM & SUNRISE ?AM KGMB ! rDATE !1/4/2012
'LENGTH ;0:32
,STORYTITLE iCIVIL UNION LICENSES.
SUMMARY 'THE FIRST DAY OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP IN PERSON AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET THEIR CIVIL UNION LICENSES DID NOT :Go SO SMOOTHLY.IN THE END, EVERYONE GOT THE PAPERWORK THEY NEEDED. THE STATE SAYS THAT SINCE THE LAW TOOK ,EFFECT, 83 COUPLES HAVE FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS ONLINE AND 13 OF THOSE COUPLES HAVE HAD THEIR CEREMONIES AND 'cOMPLETED THE ENTIRE PROCESS. I
PROGRAM ;5PM & 6PM NEWS KGMB
DATE !1/10/2012
LENGTH 1:33
STORY TITLE !ciTY WARNING HOMELESS ABOUT BELONGINGS i SUMMARY iCITY OFFICIALS PLACED NOTICES ON TENTS, BICYCLES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS TAKING UP SPACE ON SIDEWALKS, IN PARKS ;AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS. IF COMPLIANCE WAS NOT FOLLOWED, PERSONAL PROPERTY SEIZED WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE CITY'S 'FACILITY MAINTENANCE BASEYARD IN HALAWA, WHERE OWNERS MAY RECLAIM IT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
1 : 'PROGRAM 16 NEWSKGMB
'DATE 11/11/2012 lENGTH 13:38 I .. .. :sTORY TITLE JPUPPY BREEDING
SUMMARY iTHE ANIMAL CRUELTY STORY WE FIRST BROKE LAST FEBRUARY THAT DEALT WITH 153 SICK AND AILING DOGS WERE SEIZED FROM iA WAIMANALO FACILITY SEEM TO BE FORMING A NEW FACILITY ON THE BIG ISLAND.
PROGRAM !sPM NEWS KGMB
DATE !1113/2012
LENGTH r1:45
STORYTITLE iKIRK CALDWELL ANNOUNCES POLITICAL RACE
SUMMARY !cALDWELL ACCUSED THE CARLISLE ADMINISTRATION OF DROPPING THE BALL WHEN RESIDENTS RECENTLY COMPLAINED TRASH :wASN'T BEING PICKED UP ALONG DIAMOND HEAD LOOKOUT AND SAYS THAT HE COULD DO A BETTER JOB. CALDWELL SAYS HE'LL !SEEK ENDORSEMENTS FROM GROUPS LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS AND LONGSHORMEN'S UNIONS WHO BACKED HIM BEFORE. ~ .. I
PROGRAM lsPM & 6PM NEWS KGMB
DATE !1114/2012
LENGTH !1:22
STORYTITLE 'CHURCHES USING SCHOOL FACILITIES
SUMMARY iTHAT WAS FROM THE NEW HOPE OAHU CHRISTMAS SERVICE HELD WITHIN THE FARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE rCHURCH HAS USED SCHOOL FACILITIES THE PAST 17 YEARS BUT NOW SOME WONDER WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN CHURCH AND 1STATE.
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Date 2/3/2012
Length :48
Story Title OCCl.JPY HONOLULU PROTESTORS EVICTED
Summary · cl'rY CREWS BEGAN coNFISCATING ILLEGAL ITEMS FROM THE ocCuPY HONOLULU ENCAMPMENT, ANGERING DEMONSTRATORs WHO THEN SOUGHT WAYS AROUND THE LAW. PROTESTERS TRIED CLAIMING THEIR TENTS WERE PART OF THE DEMONSTRATION BY TURNING THEIR THEM INTO SIGNS WITH SPRAY PAINT AND BANNERS, BUT THE CITY WAS UNFAZED. THEY CUT OFF THE SIGNS AND TOOK THE TENTS, ANGERING ONE INDIVIDUAL ENOUGH TO SIT HIMSELF IN FRONT OF A BULLDOZER IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER ACTION FROM CITY WORKERS. THE PERSON WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.
Program 5PM NEWS KGMB
Date 2f1/2012
Length : 1:57
Story Title XXX UH WEBSITE
Summary UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SENDS CEASE AND DESIST LETTER TO ADULT WEBSITE. AN ADULT WEBSITE USING THE UNIVERSITY'S NAME ANGERED STUDENTS AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHEN THEY LEARNED THE SITE CLAIMS TO FEATURE NUDE "HOT NUDE HAWAIIAN COLLEGE GIRLS." UH PRESIDENT MRC GREENWOOD SAID SHE WAS "APPALLED" AT THE SITE AND DEMANDED IT BE TAKEN DOWN.
Program 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB
Date 2/16/2012
Length 1:57
Story Title PUPPY MILL SENTENCE
Summary JUDGE SENTENCES ANIMAL CRUELTY OFFENDERS. PUNISHMENT WAS HANDED OUT TO A COMPANY FOUND GUILTY OF OPERATING A PUPPY MILL. BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL WAS ORDERED TO PAY THE MAXIMUM $306,000 FINE IN ADDITION TO THE ' $371,000 REIMBURSEMENT FEE TO THE HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY FOR CARE OF THE ANIMALS. SINCE THE JUDGE RULED THE ' CORPORATION WAS GUlL TY, NO JAIL TIME WAS ISSUED AND THE COMPANY'S OFFICERS WERE NOT BANNED FROM OWNING ANIMAL RELATED BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.
Program
Date
Length
Story Title DMV LONG LINES
Summary . LONG LINES PLAGUE DMV OFFICE. CUSTOMERS LOOKING TO RENEW THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING i CHANGES TO THE RENEWAL PROCESS WERE FORCED TO WAIT IN LINES LASTING LONGER THAN AN HOUR AT LOCAL • DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OFFICES. AFTER MARCH 5TH, A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD WILL BE REQUIRED TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND ANYONE LOOKING TO RENEW BEFORE THAT DATE WAS IN FOR A LONG WAIT.
PROGRAM . EDITORIAL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS
DATE 3/2/2012 (10:00pm)- Original 3/5/2012 (5:00pm)- Repeat 3/8/2012 (6:00pm)- Repeat
LENGTH 1:06 ... ---. ------· ·---. SUMMARY EVER HEAR SOMEONE SAY THIS? I LOVE MUSIC, THEY SAY, BUT A MOMENT LATER THEY'RE TELLING YOU THEY DON'T LIKE COUNTRY. OR HIP-HOP. OR JAZZ. YOU'LL NEVER HEAR A 'MUSICIAN' SAY THAT. MUSICIANS HAVE A BOTTOMLESS INTEREST IN OTHER KINDS OF MUSIC. JIMMY BORGES IS A JAZZ SINGER, BUT HE HAS AN ABIDING INTEREST IN THE CLASSICS. BARRY FLANAGAN OF HAPA HAS RECORDED MILES DAVIS' ALL BLUES. JEFF PETERSON DID AN ENTIRE ALBUM CALLED SLACK-KEY JAZZ ...... Ji\t -9- · COMPOSER ERIK SA TIE. (sah-TEE') WILLIE K CAN SING OPERA ARIAS *AND* SCAT LIKE ELLA FITZGERALD. TO NURTURE OUR KEIKI, WE NEED ALL KINDS OF MUSIC, BECAUSE MUSICIANS ARE INSPIRED BY ALL MUSIC. THAT'S WHY, IN A STATE WITH MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF MUSICAL TALENT, IT'S A VERY WELCOME DEVELOPMENT THAT COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE OZ STENDER, VICKY CAYETANO AND MITCH D'OLIER HAVE RESURRECTED THE SYMPHONY. I HOPE WE ALL SUPPORT THIS ENDEAVOR -IT CAN ONLY BE REWARDING FOR US ALL. EVEN IF WE LISTEN MOSTLY TO ANOTHER KIND OF MUSIC. PROGRAM EDITORIAL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS DATE 3/16/2012 (10:00pm)- Original 3/19/2012 (5:00pm)- Repeat 3/22/2012 (6:00pm)- Repeat ------. SUMMARY THERE MAY BE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED IN THE NEWEST CONTROVERSY OVER THE CAREER OF JOE PATERNO. ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALL COACHES OF ALL TIME ENDED HIS CAREER BY BEING FIRED FROM PENN STATE. DECADES OF WINS WERE . ECLIPSED BY AN ASSISTANT COACH ALLEGEDLY HAVING IMPROPER SEXUAL CONTACT WITH YOUNG BOYS. PATERNO HEARD A · DESCRIPTION OF IT BY ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER, PASSED THE BUCK AND LET IT DROP. YEARS LATER, HE ACKNOWLEDGED HE COULD HAVE DONE MORE. NOW A POLL SAYS FORTY-THREE PERCENT OF PENNSYLVANIANS WANT BEAVER STADIUM RENAMED FOR PATERNO. FORTY PERCENT DON'T. BEFORE THE SCANDAL BROKE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNANIMOUS. NOW, IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN, BECAUSE WHAT PATERNO DID WRONG WAS AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT HE DID RIGHT. BUT EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE, THERE IS A LESSON HERE. BEAVER STADIUM WAS NAMED FOR JAMES BEAVER, A GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND . A PENN STATE TRUSTEE IN THE 1800'S. ONCE, PENNSYLVANIAS WERE CONTENT TO NAME THE STADIUM FOR HIM. NOW, THEY'RE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING TAKING THAT AWAY. AS JOE PATERNO COULD HAVE TOLD YOU, ALL HONORS CAN BE FLEETING. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 3/21/2012 Length 1:19 Story Title FINGERS FOUND Summary POLICE LOOK FOR LEADS IN SEVERED FINGER CASE. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP AFTER SEVERAL SEVERED FINGERS WERE FOUND IN A TRASH BIN AT KUKUI GARDENS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FINGERS BELONG TO A LITTLE GIRL, A FACT DISTRESSING TO MANY PARENTS IN THE AREA. THE STORY HAS PICKED UP NATIONAL ATTENTION, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF ITS GRUESOME NATURE, GENERATING TOUSANDS OF WEB PAGE VIEWS ON THE INTERNET AND LOTS OF UNWANTED ATTENTION FOR KUKUI GARDENS. Program New 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 3/28/2012 Length 1:05 Story Title EXOTIC BIRDS MISSING Summary VANDALS AT ZOO RELEASE RARE BIRDS. POLICE SAY THE HONOLULU ZOO WAS VANDALIZED SOMETIME BETWEEN 6:30P.M. AND 7:30A.M., WHEN A GROUNDSKEEPER DISCOVERED HOLES IN CAGES IN THE ZOO'S AVIARY SECTION. THE EMPLOYEE STUFFED THE HOLES TO PREVENT FURTHER ESCAPE, BUT THREE RARE BIRDS FROM THE ZOO HAVE BEEN SPOTTED FLYING AROUND WAIKIKI. ZOO OFFICIALS SAY THE HOLES HAVE BEEN PATCHED, BUT REPLACING THE WIRE CAGES WILL COST TENS OF · THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE ZOO WAS LAST VANDALIZED IN 2009; POLICE ARRESTED A 14 YEAR OLD BOY IN THAT CASE. Public Service Announcements: o Great Aloha Run:_During the quarter, KGMB aired 83 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. This public service announcement was to promote the Great Aloha Run, Hawaii's largest fun walk and run. -10- o Na Koa: During the quarter KGMB aired 108 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. Funds raised by Na Koa go directly to supporting the Warrior Football program and supplementing the budget provided by the UH Athletic Department. o Ronald McDonald House: During the quarter, KGMB aired 19 public service messages 30 seconds in length. The PSA's that aired informed the public about services that the Ronald McDonald House offers. o Hcrwaii Baptist Academy: Dung the quarter, KGMB ran 54 public service announcements for the Hawaii Baptist Academy. All announcements were 30 in length and explained the benefits of enrolling at the school. o Hawaii Pacific FCU- Foodbank: During the quarter KGMB ran 8 public service announcement with Hawaii Pacific FCU for the Hawaii Foodbank. Announcements were 30 seconds in length encouraging people to donate to the Foodbank. o Prayer Center of the Pacific: During the quarter, KGMB ran 11 public service announcements for the Prayer Center of the Pacific. All public service announcements were 11 30 seconds in length and encouraged people to take part in their event on January i • o St. Francis School: During this quarter, KGMB ran 22 public service announcements for St. Francis School. All of the 22 public service were 30 seconds in length o Aloha Council Boy Scouts ofAmerica: During the quarter, KGMB aired 152 public service messages for this cause :30 and:15 seconds in length. The PSAs informed the public of the mission of the Boys Scouts and encouraged parents to sign up their children. o Special Olympics Hawaii Fueling Dreams: During the quarter, KGMB aired 15 public service messages for this cause :15 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Fueling Dreams fundraiser where people could donate money to Special Olympics Hawaii at select Tesoro Hawaii gas stations. o March of Dimes March For Babies: During the quarter KGMB aired 145 public service messages for this cause :30 and :15 seconds in length. The :15 second announcements featured Hawaii News Now Anchors Stephanie Lum and Shawn Ching encouraging the public to partipate in the March For Babies Walk. Funds raised by this event goes to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects. o Diabetes Association Step Out Walle During the quarter KGMB aired 30 public service messages for this cause :15 seconds in length. The announcement promoted the Step Out Walk event which helped raise funds for diabetes research. o Go For The Record Hanahou: During the quarter KGMB aired 15 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The event was a fundraiser for Music For Life Foundation. Local celebrities such as Jake Shimabukuro and Billy V. took part in the musical event. o Special Olympics Hawaii Polar Plunge: During the quarter, KGMB aired 25 public service messages for this cause :15 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Polar Plunge event where people jumped into an icy pool of water to help raise money for Special Olympics Hawaii. -11- B. ECONOMIC ISSUES, including local issues, labor matters, job opportunities, and the state of the economy. PROGRAM - i E:ofroRIIIL""l.ocALcoNNEciloNs· : 01/06/2012 (10:00pm)- Original . 01/09/2012 (5:00pm)- Repeat . 01/12/2012 (6:00pm)- Repeat i LENGTH • 1:41 SUMMARY JOBQUEST,A LOCALHTRiNGEVENT,iSHELDEVERYJANUARVAND FEATLJRES f25+EMPLOYERS. THIS YEAR, THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH HIRE OUR HEROES, THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INITIATIVE TO HELP VETERANS AND MILITARY SPOUSES FIND JOBS. WHILE THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS CURRENTLY 8.6%, THE NATIONAL JOBLESS RATE AMONG VETERANS WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ IS 12%. FOR RESERVISTS, UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS TO 14%; FOR MILITARY SPOUSES, 26%. WE WILL BRING HOME MORE WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM THESE WARS THAN ALL OTHER WARS COMBINED. IMPROVED BODY ARMOR AND FIELD HOSPITAL OPERATIONS, AND THE ABILITY TO EVACUATE SOLDIERS QUICKLY, MEANS MANY LIVES SAVED. HIRE OUR HEROES IS AN EFFORT TO HELP THESE SOLDIERS TRANSITION TO THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE. AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE AND WELCOME THEM HOME! THESE AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN SACRIFICED FOR THEIR COUNTRY-- FOR ALL OF US-- AND HELPING THEM FIND MEANINGFUL WORK IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO. SOME LARGE COMPANIES, LIKE WALMART, HAVE ALREADY PUT PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HIRE VETERANS AND ARE HAVING GREAT SUCCESS. WALMART HAS ALREADY APPEARED ON SUNRISE WITH A VETERAN HIRE, AND THEY WILL BE HIRING FOR THEIR NEW STORE AT THE JOB FAIR ON THE 18TH. HIRING A HERO COMES WITH A TAX BREAK FOR EMPLOYERS. GET PAID TO DO GOOD! BOTH MAYOR CARLISLE AND GOVERNOR ABERCROMBIE HAVE ISSUED PROCLAMATIONS NAMING JANUARY 18TH "HIRE OUR HEROES DAY' IN HAWAII. JOB QUEST WILL BE HELD ON THE SAME DAY AT THE BLAISDELL, FROM 10A.M. TO 3P.M.IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF RETURNING SOLDIERS, THEN ALL I CAN SAY IS ... PLEASE HELP US HIRE A HERO! PROGRAM i6 NEWS KGMB DATE . [111012012 ' LENGTH 1o:21 STORY TITLE 1KIKU FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY 'SUMMARY !THE COMPANY THAT OWNS KIKU HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. INTERNATIONAL MEDIA GROUP IS A MUL Tl iLINGUAL TELEVISION BROADCASTER. THE COMPANY FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 TODAY IN DELAWARE LISTING ITS ASSETS AND DEBT OF $100 MILLION TO $500 MILLION. KIKU SAYS IT'S PROGRAMS WILL BE SHOWN AS NORMAL. iPROGRAM :6 NEWS KGMB 'DATE i1/10/2012 lENGTH i0:19 !STORY TITLE 1KAPOLEI WALMART HIRING 'SUMMARY THE COMPANY IS LOOKING TO FILL ABOUT 300 POSITIONS. THEY'VE SET UP A TEMPORARY HIRING CENTE ON KAMOKILA 'BOULEVARD DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HOME DEPOT AND ABOVE THE STARBUCKS IN KAPOLEI. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN LAST ·MARCH, THE STORE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN THIS SPRING. -12- :PROGRAM !6 NEWS KGMB jDATE ;1/10/2012 1 lENGTH io:46 STORY TITLE 'HSTA AGREEMENT IFEDERAL EDUCATION OFFICIALS ARE PLEASED THAT THE HSTA HAS AGREED TO A NEW TEACHERS' CONTRACT. THE LONG !DELAY ON THE AGREEMENT COULD HAVE JEOPARDIZED MILLIONS IN RACE TO THE TOP FEDERAL FUNDING. THE SIX-YEAR 'PROPOSAL INCLUDES INCREMENTAL PAY RAISES BEGINNING IN 2013 AND NO RANDOM DRUG TESTING. PROGRAM i5PM NEWS KGMB IDATE 11/11/2012 !LENGTH 1:34 rSTORY TITLE iJOB QUEST HIRING EVENT -· ---····· .. .. ··-- .. jSUMMARY A LOCAL HIRING EVENT IS HELD EVERY JANUARY AND FEATURES 125+ EMPLOYERS. THIS YEAR, THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH HIRE' OUR HEROES, THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INITIATIVE TO HELP VETERANS AND MILITARY SPOUSES FIND JOBS. !PROGRAM '6 NEWSKGMB :DATE ;1/11/2012 !LENGTH ;0:21 !sTORY TITLE 'VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES INVESTMENT l ' --- IsUMMARY lHAWAII'S HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE BACKING A BILL THAT WOULD FORCE THE STATE TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN VETERAN ,OWNED BUSINESSES. UNDER THE PLAN, THREE PERCENT OF ALL STATE CONTRACTS WOULD HAVE TO BE AWARDED TO COMPANIES RUN BY FORMER SERVICEMEMBERS. !PROGRAM :6 NEWS KGMB !DATE !1/11/2012 ILENGTH !1:40 iSTORY TITLE HIRE A HERO ,SUMMARY MELANIE OCHMANN PROUDLY SERVED HER COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2011, HER LAST EMPLOYER, HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER BEGAN LAYING OFF THEIR NEARLY ONE THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. MELANIE HOPES IAN EMPLOYER WILL LOOK AT HER PASSION AND HER COMMITMENT TO SERVE AND SAY "YOUR'RE HIRED." iPROGRAM 6 NEWS KGMB DATE 1/11/2012 !LENGTH 10:27 !STORY TITLE !TESORO UP FOR SALE :sUMMARY TESORO IS PUTTING IT'S KAPOLEI LOCATION ON THE MARKET ALONG WITH ALL 32 OF IT'S HAWAII GAS STATIONS. TESORO SAYS .THE LOGISTICS OF SHIPPING IN CRUDE OIL AND TURNING IT INTO GASOLINE COSTS TOO MUCH. -13- !PROGRAM 6 NEWS KGMB lDATE 1/12/2012 ;LENGTH :1:41 !sTORY TITLE lLPGA !SUMMARY !ON AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE SONY IS JUST ONE OF THREE MEN'S EVENTS IN HAWAII THIS YEAR THAT BRINGS IN MILLIONS. ·THE SONY ESTIMATES TO GENERATE ABOUT $25 MILLION, THE HYUNDAI ABOUT $20 MILLION AND THE MITSUBISHI, A LITTLE I !OVER $10 MILLION. AFTER A TWO YEAR ABSENCE THE LPGA IS COMING BACK TO THE ISLANDS. I I IPROGRAM l6 NEWSKGMB ,DATE '1/12/2012 LENGTH 1:51 :sTORY TITLE HIRE A HERO ;sUMMARY !RICHARD SLAWINSKI WAS RUNNING A CONSTRUCTION FIRM IN VERMONT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001 WHEN HIS CAREER PATH !DRAMATICALLY CHANGED. HE'S DONE ODD JOBS TO KEEP THE BILLS PAID BUT IS HOPING TO FOCUS FULL-TIME ON REALTY WORK. SLAWINSKI READILY ADMITS THE JOB SEARCH HAS BEEN CHALLENGING . iPROGRAM .6 NEWS KGMB IDATE ;1/13/2012 LENGTH 11:32 STORY TITLE HIRE A HERO IsUMMARY ITRACY POLLARD-JOHNSON RECEIVED HER MASTER'S DEGREE AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER FROM HPU. THE RECENT CLOSURE iOF HMC HASN'T HELPED, BUT POLLARD-JOHNSON WHO SPENT 11 YEARS AS AN RN REMAINS FOCUSED ON BECOMING A NURSE : !PRACTITIONER. !PROGRAM i6 NEWSKGMB DATE :1/13/2012 'LENGTH 11:42 ~STORY TITLE HAWAII OILS, BUYING LOCAL I SUMMARY MISSISSIPPI NATIVE MATTHEW PAPANIA IS THE PRESIDENT OF OILS OF ALOHA, A LOCALLY-OWNED, BOUTIQUE BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE OLD DEL MONTE PROPERTY IN KUNIA. THE COMPANY SPECIALIZES IN MACADAMIA AND KUKUI NUT PRODUCTS. 'BARBARA GRAY OWNS THE COMPANY WITH HER HUSBAND AND SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUY AND SELL LOCAL. ;PROGRAM '6 NEWS KGMB IDATE 11/14/2012 !LENGTH '1:23 STORY TITLE HIRE A HERO :SUMMARY 35-YEAR-OLD KARMECI HAYLE DOESN'T FIT THE STEREOTYPE OF SOMEONE WHO'S HOMELESS. HAYLE IS A HANDS-ON GUY.IN 'THE MILITARY, HE TOOK COMPUTERS APART AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER. HE CAN DO THE SAME FOR CARS AFTER ATTENDING SCHOOL FOR AUTOMOTIVE SCIENCES. -14- Program CBS: 60 MINUTES Date 1/15/2012 6:00pm Length 1 hour progralll-(approximately 12-15minutesegment) Story Title Summary HIS FIRST MAJOR INTERViEW SINCE TAKING THEMULTIBILLION-DouJiR INTERNET COMPANY PUBLIC LATE LAST YEAR, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF ONLINE COUPON KING GROUPON TALKS ABOUT THE COMPANY FORBES CALLED THE FASTEST GROWING IN THE WORLD. LESLEY STAHL INTERVIEWS ANDREW MASON . Program .. CBS: 60MINUTES Date 1/15/2012 6:00pm Length 1 hour program (approximately 12-15 minute segment) Story Title QATAR Summary THE TINY AND PROSPEROUS MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY WITH NO INCOME TAXES AND FREE HEALTH CARE IS AN ISLAND OF CALM IN A SEA OF UNREST AS NEIGHBORS LIKE SYRIA, EGYPT AND BAHRAIN EXPERIENCE SOCIAL UPHEAVAL. BOB SIMON REPORTS. Program CBS: CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING Date Length 1.5 hour program (approximately 12-15 minute segment) Story Title CARS Summary IT WAS ONLY TWO YEARS AGO, THAT DETROIT -AND THE ''BIG THREE'' AMERICAN AUTOMAKERS --WERE IN A DITCH so DEEP MANY THOUGHT THEY MIGHT NEVER GET BACK ON THE ROAD. BUT AFTER HITTING ROCK BOTTOM BACK IN 2009, U.S. AUTO SALES ARE ON THE REBOUND-- POISED FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR OF PROFITABILITY. LEE COWAN REPORTS OUR COVER STORY THIS SUNDAY MORNING Program 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6pm News KGMB Date 1/23/2012 Length Story Title STATE-OF-STATE Summary GOVERNOR DELIVERS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS. GOVERNOR ABERCROMBIE SAYS HIS ADMINISTRATION CAN NOW AFFORD TO ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCES TOWARDS CLEAN ENERGY, EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND NEW JOBS. THE STATE BUDGET WAS ONE OF MANY TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE GOVERNOR DURING HIS ADDRESS, ALONG WITH SUCH TOPICS AS THE SETTLEMENT OF THE STATE'S CEDED LANDS DISPUTE WITH OHA. Program CBS NEWS SPECfAL REPORT: STATE OF THE UNION 2M2 Date 1/24/12, 4:00PM(LIVE) i 8:30PM (REBROADCAST) Length 1 hour 43 minutes Story Title STATE-OF-THE-UN ION 2012 Summary LivE covERAGE oF PREsloE.NTosAMA's srATE of' THE l!N1oi-J ADDREss To A JOINT sEssiON oF coNGREss. INcLuDEs: (1J PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS; (2) CORRESPONDENTS' COMMENTARY V/0 VIDEO OF PRESIDENT OBAMA EXITING THE HOUSE CHAMBER; (3) REPUBLICAN RESPONSE BY GOVERNOR MITCH DANIELS (R-IN). CORRESPONDENTS: SCOTT PELLEY (ANCHOR, WASHINGTON, D.C.); BOB SCHIEFFER; NORAH O'DONNELL; NANCY CORDES -15- Program CBS: CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING Date 1/29/2012, 4:30AM Length 1.5. hour program (approximaiely1Z-1511lir1ute segment) Story Title NOT MADE IN AMERICA Summary MILLioNs Of:" us usE ALL KINDs oF' i:'-EcTRo~Jic GADGETs EVERY DAY, BUT NEVER THINK ABouT wHERE THEY ARE MADE, OR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PUT THEM TOGETHER. MARTHA TEICHNER REPORTS ON THE LABOR CONDITIONS DRIVING THE PRODUCTION OF SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR DEVICES- AND YOU MIGHT FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT YOUR IPOD ONCE YOU HEAR WHAT SHE FOUND. . PROGRAM EDITORIAL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS '6/\TE: 2i3/2o12(fo:ooilriif:::.o;i9il1a1 2/6/2012 (5:00pm)- Repeat 2/9/2012 (6:00pm)- Repeat LENGTH SUMMARY A CURIOUS TREND IS EMERGING IN THE CORPORATE EARNINGS REPORTS COMING OUT LATELY. EVERY COMPANY THAT . OWNS A TRUCK OR A PLANE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT ITS FUEL BILLS. BUT ACTUAL SALES OF WHATEVER THEY MAKE, SEEM : TO BE DOING FAIRLY WELL. CHRYSLER IS SELLING MORE CARS. MERCK IS SELLING MORE DIABETES MEDICINE. MATTEL IS SELLING MORE BARBIE DOLLS. WE'RE SEEING THIS IN HAWAII, WHERE MOST RETAIL CHAINS REPORT HIGHER SALES. HOTEL · OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN WAY BETTER THAN MOST WINTERS. FINANCIAL ADVISORS ARE STARTING TO TELL PEOPLE TO POSITION THEMSELVES FOR BETTER TIMES. INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER MARKAMBARD WAS ON OUR NEWS, SAYING, LOOK FOR LAND DEALS NOW, BEFORE BOTH PRICES AND INTEREST RATES GO UP. AS A CONSUMER, YOU WERE WISE TO BE • CAUTIOUS DURING THE RECESSION. BUT BUSINESS OWNERS ALWAYS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE, EVEN WHEN THE FUTURE IS GOOD. THE FUTURE HAS A WAY OF HAPPENING IN THE NEXT INSTANT. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 2/11/2012 3:00 Length 2:12 Story Title HAWAJI!v1Er51CAI..CENTER (HMC) Summary ' BANKRUPTCY COURT WILL RETURN HOSPITAL TO SAINT FRANCis. THE SAINT FRANCIS HEALTHCARESYSTEM IS THE MAJOR SECURED CREDITOR OF THE NOW DEFUNCT HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALS, MEANING BANKRUPTCY COURT WILL BE GIVING THE HOSPITALS BACK TO SAINT FRANCIS. IT APPEARED SAINT FRANCIS WOULD INITIALLY ALLOW OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO EVENTUALLY RE-OPEN THE HOSPITALS, BUT NOW THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY SAINT FRANCIS MAY RE OPEN ON ITS OWN OR AT BE A PARTNER IN REOPENING THE HOSPITALS. THE GROUP SAYS THOUGH IT WASN'T ACTIVELY LOOKING TO GET BACK IN THE ACUTE HEAL THCARE BUSINESS THE WEST OAHU COMMUNITY NEEDS A HOSPITAL. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB Date Length Story Title AIR AUSTRALIA PASSENGERS FIRST FLIGHT Summary PASSENGERS STRANDED AFTER AIR AUSTRALIA CLOSES. MULTIPlE AIRLINES ARE OFFERING REDUCED-FARE TICKETS TO PASSENGERS WHO WERE STRANDED AFTER AIR AUSTRALIA ABRUPTLY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. EMPTY SEATS ON HAWAIIAN AIRLINES WERE SOLD FOR $320, BUT THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT ON A FLIGHT WERE IN TROUBLE. LOW HOTEL OCCUPANCY IN AND AROUND WAIKIKI FORCED SOME CUSTOMERS TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN A CONFERENCE ROOM AT HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THOSE WHO DID SEEK HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS WERE LEFT ONLY WITH WHAT WAS AVAILABLE, AND SOME SAY THEY PAID UP TO $460 FOR A ROOM LAST NIGHT. -16- Program 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB Date 2/18/2012 Length 2:20 Story Title USS STENNIS Summary SAILORS RETURN FROM DEPLOYMENT. THOUSANDS OF SAILORS STATIONED ON BOARD THE uss JOHN c. STENNIS WERE GREETED BY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AS THEY RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM A SEVEN MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND WESTERN PACIFIC. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROVIDED AVIATION SUPPORT TO COALITION TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, AND EVEN BATTLED SOME SUSPECTED PIRATES ATTACKING A CARGO VESSEL. DURING PORT VISITS, THE SAILORS ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS IN 10 COUNTRIES. THE SHIP IS ON THE WAY BACK TO ITS HOMEPORT IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON. PROGRAM EDrroRIAL: LOcALcoNNECTIONs DATE ' 2/21/2012 (10:00pm)- Original 2/23/2012 (6:00pm)- Repeat LENGTH 1:06 SUMMARY THE HAWAII LEGISLATURE HAS TABLED A BILL TO ALLOW A CASINO IN WAIKIKI. IF YOU ENJOY GAMBLING IN VEGAS, MAYBE YOU QUESTION THIS DECISION. BUT WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS DONE IS ACTUALLY WISE ... ON SEVERAL LEVELS. I LEAVE ' IT TO OTHERS TO MORALIZE, OR TO WARN YOU OF MOB INFLUENCES. THERE ARE EXCELLENT MATHEMATICAL REASONS NOT TO EVER ALLOW GAMING HERE. LAS VEGAS REPORTS MONTHLY GAMING REVENUES THE WAY WE DO VISITOR ARRIVALS. THIS EXCELLENT SOURCE OF DATA SHOWS CLEARLY THAT GAMING REVENUE IS CYCLICAL. IT PLUNGES SHARPLY DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS JUST WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST. THE WHOLE PREMISE OF LEGALIZING GAMBLING IN HAWAII IS THAT WE'LL GET A WINDFALL OF TAX REVENUES, BUT THE NEVADA DATA SHOW PLAINLY THAT WE WON'T. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY, WHICH IS JUDGED BY HOW MUCH VISITOR SPENDING RISES, TESTIFIED AGAINST A CASINO. TOURISM OFFICIALS, WHO WOULD SUPPORT GAMBLING IF THERE REALLY WAS GOOD MONEY IN IT, OPPOSE IT. THEY THINK IT WOULD SIMPLY DIVERT MONEY THAT VISITORS NOW SPEND ON ATTRACTIONS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNWISE TO GAMBLE ON A CASINO WHEN TOURISM THE WAY WE NOW DO IT IS A SURE THING. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 2/24/2012 3:00 Length 1:37 Story Title 5 SEARS CLOSING Summary 1coNic sEARs sToRE wiLLcLosE ITs DooRs. sEARs AT ALA MoliNA sHoPPING cENTER oPENED wHEN rHE MALL ITSELF DID IN 1959, BUT THE MALL'S OWNER ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT STORE'S RUN WILL COME TO AN END IN 2013. GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES IS BUYING THE STORE, ALONG WITH TEN OTHERS ACROSS THE NATION, TO RECAPTURE REAL ESTATE. GGP SAYS A VARIETY OF TENANTS ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING INTO THE SPACE, INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM BIG BOX STORES TO LUXURY RETAILERS. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 2/24/2012 Length 1:49 Story Title STATE OF THE CITY Summary MAYOR PETER CARLISlE DELIVERS STATE OF THE Ci'rY ADDRESS. Rl\iLTRANSPORTATION WASN;T THE FIRST THING MAYOR CARLISLE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, BUT IT CERTAINLY GOT THE MOST ATTENTION. CARLISLE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RAIL IS A POLARIZING ISSUE, AND SAYS HE BELIEVES THE CITY AND HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSIT ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO COUNTER THE CRITICS. THE MAYOR WAS QUOTED AS SAYING "NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THIS. IT'S NOT THE TIME TO GET COLD FEET WHEN WALKING TO THE ALTAR." CARLISLE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT WILL COST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, INCLUDING REPAIRS TO THE SEWER SYSTEM AND ROADWAYS. -17- PROGRAM EDITORIAL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS. DATE 2/24/2012 (10:00pm)- Original 2/27/2012 (5:00pm)- Repeat 3/1/2012(6:00pm)- Repeat LENGTH 1:06 . . SUMMARY A NEW REPORT ON HAWAII'S HOTEL INDUSTRY SHOWS HOTEL PROFIT MARGINS NARROWING. VISITOR ARRIVALS ARE UP, VISITOR SPENDING IS UP MORE, AND ROOM REVENUE IS ALSO IMPROVING. BUT HOTELS ARE SPENDING MORE ON THE ELECTRIC BILL, MORE ON ROOM UP-KEEP, WAY MORE ON WAGES. THIS IS A GOOD LESSON ON HOW AN ECONOMIC REPORT CAN BE READ MORE THAN ONE WAY. IF YOU *OWN* A HOTEL THIS IS BAD NEWS--ESPECIALLY IF YOU BOUGHT IT WITH BORROWED MONEY, INTENDED TO MAKE THE DEBT PAYMENTS WITH THE PROFITS. FOR THE REST OF US, UP TO A POINT, THIS IS ACTUALLY *GOOD* NEWS. IT MEANS MORE MONEY SPENT AT HOTELS IS RECIRCULATING IN OUR OWN ECONOMY. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF NEWS THAT CAN BE READ A COUPLE WAYS. THE PAYROLL TAX CUT HAS BEEN EXTENDED. IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. YOUR MONTHLY PAY WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN FORTY OR FIFTY BUCKS A MONTH IF THEY HAD NT DONE THAT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS COSTS TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MEANT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. GOOD NEWS OR BAD? BOTH, I GUESS. HEY, IF ARITHMETIC WERE SIMPLE, YOU AND I WOULD'VE GOTTEN . BETTER GRADES IN IT! Program Date Length Story Title MAUl STATE OF THE COUNTY Summary ARAKAWA GIVES STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS. MAtJI MAYOR ALAN ARAKAWA FOCUSED ON GOVERNMENT EFFICENCY DURING HIS STATE OF THE COUNTY SPEECH. IN HIS SPEECH, ARAKAWA HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL MONEY-SAVING EFFORTS, LIKE SOLAR PANELS FOR TWO DOZEN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, THAT WILL HELP ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. HE ANTICIPATES THAT THE COUNTY WILL SAVE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON ITS ELECTRICTY BILL AFTER THE INSTALLATION. ARAKAWA ALSO TOUCHED ON OTHER ISSUES, LIKE REQUESTING MORE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE ISLAND'S POPULAR BUS SYSTEM. Program iiPM NEWS KGMB +6PM KGMB Date 2/28/2012 Length 1:38 Story Title QUEEN'S LETTERS EBAY Summary LETTERS FROM HAWAIIAN QUEEN up FOR AUCTION. rwo LETTERS siGNED ,;YOU'REAFFECTIONim cousiN, LILIUOKALANI" 1 WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. THEY ARE ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM LEE, A BOSTON PUBLISHER WHO WAS EDITING THE MANUSCRIPT OF QUEEN LILIUOKALANI'S BOOK, "HAWAII'S STORY BY HAWAII'S QUEEN." LOCAL HISTORICAL SITES LIKE THE BISHOP MUSEUM CAN'T AFFORD TO PLACE A BID, BUT ARE HOPEFUL THE WINNERS WILL DONATE THE LETTERS. BIDDING IS SET TO BEGIN AT $9,500. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB Date 2/28/2012 Length :40 Story Title HSTA SCHOOL VOTE Summary NEW ZCJNES OUTLINED FOR SCHOOL SCHEDULING~APROPOSED CONTRACT WOULD-FORCE SCHOOLS ONTHELEEWARD COAST OF OAHU TO WORK A LONGER SCHOOL DAY AND MORE DAYS EACH YEAR. THE CONTRACT, WHICH ALSO AFFECTS THE HAWAII CENTER FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND AND CERTAIN SCHOOLS ON THE BIG ISLAND, WOULD ENSURE TEACHERS ARE PAID EXTRA FOR ADDITIONAL TIME WORKED, AMOUNTING IN AN ESTIMATED 17 TO NEARLY 37 PERCENT RAISE. HSTA OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT TEACHERS WILL RATIFY THIS CONTRACT, BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS FOR ALL TEACHERS. -18- Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 3/2/2012 Length ·1:45 Story Title SAND TRUCK PLAN Summary ciTY MAKEs cHANGEs TOs;l.f.Jb REPLENISHING r>R.oJEcT: THE sAND REPLENisHING PROJEcT IN wAII Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 3/2/2012 Length 1:28 Story Title HART CEO CONFIRMED . ---·· -· -- ·-·· ' ····· ... , ... . ._,. .. . ·' Summary NEW HART CHIEF UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED. WITH A 10-0 VOTE, DAN GRABAUSKAS WAS UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED AS THE ; NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONOLULU AREA RAPID TRANSIT GROUP. GRABAUSKAS SAYS HIS GOALS INCLUDE BUILDING . A SAFE SYSTEM THAT RUNS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, BUT KNOWS A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IS BOUND TO HAVE ISSUES. OPPONENTS BELIEVE THAT HIRING A NON-RESIDENT WAS A BAD IDEA, SINCE HE MAY NOT KNOW HAWAII AS WELL AS SOME WOULD WISH. GRABAUSKAS HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN BOSTON. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 3/3/2012 Length 1:49 Story Title SUPERFERRY FALLOUT Summary FALLOUT FROM THE DEFUNCT HAWAII SUPERFERRY. AN AUDIT ON THE HAWAII SUPERFERRY'S OPERATION REVEALED THAT THE STATE IS STILL LIABLE FOR $63 MILLION IN RELATED EXPENSES. THE CHARGES INCLUDE BARGES INTENDED FOR USE WITH THE FERRIES THAT ARE DOCKED IN HONOLULU HARBOR, TUG BOAT SERVICES ON OUTER ISLANDS, PIER REPAIRS AT KAHULUI, AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BOND LIABILITY. THE SUPERFERRY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN 2009, AND STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN DAN MEISENZAHL SAYS FAULT LIES WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. PROGRAM EDITORIAL: LocAL coNNEcTIONs DATE 3/9/2012 (10:00pm)- Original 3/12/2012 (5:00pm)- Repeat 3/15/2012 (6:00pm)- Repeat LENGTH 1:03 SUMMARY - A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE LA TESf-JQBtES-8-·R-E-PORT. THOUSANDS OF DISCOURAGED WORKERS -RE ENTERED THE WORK FORCE. DISCOURAGED WORKERS ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE GIVEN UP LOOKING FOR JOBS. IT COULD BE SOMEONE WHO MOVED BACK IN WITH HIS PARENTS. OR SOMEONE WHO DECIDED, SINCE THEY COULDN'T FIND A JOB ANYWAY, THAT THEY WOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOL. THE THING IS, DISCOURAGED WORKERS AREN'T COUNTED IN THE UNEMPLOYED NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE WORK FORCE. IN THE NEWEST NATIONAL JOBLESS REPORT, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HAVE PEOPLE STARTED LOOKING FOR JOBS AGAIN. BUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DIDN'T RISE -IT HELD STEADY AT EIGHT-POINT-THREE PERCENT. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE MORE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK, IT WAS OFFSET BY A QUARTER MILLION NEW JOBS, LEAVING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT THE SAME LEVEL. THAT WAS THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THE REPORT- THE NUMBER STAYED THE SAME- BUT IT WAS GOOD NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS: ENOUGH NEW JOBS TO HANDLE SO MANY DISCOURAGED WORKERS RETURNING TO THE LABOR FORCE. WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S STILL OUT OF WORK. BUT THE RECOVERY IS STARTING TO SPEED UP AND WE HOPE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE STARTING TO PLAN FOR IT. -19- Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 3/20/2012 Length 1:09 Story Title STATE HSTA OFFER Summary 8oVERNoR sPEAks ciN coNTRAcThlsPLJTE. ciovERNoR NEiL ABERcRoMBIE f-ills i'iRE:osl\cK IN THE oNGoiNG coNTRAcT DISPUTE WITH THE STATE TEACHER'S UNION, SAYING HIS OFFICE HAS DRAFTED A NEW SETTLEMENT OFFER. HE SAYS THE OFFER DOESN'T FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE PROPOSING, AND THAT THE TEACHER'S UNION OFFER QUOTE IS 'FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND DEVOID OF REASONALBE POLICY REGARDING STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE." THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMENT YET FROM THE HSTA ON THE PROPOSAL. PROGRAM : EDITORIAL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS DATE : 03/23/2012- Original ; 03/26/2012- Repeat • 03/29/2012- Repeat LENGTH 1:07 SUMMARY : STATE UNIVERSITIES HAVE ALWAYS CHARGED OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS MORE, RESERVING THE LOWEST TUITION RATES . FOR IN-STATE RESIDENTS. BUT, A DOZEN STATES EXTEND THIS TO LOCAL STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. THREE STATES EVEN LETTHEM APPLY FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID. THE HAWAII STATE SENATE HAS A BILL TO MAKE HAWAII THE FOURTH STATE TO DO SO. ALL RIGHT-THINKING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MISDEEDS OF THEIR PARENTS, INCLUDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. BUT DOES THIS MEAN UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS SHOULD GET THE SAME TAXPAYER-ASSISTED TUITION AS LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE STATE? THIS CHARITABLE ACT MIGHT BE ENDORSED IF WE COULD ALL AGREE THAT LEGAL RESIDENTS WERE GETTING ALL THE TUITION ASSISTANCE THEY NEED. BUT IS THIS THE CASE? IT'S REASONABLE TO ASK IF PAYING TAX DOLLARS FOR THE : COLLEGE EDUCATION OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN BEFORE WE HAVE DONE ALL WE CAN ! FOR HAWAII RESIDENTS- INCLUDING LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. ; IT SEEMS A LITTLE WEIRD TO CREATE AN INCENTIVE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO MOVE HERE ILLEGALLY WHILE WE'RE STILL NOT , DOING ENOUGH FOR HAWAII'S FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED RESIDENTS. Program • New 5PM NEWS KGMB Date : 3/29/2012 Length . 1:53 Story Title WALMART CRAZE Summary NEW WAL-MART OPENS IN KAPOLEI. WEST OAHU'S LARGEST NEW RETAIL STORE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AT 155,000 SQUARE FEET, THE STORE IS AMONG THE LARGEST OF WAL-MART'S FIVE OAHU LOCATIONS AND WIL EMPLOY MORE THAN 300 AREA WORKERS. WAL-MART SAYS IT IS HELPING LOCAL ECONOMIES BY SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON MERCHANDISE FROM LOCAL RETAILERS TO SELL ON ITS SHELVES. THE STORE SERVICES A COMMUNITY WITH MORE THAN 110,000 RESIDENTS. -20- C. EDUCATION ISSUES, including education standards, school safety, budget matters, outside-of-the-classroom learning, etc. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 1/21/2012 Length Story Title SPECIAL NEEDS ROOSEVELT Summary SPECIAL EDUCATION sTUDENTs GET CHANCE AT ;ol.vMrli:;s.; R.oosEI!Elf HIGH scHOOL HOSTED A SPORTS DAY FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE. THE KIDS GOT TO TRY OUT SEVERAL SPORTS IN AN EFFORT TO DISCOVER WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE FUTURE SPECIAL OLYMPIANS. Program • 5PM NEWS KGMB Date 2/11/2012 Length :42 Story Title URBAN GARDEN Summary URBAN AGRICULTURE TAKES FOCUS AT UH. MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED OAHU STUDENTS GOT A HANDS-ON LESSON IN AGRICULTURE TODAY WHEN THEY TOOK PART IN THE SIXTH ANNUAL AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARNESS DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S H URBAN GARDEN CENTER IN PEARL CITY. STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND HOW INVASIVE SPECIES CAN THREATEN THE STATES AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date : 3/3/2012 Length :41 Story Title HONOLULU FESTIVAL Summary STUDENTS HEAD TO CONVENTION CENTER FOR HONOLULU FESTIVAL. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TOOK OVER THE HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER FOR A FIELD-TRIP STYLE PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKEND'S HONOLULU FESTIVAL. THE KIDS CHECKED SOME DISPLAYS AND PERFORMANCES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THINGS LIKE HANDS-ON TAIKO DRUMMING LESSONS AND DANCE PERFORMANCES BY JAPANESE AND AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL NATIVES. Program CBS: 60 MINUTES Date 3/11/2012 6:00PM Length 1 hour program (approximately 12-15 minute segment) Story Title TEACHER TO THE WORLD Summary oN His EDucATioNAL wEBsiTE, ,;i -21- Program 5PM NEWS KGMB Date i .3/28f2012 Length 1:43 Story Title RACE TO TOP MEETING Summary sTATE MEErs wiTH FEDERAL 'RAcETOTHE'roP''rEAM.HAWAIIIs ol'i HIGH-RisK sTATus AND IN JEOPARDY oF LosiNG MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY FOR UNSATISFACTORY EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE. TODAY THE FEDERAL RACE TO THE TOP TEAM WALKED INTO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DISCUSS WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THE STATE HAS MADE. Public Service Announcements: o Havvaii Association of Broadcasters: During the quarter, KGMB aired 9 public service messages 30 seconds in length. The PSAs' aired were to inform the public about scholarship opportunities to continue to higher learning. -22- D. ENVIRONMENTAL AND WEATHER ISSUES, including conservation, global warming, littering, environmental issues particular to Hawaii, environmental education, and political issues, as well as tsunamis, typhoons, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other severe and non-severe weather. !PROGRAM '6 NEWS KGMB IDATE 1/3/2012 LENGTH lo:36 STORY TITLE !FISHING SEASON REOPENED .SUMMARY ANGLERS AND SPEAR DIVERS WERE BACK OUT IN WAIKIKI TODAY .. AS THE FISHING SEASON REOPENED. THE WAIKIKI • ·DIAMONDHEAD SHORELINE WAS CLOSED FOR ALL OF 2011 SO THE FISH POPULATION COULD REPLENISH. THE ZONE 'STRETCHES FROM THE NATATORIUM TO THE DIAMOND HEAD LIGHTHOUSE AND EXTENDS ABOUT 500 YARDS FROM THE :sHORELINE. :pROGRAM ;5PM NEWS KGMB tDATE 1/11/2012 LENGTH 1:34 STORYTITLE DIAMOND HEAD TRASH SUMMARY TRASH CANS ALONG THE DIAMOND HEAD LOOKOUT HAVE BEEN OVERFLOWING WITH RUBBISH. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TOLD US A PRIVATE COMPANY DID THE JOB BUT THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED DECEMBER 31 8T, AND THE COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER COULDN'T MEET REQUIREMENTS; CREATING A A GAP . . i l I 1PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB l :DATE 1/12/2012 LENGTH .1:42 STORY TITLE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL DEATHS iSUMMARY :THE HUMANE SOCETY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE INSTITUTED lA PROGRAM THEY HOPE WILL HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERIOUS SLAUGHTER OF THREE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL SINCE LAST NOVEMBER; OFFERING OF UP TO $30,000 OR $10,000. TWO SEALS WERE FOUND SLAIN ON MOLOKAI AND JUST TWO DAYS INTO THE NEW YEAR A HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL CARCASS WAS FOUND AT PILAA BEACH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF KAUAI. 'PROGRAM 6 NEWSKGMB DATE '1/13/2012 !LENGTH 11:03 'sTORY TITLE ;GREAT WHITE INCIDENT :sUMMARY FISHERMAN ADDISON TOKI WAS WITH A FRIEND FISHING OFF OF KAENA POINT. AFTER TOKI PULLED A 300 POUND MARLIN INTO HIS BOAT, A 15 FOOT GREAT WHITE SHARK PULLED NEXT TO THE BOAT. -23- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 2/3/2012 LENGTH :42 STORY TITLE KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT SHAKE UP SUMMARY POLICE SHAKE-UP ON KALJAL KAUAI MAYOR BERNARD CARVALHO SAYS HE HAS PLACED POLICE CHIEF DARRYL PERRY AND TWO ASSISTANT CHIEFS ON LEAVE WHILE THE COUNTY INVESTIGATES AN EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT. PERRY TOLD THE MAYOR HE WANTED TO WORK FROM HOME DURING THE INVESTIGATION, SINCE THE COMPLAINANT ALSO WORKS AT THE STATION, BUT SOURCES SAYS THE MAYOR TOLD PERRY HE SHOULD REMAIN AT WORK. PERRY WAS THEN SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN DAYS FOR DISOBEYING ORDERS BY NOT REPORTING TO THE OFFICE. THE CONTROVERSY INVOLVES ACCUSATIONS BY K.P.D. OFFICER DARLA ABBATIELLO-HIGA, WHO SEVERAL YEARS AGO RECEIVED A $980,000 SETTLEMENT FROM THE COUNTY i ' IN A WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION LAWSUIT. ' PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE ENTANGLED WHALE SUMMARY ENTANGLED WHALE IN TROLJBLE OFF MAUL WHALES CAN SURVIVEFOR WEEKS, sOMETIMES EVEN MONTHS, DRAGGING ROPES AND NETS AROUND, BUT THE SOONER THEY CAN BE UNTANGLED THE BETTER. NOM HAS PROVIDED US WITH A COUPLE PHOTOS OF AN ENTANGLED WHALE ON MAUl, AND WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE PICTURES, THE ROPE ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE WHALES MOUTH. IF IT'S ON THERE FOR TOO LONG, THE ROPE WILL DIG IN AND MAKE FEEDING DIFFICULT. RESPONDERS ARE STANDING BY TO TRY AND CUT THE ROPES LOOSE, BUT THE WHALES ARE SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE ENDANGERED SNAILS SUMMARY NATIVE SNAIL SPECIES AT RISK. NATIVE OAHU TREE SNAILS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ENDANGERED NUMBERS IN RECENT YEARS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY BEEN COLLECTED BY THE THOUSANDS FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL SHELLS, BUT NON-NATIVE PREDATORS LIKE JACKSON'S CHAMELEONS AND RATS HAVE ALSO DECIMATED NUMBERS. SOME SPECIES, AFTER A TWO YEAR QUARANTINE PERIOD, ARE READY TO MAKE A COMEBACK. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB -- '·------·--- ..... DATE i 2/25/2012 LENGTH , 1:48 STORY TITLE FIRST WIND GROUND BREAKING SUMMARY ' GROLJNDBREAKING FCJR NEW WIND FARM. GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN ON A NEW WINDF-A'RMSLATED TO PROVIDE AROUND ' FIVE PERCENT OF OAHU'S ANNUAL ELECTRICITY LOAD. NEARLY 15,000 HOMES WILL BE SERVICED BY THE WIND FARM, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE ALL 30 TURBINES UP AND CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. • • CUSTOMERS HOPE THAT IMPROVING HAWAII'S CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH PROJECTS LIKE WIND FARMS WILL HELP LIMIT THE STATE'S DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN OIL. -24- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 2/29/2012 LENGTH 1:36 STORY TITLE TSUNAMI DEBRIS SUMMARY .. DEBRIS FROM JAPAN TSUNAMI MAY REACH HAWAII. OCEAN SCIENTISTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ORIGNALLY FORECASTED THAT DEBRIS FROM LAST YEAR'S TSUNAMI IN JAPAN COULD REACH THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY EARLY 2013. BUT THE POSSIBLITY NOW EXISTS FOR AN EARLIER ARRIVAL DATE ... MAYBE EVEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SCIENTISTS NIKOLAI MAXIMENKO AND JAN HAFNER SAY CURRENTS HAVE CHANGED DIRECTION, AND THE SOUTHERN EDGE : OF THE DEBRIS FIELD IS MOVING CLOSER TO LAND. PROGRAM : 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE ! 3/23/2012 LENGTH : :28 STORY TITLE KAILUA BEACH WORK SUMMARY CITY NEARLY FINISHED WI'TH KAILUA BEACH REPAIRS. WITH ONLY ONE DAY UNTIL THE BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT IN KAILUA WRAPS UP, THE DIFFERENCE IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED TREE ROOTS NEAR THE WATER LINE HAVE BEEN COVERED, AND SAND HAS BEEN DUMPED IN AN AREA THAT OFFICIALS BELIEVE WILL WIDEN THE BEACH. . PROGRAM · 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE : 3/27/2012 LENGTH 1:34 STORY TITLE INVASIVE ALGAE SUMMARY INVASIVE ALGAE PLAGUES WAIKIKI. TWO TYPES OF INVASIVE ALGAE ARE PUSHING QlJTMORE THAN 85 NATIVE SPECIES IN THE WATERS NEAR THE WAIKIKI AQUARIUM AND NEARBY NATATORIUM. ONE WASD INTRODUCED BY A UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SCIENTIST WHO THOUGHT IT COULD BE HARVESTED FOR MONEY. THE VENTURE HAS SINCE ENDED, BUT THE ALGAE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN EVER. VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED MORE THAN 1,000 POUNDS OF IT DURING A CLEANUP EFFORT, ONE THEY PLAN ON DOING FOUR TIMES A YEAR PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE LENGTH 1:47 STORY TITLE DOWSETT DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY NlJUANUDEVELOPMENT cONCERNS. SAFETY IS A BIGCONCiRN FCJR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AROUND A CONSTRUCTION ZONE FOR A NEW SUBDIVISION IN DOWSETT HIGHLANDS. RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT IF A CEMENT TRUCK TIPS OR A WALL OR BRIDGE BREAKS, THEY ARE UNSURE WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. THEY ALSO SAY VEGETATION HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY THAT INCREASES THE RISK FOR FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES. -25- PROGRAM 5PM KGMB, 6PM KGMB DATE 3/29/2012 LENGTH 1:56 STORY TITLE BIG BEACH SUMMARY WAIKIKI SAND PROJECT WORKING BUT ON HOLD AGAiN. A MAJOR SURF SWELL ISPROJECTED TO HIT THE SOUTH SHORE OF OAHU, AND THE GOOD NEWS FOR SURFERS IS BAD NEWS FOR CONTRACTORS WORKING ON WAIKIKI BEACH. THE BARGE THAT PUMPS SAND FROM OFFSHORE TO BE SPREAD UPON THE BEACH HAD TO BE MOVED TO AVOID THE SWELL AND POTENTIAL DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR, SO THE PROJECT WILL LIKELY BE ON HOLD FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. Public Service Announcements: o Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods:_During the quarter, KGMB aired 1 public service messages for this cause of 30 seconds in length. PSA spots informed people about the importance of planting indigenous trees and plants in Hawaii. o Division of Aquatic Resources : During the quarter, KGMB aired 48 public service messages at 30 seconds in length. This public service announcement informed the public about keeping our water system clean. -26- E. HEALTH ISSUES, including health care, public health awareness and public health safety. PROGRAM CBS: 60 MINUTES DATE 1/8/2012 6:00PM LENGTH 1 HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) STORY TITLE STEM CELL FRAUD SUMMARY STEM CELLS STILL HAVE NOT PROVEN TO BE THE PANACEA MANY CLAIMED THEY COULD BE, YET THE INTERNET IS ALIVE WITH STEM CELLS FOR SALE TO TREAT INCURABLE ILLNESSES. SCOTT PELLEY REPORTS ON ONE MAN OFFERING TO TREAT CEREBRAL PALSY, WHILE A RESPECTED STEM CELL RESEARCHER SAYS HE COULD BE ENDANGERING PATIENTS. PROGRAM CBS: THE TALK DATE 1/16/2012, 2:00PM LENGTH 1 HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) STORY TITLE ; GUEST: JENNIFER HUDSON SUMMARY ACTRESS AND SINGER JENNIFER HUDSON DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK AND WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY PROGRAM CBS: 60 MINUTES DATE 2/19/2012 6:ooPM LENGTH 1 HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENl') STORY TITLE TREATING DEPRESSION SUMMARY A HARVARD PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS DRUGS USED TO TREAT DEPRESSION DO WORK, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT THE CHEMICAL THAT'S MAKING PEOPLE FEEL BETTER, IT'S THE PLACEBO EFFECT. LESLEY STAHL REPORTS. PROGRAM CBS: THE TALK DATE 2/21/2012, 2:00PM LENGTH 1 HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) STORY TITLE FAT TUESDAY SUMMARY GUESTS ON THE TALK ON TUESDAY WILL INCLUDE TELEVISION LEGEND REGIS PHILBIN AND A "REDO YOU" SEGMENT WITH FITNESS EXPERT SHAUN T, WHO WILL SHARE FIVE SIMPLE EXERCISES TO HELP YOU LOSE FIVE POUNDS ONCE • YOUR "FAT TUESDAY" CELEBRATION IS COMPLETE. PROGRAM CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY DATE 2/25/2012 5:00AM LENGTH 2 HouR PRoGRAM (APPRoxiM.A;fl:iv 12-1s MINUTE sEGMENT) STORY TITLE HEAL THWATCH: AMY I UGLY? SUMMARY .. TWEENS AND TEENS ARE POSTING VIDEOS OF THEMSElVEs ON YOUTUBE ASKING USERS "AM I PRETTY OR UGLY?" WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS ALARMING NEW TREND WITH DR. JEN HARTSTEIN, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGIST, AS WELL AS CBS THIS MORNING CONTRIBUTOR LEE WOODRUFF. -27- PROGRAM CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY DATE 2/25/2012 5:00AM. LENGTH HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) STORY TITLE NOMOPHOBIA SUMMARY ARE YOlJ HUNG UP ON YOUR CELL PHONE? 1\ NEW SURVEY FINDS THAT NOMOPHOBIA, THE FEAR OF LOSING OR BEING WITHOUT YOUR CELL PHONE, IS ON THE RISE. DR. DAVID GREENFIELD, FOUNDER OF THE CENTER FOR INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION, TELLS US WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND TIPS TO CONTROL ANXIETY. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/1/2012 LENGTH :52 STORY TITLE -··· ...... ---- SUMMARY HUNDREDS ATTEND BONE MARROW DONOR DRIVE. JANET LIANG IS A 25 YEAR OLD UCLA GRADUATE WHO GREW UP IN HAWAII, ATTENDING MARYKNOLL SCHOOL UNTIL THE SEVENTH GRADE. SHE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE FORM OF LEUKEMIA, AND DOCTORS SAY WITHOUT A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT SHE ONLY HAS MONTHS TO LIVE . . SUPPORTERS HELD A DONOR DRIVE AT LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TODAY, AND IF A MATCH IS FOUND, THE . DONATION PROCESS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS DONATING BLOOD. PROGRAM CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY DATE 3/10/2012; 4:30AM LENGTH : 2 HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) STORY TITLE HEALTHWATCH DIVORCE GENE SUMMARY SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A GENE THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY SOME WOMEN HAVE A HARD TIME EITHER COMMITTING OR STAYING COMMITTED. DR. IAN SMITH JOINS US TO DISCUSS HOW YOUR DNA MAY BE TO BLAME FOR YOUR FAILED RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. PROGRAM CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD DATE 3/18/2012; 4:00AM LENGTH 1:5 HOUR PROGRAM (APPROXIMATELY 12-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) STORY TITLE • DEPRESSION SUMMARY AN ESTIMATED27 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION-THREE TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS 20 YEARS AGO. IS THIS A SIGN OF AN EPIDEMIC OR EVIDENCE OF OVER-DIAGNOSIS? 48 HOURS MYSTERY CORRESPONDENT SUSAN SPENCER TALKS WITH DOCTORS AND PATIENTS ABOUT THE CONDITION ONCE KNOWN AS "MELANCHOLIA" AND THE GROWING TREND TOWARD PRESCRIBING ANTIDEPRESSANTS. PROGRAM CBS: 60 MINUTES DATE 3/18/2012 6:00PM LENGTH 1 HCllJR PROGRAM(APPROXIMATELY 1:2-15 MINUTE SEGMENT) . STORY TITLE FACE BLINDNESS SUMMARY LESLEY STAHL REPORTS ON A LITTLE KNOWN CONDITION THAT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM RECOGNIZING FACES, EVEN THOSE OF FAMILY MEMBERS. SOME STUDIES ESTIMATE THAT AS MANY AS ONE IN 50 PEOPLE ARE AFFLICTED WITH FACE BLINDNESS. SHARI FINKELSTEIN IS THE PRODUCER. -28- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 3/20/2012 LENGTH ... 1:00 STORY TITLE TB CASES SUMMARY ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS CASE DISCOVERED. SCHOOLS ON OAHU'S COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE ON HIGH ALERT AFTER AN • ACTIVE CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS WAS DISCOVERED. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS A STUDENT WHO HAS ATTENDED BOTH KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY HAS THE DISEASE. HEALTH OFFICIALS AT BOTH SCHOOLS WERE TEASTING STUDENTS AND FACULTY THE INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WARNING EVERYONE TO BE CAUTIOUS, SINCE MANY MAY BE CONTAGIOUS BEFORE EVEN REALIZING THEY HAVE THE DISEASE. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB t 6PM KGMB DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE 2ND FLESH EATING SUMMARY LIVING WITH FLESH EATING BACTERIA. BY MOST ESTIMATES, THERE ARE BETWEEN 400 AND 1,500 CASES OF FLESH EATING BACTERIA, OR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS, IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY YEAR, WITH UP TO 30% OF THEM BEING FATAL CASES. HAWAII NEWS NOW MET ONE MAN WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH IT, AND TALKED ABOUT HOW HE BELIEVES HE WAS INFECTED, HOW HE WAS AFFECTED, AND HOW THE DISEASE WAS TREATED. THE MAN SPENT 26 DAYS AT WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AND WHILE HE IS IN STABLE CONDITION, IS NOT IN THE CLEAR JUST YET. PROGRAM DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE QUEEN'S CANCER RULING SUMMARY OAHU DOCTOR CLAIMS COURT VICTORY. LAST AUGUST, QUEEN'S TOLD OAHU ONCOLOGISTS THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL TO CONTINUE TO USE RADIATION SERVICES. DR. JOHN LEDERER CALLED IT A PLAY TO CORNER THE MARKET, AND SUED IN FEDERAL COURT CITING ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS. AN INJUNCTION WILL ALLOW LEDERER AND HIS COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO USE THE FACILITIES. Public Service Announcements: o Aloha Care- Medicare: During this quarter Aloha Care ran 5 public service announcements 30 seconds in lengths. The announcement informed the aging public about some of the features of Medicare. o Hawaii Primary Care Association: During the quarter, KGMB aired 45 public service messages for this cause of 30 seconds in length. This public service announcement was to promote awareness about healthy living. o Department of Health "Tobacco Quit: During the quarter, KGMB aired 80 public service messages for this cause of 15 seconds in length., and 93 PSA at 30 seconds in length. This public service announcement featured Hawaii News Now anchors Keahi Tucker, Tannya Joaquin and Stephanie Lum. The PSA encouraged viewers to quit smoking and find helpful tips, information and advice via the Hawaii Tobacco Quitline phone number. -29- o Center for Disease Control: During the quarter KGMB ran 5 public service announcements 30 seconds in length. The public service announcements address the health issues from obesity. o Senior Medicare Patrol: During the quarter, KGMB ran 35 public service announcements for The Senior Medicare Patrol. Each of the public service announcements that ran were 30 seconds in length and addressed the issue of Medicare and the affects it has on seniors. o Brain Injury Conference: During the quarter, KGMB 53 aired public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Brain Injury Conference which featured speakers talking about the state-of-the-art treatments and therapies of brain injury research. -30- F. NEIGHBOR ISLAND ISSUES, including matters of particular concern to residents of and visitors to Hawaiian islands other than Oahu, including events, park status, tourism, politics, and local culture. PROGRAM 6 NEWSKGMB .DATE 1/3/2012 LENGTH 0:25 !sTORY TITLE :BIG ISLAND PROPANE ACCIDENT I :sUMMARY iTWO HILO MEN ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING BURNS FROM A PROPANE EXPLOSION. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT BAYSHORE TOWERS AROUND 12:15. THE WORKERS WERE INSTALLING BACKUP GENERATORS ON THE ROOF WHEN A RELEASE OF PROPANE EXPLODED. JPROGRAM 16 NEWS KGMB DATE '113/2012 jLENGTH 0:12 !STORY TITLE AEROSMITH MAUl HOME BLESSING I SUMMARY iTHE AEROSMITH FRONTMAN HELD A BLESSING FOR HIS NEW HOME ALONG AN UNDISCLOSED COASTLINE. PICS SHOW STEVEN · )YLER AND HIS FIANCEE ERIN BRADY INVOLVED IN A HAWAIIAN CEREMONY LAST WEEK. IPROGRAM 6 NEWSKGMB :DATE ;113/2012 iLENGTH !o:31 STORY TITLE iMAUI HIKING ACCIDENT . . . !sUMMARY 10N MAUl, A MISSOURI WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY FELL TO HER DEATH IN FRONT OF HER FAMILY. SUSAN STEPHENS AND HER iTHREE DAUGHTERS WERE CELEBRATING HER HUSBAND'S 50TH BIRTHDAY. POLICE SAY THE FAMILY HIKED ABOUT TWO MILES ·ALONG THE BAMBOO FOREST TRAIL WHEN STEPHENS SLIPPED AND FELL UP TO 30 FEET OFF A WATERFALL. !PROGRAM 6NEWS KGMB iDATE l1t3/2012 LENGTH !0:26 iSTORY TITLE TYLERS ON MAUl 1SUMMARY IN WAILEA, MAUl, THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN WAS AT MALA RESTAURANT. STEVEN TYLER, ALICE COOPER, PAT SIMMONS AND ;MICHAEL MCDONALD- FROM THE DOOBIE BROTHERS AND EVEN WEIRD AL YANCOVICH, WHERE ALL THERE. -31- PROGRAM ;SUNRISE 4:30AM & SUNRISE 6AM KGMB DATE !114/2012 LENGTH 0:25 ·STORY TITLE 'BIG ISLAND WILDLIFE SUMMARY 'THREATENED WILDLIFE AREA ON THE BIG ISLAND HAS JUST RECEIVED A BIG FUNDING BOOST FROM UNCLE SAM. THE HONUAPO ESTUARY IS BEING GIVEN A $549,000 GRANT FROM THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO RESTORE NATURAL WATERWAYS AND GET RID OF NON-NATIVE PLANTS WITHIN THIS WETLANDS AREA IN THE KA'U DISTRICT. 'PROGRAM :6 NEWSKGMB 'DATE 1/10/2012 iLENGTH 0:21 .STORY TITLE VETERANS CEMETERY ON MAUl !sUMMARY THE STATE WANTS TO FAST-TRACK AN EXPANSION OF THE VETERANS CEMETERY ON MAUl BECAUSE ITS RUNNING OUT OF SPACE. HAWAII'S VETERANS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR SAYS THE SEVEN ACRE SITE IN MAKAWAO COULD RUN OUT OF IN-GROUND BURIAL SITES IN AS LITTLE AS 18 MONTHS. ~PROGRAM '6 NEWS KGMB iDATE 1/11/2012 LENGTH •0:19 STORY TITLE KILAUEA VOLCANOES IsUMMARY THE KILAUEA VOLCANOES HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH ACTION THIS WEEK. THE KILAUEA FLOWS HAVE EITHER SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED ALTOGETHER. THE OCEAN ENTRY ALSO HAS STALLED. PROGRAM . 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE ) 2/3/2012 LENGTH 1:23 STORY TITLE KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT SHAKE UP SUMMARY ' POLICE SHAKE-lJP ON KAUAI.i -32- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 2/28/2012 LENGTH STORY TITLE •· KAUAI BROWN WATER SUMMARY .BROWN WATER ADVISORY ON KAUAL YESTERDAY'S SEVERE WEATHERTRiGGERED A BROWN WATER ADVISORY THAT IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR KAUAL COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THAT EVERYONE SHOULD STAY OUT OF FLOOD AND STORM WATER RUNOFF, ESPECIALLY IF IT LOOKS BROWN. THE WATER CAN BE TAINTED WITH CONTAMINANTS FROM SOURCES LIKE OVERFLOWING CESSPOOLS AND SEWER MANHOLES. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/3/2012 LENGTH :26 STORY TITLE KALAUPAPA POST OFFICE SAVED SUMMARY KALAUPAPA POST OFFICE WILL BE SAVED. A MOLOKAI COMMUNITY CAN REST EASY NOW THAT AN IMPORTANT LIFELINE IS BEING PRESERVED. THE KALAUPAPA POST OFFICE HAD BEEN ON THE LIST OF FACILITIES BEING CONSIDERED FOR CLOSURE, BUT TODAY SENATOR DANIEL AKAKA AND CONGRESSWOMAN MAZIE HIRONO ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL BE SAVED. BOTH SAY IT ISA VITAL PART OF THE MOLOKAI COMMUNITY, SINCE THE KALAUPAPA POST OFFICE WAS THE ONLY HAWAII FACILITY ON THE LIST THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION NEARBY. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/10/2012 LENGTH . :26 STORY TITLE NEIGHBOR ISLAND WRAP SUMMARY SEVERE WEATHER CAUSES ISSUES ON MAlJL HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS ARE WREAKING HAVOC ON THE OUTER ISLANDS. SEVERAL LANDSLIDES BLOCKED HANA HIGHWAY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR MOST OF THE MORNING, WHILE HOTELS IN THE AREA SUFFERED FLOOD DAMAGE. MAUl COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO ADVISING PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MAUl TO BOIL WATER BEFORE DRINKING IT, SINCE IT MAY HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY STORM RUNOFF. PROGRAM : 5PMNEWS KGMB DATE • 3/16/2012 LENGTH 1:18 STORY TITLE FLESH EATING VICTIM SUMMARY KAUAI MAN FIGHTING NECROTIZING FACIITIS. THE MOTHER OF A KAUAI MAN SAYS HER SON HAS A FLESH EATING BACTERIA THAT IS SPREADING QUICKLY THROUGHOUT HIS BODY. LIHUE RESIDENT JOHN STEM WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS SATURDAY MORNING AND IS NOW IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. HIS MOTHER SAYS THE 49 YEAR OLD HAS ALREADY HAD SEVERAL EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY TO MAKE SURE TO TREAT ANY CUTS YOU MAY HAVE BEFORE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH FLOOD WATER IN OCEANS OR STREAMS -33- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE MISSING BOY FOUND SUMMARY AUTHORI'fiES REUNITE FAMILy WITH MISSING BOY.ANINE-YEAR:OLD NAMED OlSEN HlJE-ARAGAKI WAS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY NEARLY 24 HOURS AFTER HE WAS REPORTED MISSING. THE BOY RAN OFF FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT, AND WAS TAKEN IN BY A FAMILY WHO FED HIM AND ALLOWED HIM TO STAY OVERNIGHT. THE FAMILY THEN TOOK HIM TO HILO, WHERE HE WAS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE POLICE STATION. THE BOY INITIALLY REFUSED TO DISCLOSE WHAT HIS NAME WAS OR WHERE HE WAS FROM, ACCORDING TO REPORTS. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE • ARSON REWARD SUMMARY BIG ISLAND BUSINESS OFFERS REWARD IN ARSON CASE. THE OWNER OF A PORTABLE TOILET BUSINESS SAYS IT WILL GIVE $2,500 TO ANYONE WHO CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE CAPTURE OF THE CRIMINALS WHO INTENTIONALLY SET FIRE TO FOUR TOILET UNITS AT A PUNA BEACH PARK. THE COST TO REPLACE THE UNITS IS $3,700. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 3/23/2012 LENGTH :23 STORY TITLE ' NEW RECORD GAS . SUMMARY HILO GAS SETS RECORD PRICES. AAA SAYS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GAS ON HILO HAS HIT $4.66 A GALLON. DRIVERS ON HILO SAY THEY ARE ALREADY MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR DRIVING HABITS TO CONSERVE FUEL, AND THAT THE PRICE INCREASES ARE AFFECTING OTHER AREAS OF THEIR LIFE, LIKE GROCERY SHOPPING. -34- G. PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, including health education and awareness, homeland security, crime prevention, police conduct, and fire safety. ;PROGRAM SUNRISE 4:30AM, SUNRISE 5AM & 6 NEWS KGMB .DATE :1/3/2012 JLENGTH i0:58 !sTORY TITLE !OAHU'S FIREWORKS BAN i OAHU'S FIREWORKS BAN REPORTS QUIETTER NEIHBORHOODS. SEVERAL COMMUNITIES REPORTED A MUCH QUIETER NEW IYEAR'S EVE. BUT PLACES LIKE KALIHI AND WAIPAHUSAY THAT IT HAS ONLY INCREASED THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. HPD [ISCONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE USING HOMEMADE BOMBS BUT SAY THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING THE ARREST AND CITATION FIGURES, AND WILL BE RELEASING THEM LATER TO THE PUBLIC. )PROGRAM 6 NEWS KGMB !DATE l1/10/2012 ,LENGTH :1:03 !STORY TITLE NEW DRIVER'S LICENSE RULES SUMMARY ,yoU'LL NEED MORE PAPERWORK TO PROVE WHO YOU ARE AND THAT YOU'RE HERE LEGALLY. THE STATE WILL BEGIN USING : iTHE NEW RULES BEGINNING MARCH 5TH. EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO SHOW EITHER A VALID SOCIAL SECURITY CARD OR AN :ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ID CARD. THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO PRESENT A BIRTH CERTIFICAATE, PASSPORT, OR IN THE CASE OF NON CITIZENS ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. ~PROGRAM 6 NEWSKGMB 'DATE i1/11/2012 ILENGTH :1:42 STORY TITLE !SIMON JASPER MCCARTY PORN BAG ...... SUMMARY i!N 2008 AFTER ARRIVING AT HILO AIRPORT, SIMON JASPER MCCARTY HAD PHOTOS OF NUDE CHILDREN. THE IMAGES FELL OUT :OF HIS BAG WHILE A TSA OFFICER WAS EXAMINING IT. A LATER SEARCH UNCOVERED SOME 400 STILL IMAGES AND 200 VIDEO CLIPS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS LAPTOP AND EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE. iPROGRAM :5PM NEWS KGMB ;DATE :1/12/2012 LENGTH '1:29 STORY TITLE BLUE VEHCILE AROUND SALT LAKE !suMMARY IAN ALERT FROM HONOLULU POLICE WARNS PARENTS ABOUT THREE INCIDENTS IN THE SALT LAKE AREA INVOLVING DARK BLUE • VANS. A MAN HAD BEEN REPORTLEY APPROACH SEVERAL CHILDREN IN THE SALT LAKE AREA, EXPOSING HIMSELF IN A BLUE VAN. -35- PROGRAM EDITORIAL: LOCAL cONNECTIONS DATE 1124!2012 {10:66PM):::ORIGII~Al. 1j2()j2Q1?(6.:00£'~1)~REPEAI .. LENGTH 1:16 SUMMARY . THEHAWAIICHILDREN'STRlTsTFLiNDHAS PARTNERED wiTH THEJovf'LiCHEARTFOUNDATIDN to LAUNCH A STATEWIDE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CALLED "ONE STRONG OHANA". THE CAMPAIGN PROMOTES THE IDEA THAT THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT THERE ARE SIMPLE WAYS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CREATING A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR HAWAII KEIKI. DID YOU KNOW THAT NEARLY 40% OF RESIDENTS KNOW A VICTIM OF CHILD ABUSE? 80% OF RESIDENTS THINK CHILD ABUSE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY. HOWEVER, 64% OF RESIDENTS SAY IT IS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THE SIGNS OF ABUSE. 27% OF RESIDENTS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE OR NEGLECT BECAUSE IT WAS "NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS.' WITH THIS CAMPAIGN, HAWAII CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND AND JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION HAVE SET OUT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ARE PREVENTABLE THROUGH A STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH. FROM RESEARCH RESULTS DONE HERE IN HAWAII, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT PARENTS WITH A STRONG SOCIAL NETWORK OF EMOTIONALLY SUPPORTIVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS ARE LESS LIKELY TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN. PROGRAM : 5PMNEWSKGMEl + 6PM NEWsRGMEl DATE . 1/26/2012 LENGTH 1:41 STORY TITLE TAMPERING COP SUMMARY POI.ICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR TAMPERING. OFFiCER BLAKE ARITA WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH A GOVERNMENT RECORD FOR FALSIFYING AN ARREST REPORT. ARITA SAYS A PARKS EMPLOYEE APPROACHED HIM AND . TOLD HIM ABOUT A HOMELESS MAN BREAKING THE LAW, BUT ARITA'S PARTNER DISPUTED THE CLAIM, SAYING ARITA HAD NO ; REASON TO APPROACH THE MAN AND WAS OVERBEARING TOWARDS HIM. PROGRAM EDITORIAL: LOCAL CONNECTIONS DATE 1/27/2012 (1 O:OOPM) -ORIGINAL 1/31/2012 (5:00PM)- REPEAT 2/2/2012 (6:00PM)-- REPEAT LENGTH 1:06 SUMMARY A FEW WEEKS AGO, CONGRESS CAME CLOSE TO PASSING A BILL TO PROTECT COPYRIGHT HOLDERS FROM THEFT. THEY HELD OFF AFTER LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THE BILL DID SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. BECAUSE COPYRIGHT LAW HAS LOTS OF GRAY AREAS, AND BIG BUSINESS HAS LOTS OF LAWYERS ATTACHED TO IT, CONSEQUENTLY IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN MORE POWER TO THE ALREADY POWERFUL.SMALL WEBSITES WOULD HAVE BEEN AT RISK OF BEING SHUT DOWN DURING PROTECTED COURT BATTLES. NOW THE HAWAII LEGISLATURE HAS EXTRICATED ITSELF FROM A SIMILAR SITUATION. IT TABLED A BILL TO MAKE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS KEEP RECORDS OF ALL WEBSITE VISITS BY ALL CUSTOMERS. WHAT ONE SPONSOR DESCRIBED AS A CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL WAS ACTUALLY INVASION OF PRIVACY ON A MASSIVE SCALE. WE ALL KNOW, AND LAWMAKERS THEMSELVES KNOW, THAT IT'S ALL TOO EASY TO DRAFT A BILL WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND WIND UP CREATING A MESS. IN TECHNOLOGY ISSUES ESPECIALLY, A LOT MORE THOUGHT AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIX NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER BEFORE WE TRY TO FIX IT. A FEW WEEKS AGO, CONGRESS CAME CLOSE TO PASSING A BILL TO PROTECT COPYRIGHT HOLDERS FROM THEFT. THEY HELD OFF AFTER LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THE BILL DID SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. BECAUSE COPYRIGHT LAW HAS LOTS OF GRAY AREAS, AND BIG BUSINESS HAS LOTS OF LAWYERS ATTACHED TO IT, CONSEQUENTLY IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN MORE POWER TO THE ALREADY POWERFUL. SMALL WEBSITES WOULD HAVE BEEN AT RISK OF BEING SHUT DOWN DURING PROTECTED COURT BATTLES. NOW THE HAWAII LEGISLATURE HAS EXTRICATED ITSELF FROM A SIMILAR SITUATION. IT TABLED A BILL TO MAKE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS KEEP RECORDS OF ALL WEBSITE VISITS BY ALL CUSTOMERS. WHAT ONE SPONSOR DESCRIBED AS A CONSUMER PROTECTION BILL WAS ACTUALLY INVASION OF PRIVACY ON A MASSIVE SCALE. WE ALL KNOW, AND LAWMAKERS THEMSELVES KNOW, THAT IT'S ALL TOO EASY TO DRAFT A BILL WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND WIND UP CREATING A MESS. IN TECHNOLOGY ISSUES SPECIALLY, A LOT MORE THOUGHT AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIX NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER BEFORE WE TRY TO FIX IT. -36- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB t 6PM KGMB DATE 2/3/2012 LENGTH 1:45 STORY TITLE CREDIT CARD THEFTS SUMMARY • CREDIT CARD THEFTS Af LOCAL GOLF COURsE: DozENS OF HAWAII RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING UNAUTHORIZED • TRANSACTIONS ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS, AND THE COMMON THREAD APPEARS TO BE THAT THEY RECENTLY GOLFED OR DINED AT CERTAIN OAHU GOLF COURSES. THE VICTIMS DISCOVERED THAT THEIR CREDIT CARD NUMBERS WERE SOMEHOW ACCESSED, AND PURCHASES WERE BEING MADE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, TEXAS . AND WISCONSIN. SOME BELIEVE THE ROYAL KUNIA GOLF CLUB IS TO BLAME, AND A SOURCE TELLS US THAT NEARLY 50 : PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE CONTACTED THE COURSE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ALLEGED BREACH. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE .• 2/4/2012 LENGTH 1:58 STORY TITLE SAFETY CHECK BILL < • •• - ··-. •• •• _,_ •• , ___ ._. __ - •• ' • • ____., •••• ' SUMMARY : NECESSITY OF VEHICLE SAFETY CHECKS QUESTIONED. LAWMAKERS ARE SAYING THE MANDATORY ANNUAL SAFETY CHECK • VEHICLE OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO GET IS UNNECESSARY, CLAIMING THAT IT ONLY ENSURES A CAR'S SAFETY AT THE • MOMENT THE CHECK IS DONE. SERVICE STATION OPERATORS SAY DISCONTINUING SAFETY CHECKS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, SAYING THAT OUT OF THE 625,000 VEHICLES CHECKED LAST YEAR, 172,000 HAD SOME SORT OF DEFECT THAT WAS CAUGHT. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE • 2/9/2012 LENGTH ' 1:46 STORY TITLE : DAVIS FINAL SALUTE SUMMARY · FINAL SALUTE TO FALLEN OFFICER. A CEREMONY WAS HELD TODAY FOR GARRETT DAVIS, A HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT • OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AS HE MADE A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE H1 FREEWAY. SINCE OFFICER DAVIS' FAMILY WILL TAKE HIS REMAINS BACK TO CALIFORNIA, HPD PLAYED TAPS AND HAD A 21 GUN SALUTE ON SECTION OF : BERET AN lA STREET FRONTING HPD HEADQUARTERS. POLICE DISPATCH ALSO CARRIED OUT A FINAL ROLL CALL WHILE A ' POLICE HELICOPTER DROPPED FLOWERS ONTO THE CROWD BELOW. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE . 2/9/2012 LENGTH 1:52 STORY TITLE TSA PRE SCREEN SUMMARY ! CHANGES TO TSA SCREENING. FREQUENT FLYERS MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID LONG LINES AT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS. THE . TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS ADDING AIRPORTS TO THE LIST OF PLACES WHERE PRE-SCREENED : PASSENGERS CAN FLY THROUGH SECURITY, AND HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THEM. IN EXCHANGE FOR : VOLUNTEERING SOME PERSONAL INFORMATION, PASSENGERS WILL BE ABLE TO PASS CHECKPOINTS WITHOUT HAVING TO REMOVE SWEATERS AND SHOES OR REMOVE ITEMS LIKE LAPTOPS FROM THEIR CARRYING CASES. -37- PROGRAM ; 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB + 5AM KGMB KHNL + 7AM KGMB DATE < 2/10/2012 LENGTH 3:56 STORY TITLE TRACK SEX ASSAULT sUMMARY • sExl\ss/\uLT ALLEGATioNsA'rwAIPAHUHIGH scHooL. A 17 YEAR oLD sTUDENT AT WAIPAHU HIGH scRooL sAYs HER TRACK AND FIELD COACH ERIC TAMURA GROPED HER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BUT THE SCHOOL INITIALLY DID NOT FEEL ANY NEED TO STRIP THE ACCUSED OF HIS DUTIES AND REMOVE HIM FROM CAMPUS DURING ITS INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. THE 37-YEAR OLD WAS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF THIRD-DEGREE SEX ASSAULT LAST SATURDAY AND HAS ALREADY MADE A COURT APPEARANCE. TODAY WAS HIS FIRST DAY ON DEPARTMENT-DIRECTED LEAVE. TAMURA'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS 100% INNOCENT. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 2/10/2012 LENGTH • 1:48 STORY TITLE SUNKEN BOAT RESCUE SUMMARY FATHER AND SON RESCUED AFTER BOAT SINKS. NINE-YEAR OLD WEST JAMES AND HIS FATHER ARRIVED IN HONOLULU JUST ' BEFORE DAWN, BUT NOT UNDER THE CONDITIONS THEY WOULD HAVE HOPED. A MONTH AGO THEY LEFT MEXICO FOR HAWAII, BUT THEIR 39-FOOT SAILBOAT GOT STRANDED 300 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILO AFTER THEIR MAST BROKE. THE BOAT SANK, BUT NOT BEFORE BRAD JAMES USED A SATELLITE PHONE TO CALL THE COAST GUARD, WHO HELPED COORDINATE THEIR RESCUED THEM FROM SEA. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE : 2/18/2012 LENGTH , :24 STORY TITLE KIDS TYLENOL RECALL SUMMARY CHILDREN'S TYLENOL PRODUCTS RECALLED. NEARLY 600,000 BOTTLES OF GRAPE-FLAVORED LIQUID TYLENOL ARE BEING RECALLED. PARENT COMPANY JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SAYS THAT PARENTS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THE PLASTIC • SYRINGE DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY, AND COULD PUSH THE FLOW RESTRICTOR INTO THE BOTTLE. THE COMPANY HAD • PREVIOUSLY TOUTED THIS RE-DESIGNED VERSION AS A BIG-SAFETY IMPROVEMENT. PROGRAM : 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE ; 2t2it2012 LENGTH • 1:34 STORY TITLE BURIED ALIVE SUMMARY . MAN DIESAFTE:R BEING BURIED ALIVE IN CONSTR:UCTION ACCIDENT. POLICE AND PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO WAIALAE IKI • RIDGE AT ABOUT 8:30 IN THE MORNING TO RESPOND TO A CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT. WORKERS WERE DIGGING A TRENCH . WHERE THEY PLAN TO POUR A CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR A CYNDERBLOCK WALL WHEN SUDDENLY DIRT COLLAPSED INTO THE TRENCH, PARTIALLY BURYING THREE MEN. GILBERT MACALMA WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE ACCIDENT LESS THAN TWO AFTERS AFTERWARD. -38- PROGRAM : 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE : 2/25/2012 LENGTH 1:38 STORY TITLE BIG ISLAND CRASH KILLS BABY SUMMARY BABY KILLED IN BIG ISLAND CRASH. AN ACCIDENT ON HAWAii BELTROADNEAR KA'U HAS LEFTANINFANT DEAD. THE BABY'S ; FATHER WAS DRIVING THE CAR, WHICH ALSO HAD 6 OTHER PEOPLE IN IT, AND REPORTS SAY THE MAN FELL ASLEEP AND i DRIFTED OFF THE ROAD, CAUSING IT TO OVERTURN. THERE WAS A CAR SEAT IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THE BABY'S MOTHER WAS : BREASTFEEDING HIM AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. HE DIED THREE HOURS LATER AT HILO MEDICAL CENTER. PROGRAM 5PMNEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 2/25/2012 LENGTH • 1:51 STORY TITLE KAKAAKO MUGGING SUMMARY MOLOKAI COUPLE MUGGED IN KAKAAKO. TWO MOLOKAI RESIDENTS WERE ATTACKED AFTER VOLUNTEERING AT A KAKA'AKO : BENEFIT CONCERT, AND POLICE BELIEVE THE CROOKS MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THEY WERE CARRYING THOUSANDS OF : DOLLARS IN TICKET MONEY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS TWO MEN OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON THURSTON AVENUE AROUND 2:30AM, JUST BEFORE THEY ATTACKED PANCHO AND ELLA ALCON. THE MEN GOT AWAY IN A WHITE FOUR DOOR SEDAN. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 2/29/2012 LENGTH 2:08 STORY TITLE : DATE RAPE WARNING SUMMARY • UH REPORTS CASE OF DATE:RAPE DRUG.A WOMAN HAS REPORTED BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AFTER BEING GIVEI'l THE DATE-RAPE DRUG, A CLAIM VERIFIED BY THE SEXUAL ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER AT KAPIOLANI. OFFICIALS SAY THE WOMAN CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING WHAT APARTMENT SHE ENDED UP IN, WHICH MAKES IT . DIFFICULT TO PURSUE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. CAMPUS POLICE SAY SHE WAS GIVEN THE DRUG AT AN ON-CAMPUS BAR i AFTER A MAN ASKED IF HE COULD BUY HER A DRINK. SHE TOLD UH SECURITY SHE THEN WOKE UP SIX TO SEVEN HOURS ; LATER IN A STRANGE APARTMENT, AND DID NOT KNOW THE MAN WHO SHE WAS WITH. SHE SAYS SHE STUMBLED AWAY FROM ; THE APARTMENT, AND GOT A RIDE HOME FROM A PASSERBY. PROGRAM ; 5PM NEWS KGMEl DATE ; 2/29/2012 LENGTH ! 2:04 STORYTITLE i ELDERLY FRAUD SUMMARY ELDERLY TARGETED FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES. PROSECUTORS SAY THE ELDERLY ARE OFTEN THE TARGETS OF FINANCIAL CRIMES BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE TRUSTING AND ARE FRUGAL, OFTEN HAVING LOTS OF MONEY SAVED. A CAREGIVER WAS INDICTED TODAY AFTER SHE FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED MONEY BY CONVINCING AN 85-YEAR OLD WOMAN TO DESIGNATE : POWER OF AHORNEY TO HER. THE CAREGIVER REPORTEDLY SOLD THE WOMAN'S HOUSE FOR $639,000 WITHOUT THE ' ELDERLY WOMAN'S KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT, THEN DEPOSITED THE MONEY INTO HER OWN PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNTS. -39- PROGRAM , 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/15/2012 LENGTH ' :59 STORY TITLE EMERGENCYR00MOVERCROWDING suMMARY ovER.cR.owoi:DE:MERGENCY' RooMs:E'ME:R.i3i:NcY RooMs IN THE sfAti: oFi1AwAu ARE ovERcR.owDEo, AND THE r CONDITION HAS WORSENED SINCE THE HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER CLOSED ITS FACILITIES IN EWA AND LILIHA. HOSPITALS • HAVE HAD TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HANDLE THE PATIENTS, BUT THE HOSPITAL FACILITIES THEMSELVES ARE HAVING . DIFFICULTIES HANDLING THE INCREASE. AT ONE POINT, SIX LOCAL HOSPITALS WERE AT CAPACITY IN THEIR EMERGENCY ROOMS AND COULD NOT HANDLE ANY MORE PATIENTS. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE RESTAURANT FIRES SUMMARY . FIRES BURN OAHU RESTAURANTS. WHAT STARTED AS AN OIL FIRE HASBlJRNED THE ENTIRE KITCHEN AREA AT GOLDEN COIN . BAKE SHOP, AND EMPLOYEES ARE CALLNG IT A TOTAL LOSS. AN EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY WENT ON BREAK WITHOUT • REMOVING OIL FROM THE STOVE, WHICH THEN PROCEEDED TO LIGHT ON FIRE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY TRIED TO DOUSE THE FLAMES BY POURING WATER ON THEM, WHICH ONLY INTENSIFIED THE PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO CUSTOMERS IN THE RESTAURANT AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, AND NO EMPLOYEES WERE HURT IN THE ACCIDENT. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 3/16/2012 LENGTH :56 STORY TITLE i MAYORWRIGHTSECURITY SUMMARY CHANGES MADE TO MAYOR WRIGHT HOUSING SECLiRHY. TWO MURDERS IN THE LAir{ SEVEN MONTHS HAS FORCED MAYOR WRIGHT HOUSING TO MAKE CHANGES TO ITS SECURITY POLICY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES WAS THE HIRING OF A NEW SECURITY FORCE, AS MATT LEVI SECURITY TOOK OVER FOR ALl' I SECURITY. THE NEW FIRM SAYS ITS GUARDS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT MANY ARE CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE COMPLEX WILL ALSO INSTALL HIGHER FENCES IN THE AREA WHILE MANDATING A CURFEW FOR NON RESIDENTS. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE ; 3/20/2012 LENGTH i 1:47 STORY TITLE I HIKING DEATH SUMMARY . 150-FOOT FALLKILLSHIKER.I..ESLIEMERRELL WASA 48 YEAR OLD FATHER OF TWO WHO WILL BE REMEMBERED AS AVID . HIKER AND OUTDOORSMAN. HE WAS HIKING ON A TRAIL COMMONLY KNOWN AS BEAR CLAW, AT PUU 0 KONA WINDWARD, WHEN HE FELL 150 FEET OFF THE RIDGE, KILLING HIM. POLICE SAY MERRELL AND THE REST OF HIS GROUP WERE NEARLY AT THE LAST PHASE OF THEIR CLIMB, WHEN MERRELL TRIED TO PULL HIMSELF UP TO THE NEXT LEDGE, BUT THE BOULDER HE GRABBED DISLODGED. FRIENDS CALLED HIM LOVING AND CARING AND SAY THEY FEEL LIKE HE HAS JUST GONE ON ANOTHER HIKING TRIP. -40- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/20/2012 LENGTH :32 STORY TITLE : HAWAII RANKS LAST SUMMARY HAWAII RANKS LAST IN ECONOMIC STUDY. WE'RE LJSED T0HEIIRTNGABOUT HAWAI!BEING RANKED NUMBER ONE FOR THINGS LIKE BEST BEACHES OR QUALITY OF LIFE, SO IT COMES AS A SURPRISE WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. A NEW SURVEY PUTS HAWAII DEAD LAST WHEN IT COMES TO EARNING A DECENT LIVING. MONEYRA TES.COM LOOKED AT COST OF LIVING AND OTHER FACTORS AND FOUND HAWAII RESIDENTS' AVERAGE ADJUSTED . INCOME IS ONLY $22,000 A YEAR, WHICH MAKES OUR STATE THE TOUGHEST TO EARN A LIVING IN. PROGRAM , 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/27/2012 LENGTH i :33 STORY TITLE . :' PUNCHBOWL BOMB SCARE SUMMARY ; DOWNTOWN BOMB SCARE. EMERGENCY CREWS CLOSED PARTS OF PUNCHBOWL AND HALEKAUWILA STREETS AFTER AN , UNATTENDED BAG WAS FOUND ON A BENCH NEAR A BUS STOP BY THE FEDERAL BUILDING. POLICE PUT UP YELLOW TAPE AND CALLED IN A BOMB SQUAD TO INVESTIGATE. THE BAG CONTAINED PERSONAL ITEMS, AND THEY REOPENED THE ROADS SHORTLY THEREAFTER. Public Service Announcements: o Adcouncil Texting & Driving: During the quarter, KGMB 65 aired public service messages for this cause :10 seconds in length. The PSA raised public awareness of dangers of texting while driving. o Internet Safety Awards: During the quarter, KGMB 20 aired public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Internet Safety Awards which is a contest that engages Hawaii youth to create public service announcements which raise awareness of the dangers of internet predators, cyberbullying, identity theft, etc. -41- H. PUBLIC SERVICE, including services provided by non-profit organizations, services which benefit the public, and civil service. PROGRAM I 5PM NEWS KGMB I DATE 2/10/2012 LENGTH :41 STORY TITLE ; FOODBANK SUMMARY "CHECkOUT HUNGER" PROGRAM ABIG SUCCESS. THANKS TO GENEROUS DONATIONS, APROGRAM THATBENEFITS THE . HAWAII FOOD BANK WAS A BIG SUCCESS. $213,547 WAS RAISED DURING THE TWO MONTH CAMPAIGN, AND THE MONEY WAS OFFICIALLY DONATED TO THE HAWAII FOOD BANK TODAY, THE MONEY CAME FROM SHOPPERS WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY : TO DONATE VARIOUS AMOUNTS AT CHECKOUTS IN LOCAL GROCERY STORES. THE FOOD BANK HELPS FEED 180,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE ! 3/20/2012 LENGTH STORY TITLE FOODBANK DONATION SUMMARY , HAWAII FOODBANK RECEIVES LARGE DONATION. A LOCAL COMPANY DROPPED OFF FIVE TRUCK LOADS OF MUCH NEEDED FOOD TO THE HAWAII FOOD BANK TODAY. FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, EMPLOYEES OF FIRST ISLAND INSURANCE HAVE BEEN ' COLLECTING FOOD, AND THE COMPANY ACTUALLY EXCEEDED ITS GOAL OF 4,000 POUNDS BY ABOUT 20%. DESPITE THE ' LARGE DONATION TODAY, THE HAWAII FOOD BANK SAYS DONATIONS ARE LOW, WITH ONLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT DAYS OF INVENTORY IN THEIR WAREHOUSE. Public Service Announcements: o Kapiolani Foundation: During the quarter, KGMB aired 88 public service messages 30 seconds in length. The PSAs' aired were to inform the public about the health services the foundation offers. o American Red Cross Hawaii Chapter: During the quarter, KGMB aired 80 public service messages for this cause of 15 seconds in length and 87 public service messages 30 seconds in length. The PSA's that aired informed the public about the Red Cross and also asked for donations. o YMCA of Honolulu: During the quarter, KGMB aired 64 public service messages 30 seconds in length. The YMCA's campaigned informed the public about the services of the YMCA. o Ballet Hawaii: During the 1st quarter of 2012 KGMB ran 4 public service announcements for Ballet Hawaii. All PSA were 30 seconds in length and focused on driving attendance to their event. o Hawaiian Humane Society: During the quarter KGMB ran 22 public service announcements for the Hawaiian Humane Society. Announcements were 30 seconds in length and encouraged people to donate moneys to the Humane Society, adopt a pet, and proper care of animals. -42- o Kamaaina Kids: During the 1st quarter KGMB ran a total of 20 public service announcements 30 seconds in length for Kamaaina Kids. The announcements bought awareness to the organizations and their eff01ts with afterschool child care. o Falun Dafa ofAssociation Hawaii: KGMB ran 5 public service announcement for the Falun Dafa Association of Hawaii. All the announcements were 30 seconds in length, and informed people of their cultural event Shen Yun. -43- I. WEATHER & TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, including traffic, air travel news, travel construction, and relevant political issues. !PROGRAM i5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 1/4/2012 ;LENGTH 1:00 iSTORY TITLE HIGH SURF 'SUMMARY A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT AS WAVE FACES ALONG OAHU'S NORTH SHORE REACH 35-FEET. THE WEST SIDE COULD 'SEE 25 FOOTERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS GETTING READY, MONITORING THE SHORES. THE !WAVES ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE EDDIE. I I JPROGRAM l5PM NEWS KGMB I I DATE .1/4/2012 :LENGTH :o:25 ,STORYTITLE :TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF SURF 'SUMMARY iOF COURSE WHEN THE SURF IS UP, TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS BAD ON THE NORTH SHORE PARTICULARLY AT LANIAKEA. IT'S THE [FIRST PLACE PASSING MOTORISTS CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE OCEAN, OTHERS WANT TO SEE THE SEA TURTLES. 'PROGRAM isUNRISE 5AM, SUNRISE 6AM, SUNRISE 7AM, & 5PM NEWS KGMB !DATE 11/4/2012 !LENGTH 0:17 iSTORY TITLE EWA PLAINS NOISE !sUMMARY jFLIGHT PATTERNS CHANGED DUE TO THE STATE'S REPAIR WORK AT A RUNWAY AT THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. !THE CLOSURE AND THE FLIGHT PATTERN CHANGES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PROGRAM SUNRISE 4:30AM & 5PM NEWS KGMB :DATE !114/2012 [LENGTH !o:47 !STORY TITLE lRAIL TRANSIT LAWSUIT !sUMMARY A LAWSUIT AIMED TOSLAM THE BRAKES ON THE RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT IS FACING SOME NEW OPPOSITION. THE PACIFIC :RESOURCE PARTNERSHIP FILED A MOTION ASKING THE FEDERAL COURT TO KILL THE ANTI RAIL LAWSUIT.IT REPRESENTS iTHOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. -44- PROGRAM . 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/6/2012 LENGTH 1:56 STORY TITLE BROWN WATER ADVISORY sUMMARY 13'Rowf\lWiiri:R ADVISORY ISSUED AFTER HEA wRliiNs. THE STATE ISWARNING PEOPLE 'fosTAY ouroF THE WATER..:_No SWIMMING OR SURFING-BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAW SEWAGE AND WASTE THAT HAS RUN OFF INTO THE OCEAN FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS. OFFICIALS SAY THAT NOT ONLY DID 51,000 GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE SPILL INTO THE OCEAN, BUT SO DID ITEMS LIKE WIPES, TAMPONS, AND SYRINGES. THE CITY REMINDED PEOPLE THAT TOILETS ARE NOT TRASH CANS, AND THAT ONLY HUMAN WASTE AND TOILET PAPER SHOULD BE FLUSHED. PROGRAM • 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM i DATE : 3/7/2012 LENGTH • 2:01 STORY TITLE •... LIGHTNING HOME SUMMARY LIGHTNING STRIKES HOME. LOCAL MEDIA PERSONALITY SWEETIE PACARROWAS GETTING READY FOR BED WHEN LIGHTNING . SUDDENLY STRUCK HER FAMILY'S HOME IN ROYAL KUNIA. HER CHILDREN WERE ALSO IN THE HOME, WHERE THE BOLT OF ELECTRICITY WENT RIGHT THROUGH HER ROOF, FINALLY HITTING GROUND IN THE GARAGE AND CAUSING A DEAFENING BOOM. EVEN THOUGH HER ENTIRE HOUSE SHOOK, PACARRO SAYS AT FIRST SHE WAS UNAWARE THAT LIGHTNING HAD STRUCK. PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB t 530 KHNL + 6 KGMB DATE 3/7/2012 LENGTH ! 2:35 STORY TITLE EAST SIDE FLOODING SUMMARY SEVERE FLOODING IN EAST OAHU. GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE HAS SIGNED A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR OAHU • WHICH HAS BEEN HIT HARD WITH RAIN OVER THE LAST FEW OF DAYS. RUNOFF FROM STREAMS FLOODED SEVERAL HOMES, SOMETIMES WITH AS MUCH AS THREE FEET OF WATER, AND FIREFIGHTERS USED PUMPS TO DRAIN THE WATER. THE PUMPING IN SOME AREAS PROVED FUTILE, AS WATER IN STORM DRAINS WAS OFTEN HIGHER THAN STREET LEVEL. RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE WORK TO HEAD HOME AND ATTEND TO THEIR HOMES, SCRAMBLING TO GET POSSESSIONS TO DRY GROUND BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. PROGRAM i 5PM NEWS KGMB t 6PM KGMB DATE 3/7/2012 LENGTH :57 STORY TITLE WAIMANALOHAIL SUMMARY HAIL FALLS IN WAIMANALO. THE WINDWARD COAHU COMMUNITY WAS IN FOR AN ICY SURPRISE WHEN LARGE HAILSTONES BEGAN FALLING OUT OF THE SKY THIS MORNING. MARVELLEN BILERMO SAYS SHE HAD NEVER SEEN HAIL UNTIL TODAY, WHEN THE ICE STARTED PELTING HER HOUSE AS HER AND HER SON WATCHED TV. SHE SAYS THE ICE CAME DOWN FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES IN HER AREA, AND THAT SHE SCOOPED UP SOME OF THE STONES AND PUT THEM IN HER FREEZER AS PROOF OF THE UNIQUE EVENT. -45- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE • 3/10/2012 LENGTH ! T:05 STORY TITLE : KAILUA HAIL sUMMARY i MORE HAIL FALLS IN WINDWARHoAHU. RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM LANIKAI TO KANEOHE ALL REPORTED WAKING • UP TO THE SOUND OF LARGE HAILSTONES UPON THEIR ROOVES. WHILE LIGHTNING FLASHES LIT UP THE SKY AND THUNDER • BOOMED ALL AROUND THEM, CHUNKS OF ICE FELL FROM THE SKY BEGINNING AT AROUND 6 A.M. PROGRAM • 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/1 0/2Cl12 LENGTH . 1:53 STORY TITLE KANEOHE FLOODING SUMMARY ; INTENSE FLOODING IN KANEOHE. ONE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE WITH US SAID "THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A WATERFALL ... . IT'S A RETAINING WALL FOR HOUSES." THAT'S HOW BAD THE FLOODING WAS IN KANEOHE, WHERE MAKESHIFT WATERFALLS . CASCADING DOWN HILLSIDES CAUSED SEVERE FLOODING IN HOMES, SOMETIMES TEN INCHES WORTH WITHIN MINUTES. ONE ' RESIDENT SAYS HE RECENTLY PUT HIS HOUSE UP FOR SALE, AND IN ADDITION TO THE CLEANUP COSTS, THE FLOODING WILL HURT HIS ASKING PRICE. PROGRAM : 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM KGMB DATE 3/10/2012 LENGTH 1:58 STORY TITLE : WATER SPOUT TOUCHES DOWN SUMMARY TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN NEAR ENCHANTED LAKES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED TODAY THAT A . TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON OAHU'S WINDWARD COAST. WHAT STARTED AS A WATER SPOUT OFF THE COAST OF LANIKAI : BECAME CLASSIFIED AS A TORNADO AS IT TOUCHED DOWN ON LAND, TRAVELING EAST THROUGH KANEOHE AND INTO THE : ENCHANTED LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE IT THEN DISSIPATED. WITNESSES SAY THE WIND THAT ROARED AROUND THEIR . HOMES SOUNDED LIKE A "JET ENGINE," DAMAGING HOMES BUT NOT CAUSING ANY REPORTED INJURIES. PROGRAM : 5PM NEWS KGMB + 6PM DATE LENGTH STORY TITLE ROADS REPORT SUMMARY HEAVY RAINS CAUSE SEVERE ROAD DAMAGE. A NATIONAL, NON-PROFiT RESEARCH GROUP HAS FOUND THAT NEARL YTWO- THIRDS OF HAWAII'S MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND THOROUGHFARES ARE DETERIORATING, WITH DRIVERS PAYING THE PRICE. THE ; WASHINGTON, D.C. BASED GROUP SAYS HONOLULU DRIVERS SPEND $1,500 A YEAR IN WEAR-AND-TEAR DAMAGE CAUSED BY . ROAD CONDITIONS. RECENTWEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE CREATED POTHOLE ISSUES AROUND THE STATE, AND REPORTS OF VEHICLES BEING DAMAGED BY THE HOLES CONTINUE TO POUR IN. -46- PROGRAM 5PM NEWS KGMB DATE 3/23/2012 LENGTH :27 STORY TITLE ! BIGGEST HAIL EVER suMMARY · · oAriu HAIL REcoRD sEr. THE sEvERE wE:AffiEFf THAT F>oui-J-DED oAHu twoWEEksA80i>Ro6ucED REcoRo BREAKING HAIL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEASURED ONE CHUNK OF ICE TO BE FOUR AND A QUARTER INCHES, AND THE : PIECE OF HAIL IS THE BIGGEST EVER RECORDED IN THE STATE, SHA HERING THE OLD RECORD OF ONE INCH. -47- EXHIBIT I( QUARTERLY LIST OF PROGRAMMING PROVIDING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY ISSUES KFVE First Quarter 2012 January 1, 2012- March 31, 2012 Licensee: HITV License Subsidiary;, Inc. "' Covers satellites I A. STATEWIDE GOVERNMENT AND CULTURAL-including state laws and regulations, elections, cultural events, and manners concerning local businesses and tourism throughout the State of Hawaii. B. FINANCE-including local issues, labor matters, job opportunities, and the state of the economy. C. EDUCA T/ON-including education standards, school safety, budget matters, outside of the classroom learning, etc. D. CONSERVATION/WEATHER-including conservation, global warming, littering, environmental issues particular to Hawaii, environmental education, and political issues, as well as tsunamis, typhoons, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other severe weather. E. HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES-including health education, awareness, and safety along with homeland security, crime prevention, police conduct, and fire safety. F. NON-PROFIT/CIVIL SERVICE-including services provided by non-profit organizations, services which benefit the public, and civil service. G. TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL-including traffic, air travel news, travel construction, and relevant political issues. I. OVERVIEW OF ISSUE-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMMING Program Local News Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 8:00 Monday to Friday 8:00-9:00 AM Hawaii News Now at 6:30 Monday to Friday 6:30-7:00 PM Hawaii News Now at 9:00 Monday to Sunday 9:00-9:30 PM All of the above programs are locally produced news programs presenting a mix of news, weather, sports and issue-responsive feature stories and segments. Regularly recurring segments include: (1) Aha'i 0/e/o 0/a: Each week Amy Kalili, a lawyer fluent in Hawaiian, introduces a segment that focuses on issues, people, and events from a Hawaiian perspective. Aha'i Olelo Ola airs Mondays and Fridays on Sunrise at 8:00PM. (2) Cheap Eats: In these tough economic times, folks are looking for a way to save money. To assist, each week Guy Hagi, Augie T., & other special guests introduce our viewers to local eateries where they can get great food at affordable prices. Cheap Eats airs every Wednesday during the 6:30PM and 9:00PM news. (3) HI-Five: This Segment recognizes Hawaii's local athlete of the week for their high school or collegiate athletic accomplishments. It also features one keiki (child) athlete of the week through photos sent in by the viewers throughout Hawaii. Hi-Five airs every Tuesday during the 6:30PM and 9:00PM news and on Wednesday's Sunrise at 8:00PM. Editorials ("Think About it ... ") General Manager John Fink prepares, writes, and presents editorials for airing on KFVE. During the quarter, two editorials were aired each week, each of which airs twice during the given week. The first editorial airs within KFVE newscasts on Monday, 9-9:30 PM and on Tuesday, 6:30-7 PM, and the second weekly editorial airs within newscasts on Thursday 9-9:30 PM and Friday, 6:30-7 PM. The editorials are typically 75-90 seconds in length. Public Services Messages Over the quarter, KFVE aired 1,810 public service announcements. Majority of which were thirty seconds in length ranging from the Hawaii Food Bank to Toys for Tots and projects for the Special Olympics, Aloha United Way, MADD, etc. Living Local with the Baraquios Sundays 9:30-10:00 PM A half-hour weekly series in which former TV news anchor-reporter Bernadette Baraquio with her sister Angela Baraquio (a former Miss America) feature, in a magazine format, good news Hawaii stories, a look at local people, customs, fashion and entertainment of the lsJands. Cheap Eats Wednesdays During All HNN News Broadcasts Saturdays During HNN News at 9:00PM In these tough economic times, folks are looking for a way to save money. To assist, each week Guy Hagi and Augie T. along with other special guests, introduce our viewers to local eateries where they can get great food at affordable prices. Dining Out with Chai Saturdays 5:30-6:00 PM A half-hour weekly series in which renowned Chef Chai Chaowasaree offers a unique and different approach to Hawaii's dining & entertainment scene. Offering cooking tips on preparing regional and seasonal dishes, Chef Chai travels to the world's top restaurants to show viewers how to cook unique and exciting dishes featured at popular restaurants. More Local Ventures Sundays 6:00-6:30 PM A half-hour weekly series that profiles local businesses and entrepreneurs transforming Hawaii in extraordinary ways, from high technology and biotech start-ups to third generation mom and pop shops, restaurants, boutique organic farms, non-profit organizations, and green companies. Greatest UH Games Ever! Sundays 7:00-9:00 PM KFVE's rebroadcast of the greatest games in UH Sports History. These airings give viewers the chance to re-live some of the greatest moments in various sports from Football and Wahine Volleyball to Men's Basketball and Baseball over the last 28 years. Hot Hawaiian Nights Fridays 7:00-8:00 PM/8:00-9:00 PM Hot Hawaiian Nights is a weekly live television concert series hosted by Shannon Scott from KCCN FM100 and features some of Hawaii's biggest names in local music. Hot Hawaiian Nights is the place where great music, food, and company all come together. It's Academic Hawaii Mondays/Sundays 7:00-7:30 PM/6:30-7:00 PM IT'S ACADEMIC HAWAII is a weekly game show designed to be an academic showcase for our public and private high schools, featuring outstanding and high-achieving teenagers throughout the State of Hawaii in the hope of bringing the kind of acclaim generally reserved for football heroes to the arena of academic achievement. II. PROGRAMMING PROVIDING MOST SIGNIFICANT TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY ISSUES A. STATEWIDE GOVERNMENT AND CULTURAL, including state laws and regulations, elections, cultural events, and manners concerning local businesses and tourism throughout the State of Hawaii. PROGRAM AHAI OLELO OLA (SEGMENT) DATE 1/2/2012 8AM SUNRISE LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY VALUE OF WATER. SETTLING ON THE MOST ISOLATED GROUP OF ISLANDS ON THE EARTH, THE ANCIENT HAWAIIANS UNDERSTOOD AND THRIVED THROUGH THEIR DEEP CULTURAL CONNECTION WOTH THE LAND. THIS SYMBOLIC RELATIONSHIP EXTENDED TO ALL NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING ONE OF THE MOST LIMITED: WATER. PROPER STEWARDSHIP OF THE WATER SUPPORTED AN ANCIENT POPULATION ESTIMATED AT NEARLY ONE MILLION AT THE TIME OF WESTERN CONTACT. WITH THIS HIGH DEMAND FOR A LIMITED RESOURCE, HAWAII HAS HAD TO ANSWER SEVERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING PROPER AND BEST USE. PROGRAM AHAI OLELO OLA (SEGMENT) DATE 1/6/2012 8AM SUNRISE LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY FOOD SECURITY. AS THE POPULATION OF HAWAII INCREASES, THE DEBATE BETWEEN ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND PRESERVATION OF PRIME AGRICULTURAL LANDS HAS COME TO THE FOREFRONT. WE EXAMINE THE PRECARIOUS NATURE OF IMPIRTING MORE THAN 80% OF OUR FOOD AND THE ASSOICATED RISKS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/3/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:03 SUMMARY FORMER GOVERNOR BEN CAYETANO POSSIBLY RUNNING FOR MAYOR. FORMER GOVERNOR, BEN CAYETANO IS THINKING ABOUT COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO MAKE A RUN FOR HONOLULU MAYOR. THE TWO TERM GOVERNOR OPPOSES THE RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT AND IS PART OF THE LAWSUIT TO STOP IT. ONE OF HIS MAIN GOALS AS MAYOR, WOULD BE TO HALT THE $5.3 BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/3/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:47 SUMMARY OBAMA FAMILY'S HAWAIIAN VACATION IS OVER. AS WE SPEAK THE OBAMAS ARE IN AIR FORCE ONE HEADING BACK TO WASHINGTON DC. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FIRST LADY ARRIVED AT HICKAM AIR BUT BEFORE TAKING OFF, SPENT ABOUT 10 MINUTES GREETING MILITARY AND CIVILIANS WHO CAME TO SEE THEM PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/3/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 0:3B SUMMARY MAUl HIKING ACCIDENT. ON MAUl, A MISSOURI WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY FELL TO HER DEATH IN FRONT OF HER FAMILY. SUSAN STEPHENS AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS WERE CELEBRATING HER HUSBAND'S 50TH BIRTHDAY. POLICE SAY THE FAMILY HIKED ABOUT TWO MILES ALONG THE BAMBOO FOREST TRAIL WHEN STEPHENS SLIPPED AND FELL UP TO 30 FEET OFF A WATERFALL. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/4/2012 BAM SUNRISE LENGTH 0:25 SUMMARY BIG ISLAND WILDLIFE. THREATENED WILDLIFE AREA ON THE BIG ISLAND HAS JUST RECEIVED A BIG FUNDING BOOST FROM UNCLE SAM. THE HONUAPO ESTUARY IS BEING GIVEN A $549,000 GRANT FROM THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO RESTORE NATURAL WATERWAYS AND GET RID OF NON-NATIVE PLANTS WITHIN THIS WETLANDS AREA IN THE KA'U DISTRICT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/4/2012 BAM SUNRISE LENGTH 0:32 SUMMARY CIVIL UNION LICENSES. THE FIRST DAY OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP IN PERSON AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET THEIR CIVIL UNION LICENSES DID NOT GO SO SMOOTHLY. IN THE END, EVERYONE GOT THE PAPERWORK THEY NEEDED. THE STATE SAYS THAT SINCE THE LAW TOOK EFFECT, B3 COUPLES HAVE FILLED OUT APPLICATIONS ONLINE AND 13 OF THOSE COUPLES HAVE HAD THEIR CEREMONIES AND COMPLETED THE ENTIRE PROCESS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/4/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 0:24 SUMMARY A MISSION HOUSES MUSEUM THEFT. JUDY VIERRA IS ACCUSED OF OVERPAYING HERSELF WHEN SHE WORKED AS A BOOKKEEPER FOR THE MUSEUM. HER TRIAL ON CHARGES OF THEFT AND UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER USE IS SET FOR MARCH. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/4/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 0:41 SUMMARY BIG ISLAND PROPANE ACCIDENT. TWO HILO MEN ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING BURNS FROM A PROPANE EXPLOSION. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT BAYSHORE TOWERS AROUND 12:15. THE WORKERS WERE INSTALLING BACKUP GENERATORS ON THE ROOF WHEN A RELEASE OF PROPANE EXPLODED. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:34 SUMMARY CITY WARNING HOMELESS ABOUT BELONGINGS. CITY OFFICIALS PLACED NOTICES ON TENTS, BICYCLES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS TAKING UP SPACE ON SIDEWALKS, IN PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS. IF COMPLIANCE WAS NOT FOLLOWED, PERSONAL PROPERTY SEIZED WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE CITY'S FACILITY MAINTENANCE BASEYARD IN HALAWA, WHERE OWNERS MAY RECLAIM IT WITHIN 30 DAYS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/11/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:45 SUMMARY KIRK CALDWELL ANNOUNCES POLITICAL RACE. CALDWELL ACCUSED THE CARLISLE ADMINISTRATION OF DROPPING THE BALL WHEN RESIDENTS RECENTLY COMPLAINED TRASH WASN'T BEING PICKED UP ALONG DIAMOND HEAD LOOKOUT AND SAYS THAT HE COULD DO A BETTER JOB. CALDWELL SAYS HE'LL SEEK ENDORSEMENTS FROM GROUPS LIKE THE POLICE OFFICERS AND LONGSHORMEN'S UNIONS WHO BACKED HIM BEFORE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/14/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:49 SUMMARY CHURCHES USING SCHOOL FACILITIES. THAT WAS FROM THE NEW HOPE OAHU CHRISTMAS SERVICE HELD WITHIN THE FARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE CHURCH HAS USED SCHOOL FACILITIES THE PAST 17 YEARS BUT NOW SOME WONDER WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/21/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 2:00 SUMMARY MARINE KILLED IN ACTION. 40-YEAR-OLD MASTER SERGEANT TRAVIS RIDDICK LOVED THE MARINES, LOVED FLYING, AND LOVED HIS COUNTRY. 25-YEAR-OLD CORPORAL, KEVIN REINHARD, FROM WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY, WAS ON HIS SECOND OVERSEAS TOUR. REINHARD AND RIDDICK WERE PART OF A SIX-MAN CREW KILLED THURSDAY. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL PIECING TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 1/25/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:04 SUMMARY HI-FIVE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK.IOLANI'S KAMA PASCUA IS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE ILH. ALTHOUGH SELF DESCRIBED AS LAID BACK, KAMA FLIPS THE SWITCH ON THE FIELD. SHE'S SCORCHED OPPONENTS FOR 17 GOALS IN 12 GAMES. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/25/2012 LENGTH 0:21 SUMMARY HAWAIIAN BIRD SPECIES THREATENED. A HAWAIIAN FORREST BIRD MAY SOON BE ADDED TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HAS BEGUN A ONE YEAR REVIEW OF THE I'IWI AND THE GROWING THREATS TO ITS SURVIVAL PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/25/2012 LENGTH 0:27 SUMMARY MICHIOSY MICHIUO OUT OF JAIL. POLICE SAY MICHIOSY MICHIUO IS OUT OF JAIL. THE 39 YEAR OLD IS ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING 20 YEAR OLD BRYCEN IONA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING NEAR QUEEN'S BEACH. POLICE BELIEVE IONA WAS STABBED AFTER HE PUNCHED MICHIOU AND STOLE HIS BAG. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/25/2012 LENGTH 0:23 SUMMARY OSCAR NOMINATIONS. "THE DESCENDANTS" WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, WRITING AND EDITING. ACTOR GEORGE CLOONEY IS ALSO UP FOR BEST ACTOR-- A TITLE HE ALREADY TOOK HOME AT THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/26/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/27/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY IT WAS GOING TO BE A WILD YEAR IN POLITICS ANYWAY, WITH A RARE U.S. SENATE SEAT OPEN AND A VACATED U.S. HOUSE SEAT UP FOR GRABS, BUT THINGS JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING AND CONVULUTED AS FORMER TWO-TIME HAWAII GOVERNOR, BEN CAYETANO, THREW HIS HAT INTO THE HONOLULU MAYORIAL RACE. ALONGSIDE INCUMBENT MAYOR PETER CARLISLE AND FORMER ACTING MAYOR AND CITY MANAGING DIRECTOR KIRK CALDWELL, THIS RACE PITS THREE LOCAL VETERANS AND WILL MOST ABSSUREDLY CUT A HUGE SWATH THROUGH THE ELECTORATE, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SHOWN LOYALTY TO TWO OR ALL THREE OF THESE COMBAT ANTS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/2/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/3/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY SHOULD WE GAMBLE ON GAMBLING? AN AGE OLD QUESTION THAT MANY LOCALLY STILL ANSWER BY SAYING THEY PREFER TO SEE ROULETTE WHEELS AND BLACKJACK LEFT IN THE LOUNGES OF LAS VEGAS RATHER ON OUR SHORES. PERHAPS A TRIAL ON THE WATERS AROUND OUR ISLAND CHAIN WOULD BE THE SAFEST WAY TO SEE THE IMPACT BEFORE WE START ROLLING THE DICE ON SHORE. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/6/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/7/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY MORE AND MORE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY LOCAL TOURISM AUTHORITIES, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO INGRATIATE THEMSELVES WITH AND EDUCATE TOUR PACKAGERS AND TOUR AGENCIES IN CHINA. THIS IS A GOOD MOVE THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE, IN EARNEST. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/9/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 3:32 SUMMARY FERAL CHICKENS TRIGGER NOISE COMPLAINTS. RESIDENTS AROUND OAHU, FROM THE NORTH SHORE TO THE LEEWARD COST, HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT THEY CALL A SERIOUS PROBLEM. FERAL CHICKENS ARE SO NOISY THAT THEY DISRUPT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND OTHER EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES, LIKE WATCHING TELEVISION. CONTRACTORS SAY THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THE BIRDS IS TO FEED THEM, WHICH TRICKS THEM INTO COMING AROUND MORE OFTEN AND MAKES IT EASIER FOR TRAPPERS TO CATCH THEM. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/16/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/17/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY WHILE THE STATE HOUSE DEFERRED A BILL LAST WEEK THAT MIGHT HAVE ALLOWED FOR LAWMAKERS TO ACCEPT MORE GIFTS FROM POSSIBLE INFLUENCERS, WE SHOULDN'T KID OURSELVES INTO THINKING THAT LAWMAKERS ARE STILL NOT INFLUENCED BY LOBBYISTS AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS. ETHICS HAVE TO DO WITH MORAL PRINCIPLES, SOCIAL VALUES, AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, AND THOSE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE PLIABLE FOR ANYBODY, LET ALONE ELECTED OFFICIALS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/23/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/24/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE IN PARADISE. DEVELOPMENT IN KAILUA TOWN AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE SMALL TOWN FEEL THERE. KOLOA CAMP PROPERTY ON KAUAI AND THE RAMIFICATIONS DEVELOPMENT. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AT BEACHES IN HALEIWA, KAILUA, AND ELSEWHERE, AND THE CONCERN OF POTENTIALLY WHAT IS SO SPECIAL FOR MANY. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/25/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 4:05 SUMMARY BIG ISLAND CRASH VICTIM RECOVERS. THERESA WANG IS A BIG ISLAND DOCTOR WHO NEARLY DIED A HEAD-ON COLLISION INVOLVING A VEHICLE CONTAINING FORMER UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII QUARTERBACK COLT BRENNAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. SHE SUFFERED 22 BONE FRACTURES, INCLUDING SEVERAL TO THE NECK, AND HAD TO HAVE MULTIPLE SURGERIES TO SAVE HER LIFE. MIRACULOUSLY, THERESA, AT 48 YEARS OLD, IS LEARNING HOW TO WALK AGAIN. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/25/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 2:00 SUMMARY ARMY MAN PLEADS NO CONTEST IN BICYCLE DEATH CASE. FOURTEEN MONTHS AFTER EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD ZACHARY MANAGO, A PROMISING YOUNG PITCHER FOR HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY'S BASEBALL TEAM, WAS KILLED DURING A BICYCLE RIDE, THE MAN WHO HIT HIM WHILE DRIVING WILL NO LONGER FIGHT THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. DOUGLAS CURTIS PLEAD NO CONTEST TO FLEEING THE SCENE OF A CRASH, AND THE VICTIM'S GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER SAYS THE NEWS HAS COME AS A RELIEF. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/2/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:09 SUMMARY RED CROSS RAMPS UP DONATIONS DRIVE. THE MONTH OF MARCH IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RED CROSS AND THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. THEY ASSIST MORE THAN 2,000 FAMILIES WITH EMERGENCIES, AND TRAIN MORE THAN 33,000 PEOPLE IN LIFESAVING SKILLS. THE GROUP IS CELEBRATING ITS 95TH ANNIVERSARY IN HAWAII BY ASKING FOR DONATIONS. THE RED CROSS HAS HAD THE SUPPORT OF HAWAII'S PEOPLE SINCE QUEEN LILIUOKALANI RAISED THE RED CROSS FLAG AT IOLANI PALACE, AND IS LOOKING FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/3/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 2:12 SUMMARY STATE FINALIZES NEW ELECTION MAPS. FOLLOWING CONCERNS THAT NON RESIDENTS LIKE MILITARY PERSONNEL HAVE TOO MUCH WEIGHT, THE HAWAII VOTING DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN REDRAWN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR. SOME, HOWEVER, BELIEVE THE NEW MAP FAVORS POLITICAL FACTIONS. THE NEW MAP WILL SEE OAHU GIVE A SEAT IN THE STATE SENATE TO THE BIG ISLAND, AND WILL PIT SEVERAL INCUMBENTS, LIKE BRIAN TANIGUCHI AND CAROL FUKUNAGA, AGAINST EACH OTHER. AS FAR AS THE STATE HOUSE IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE POLITICAL MATCH UPS PITTING INCUMBENT VERSUS INCUMBENT IN FIVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/8/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/9/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY IS IT ANY WONDER THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEELS DISENFRANCHISED, LET DOWN, AND JUST FED UP WITH MUCH OF POLITICS THESE DAYS? NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE GRANDSTANDING AND POLARIZING NATURE OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, WHICH HAS A NEAR-90% DISAPPROVAL RATING FROM THE VOTERS, THE HIGHEST NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN ALMOST 40-YEARS, WE NOW SEE ACCUSATIONS OF GERRYMANDERING BY A FACTION OF SO-CALLED "DISSIDENT" DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE ABOUT NEWLY PROPOSED DISTRICT MAPS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :20 SUMMARY SEVERE WEATHER CAUSES ISSUES ON MAUl. HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS ARE WREAKING HAVOC ON THE OUTER ISLANDS. SEVERAL LANDSLIDES BLOCKED HANA HIGHWAY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR MOST OF THE MORNING, WHILE HOTELS IN THE AREA SUFFERED FLOOD DAMAGE. MAUl COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO ADVISING PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MAUl TO BOIL WATER BEFORE DRINKING IT, SINCE IT MAY HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY STORM RUNOFF. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/20/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:22 SUMMARY IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED, EXCEPT, OF COURSE, FOR WHEN IT'S FOR THINGS YOU WOULD RATHER NOT BE KNOWN FOR. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH A RECENT LISTING BY THE ROAD INFORMATION PROGRAM, OR TRIP, WHICH SAID THAT HONOLULU DRIVERS PAY THE 4TH MOST OF ANY CITY IN THE NATION FOR AUTO REPAIRS DUE TO VEHICLE WEAR AND TEAR CAUSED BY OUR HORRIBLE ROADS. NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT EXCESSIVE RAIN, FLOODING, AND DRAINAGE CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS, BUT WHAT'S MOST BOTHERSOME TO MANY PEOPLE, I ASSUME, IS THAT THE SAME ROADS SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN SOME OF THE SAME PLACES TIME AFTER TIME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF SPACE AGE RESIN OR GUNK WE ARE USING TO REPAIR OUR ROADS, LET ALONE WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL WE USED IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MANY CITIES AROUND OUR GREAT NATION THAT HAVE ALREADY FIGURED OUT HOW TO REDUCE THE WEAR AND TEAR ON TIRES, SHOCK ABSORBERS, AND AUTO ALIGNMENTS. THE TRIP REPORT LISTED ALMOST HALF OF HAWAII'S MAIN VEHICULAR ARTERIES IN "POOR" CONDITION, WITH ANOTHER 14% LISTED AS "MEDIOCRE." WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE? PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/21/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:19 SUMMARY POLICE LOOK FOR LEADS IN SEVERED FINGER CASE. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP AFTER SEVERAL SEVERED FINGERS WERE FOUND IN A TRASH BIN AT KUKUI GARDENS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE FINGERS BELONG TO A LITTLE GIRL, A FACT DISTRESSING TO MANY PARENTS IN THE AREA. THE STORY HAS PICKED UP NATIONAL ATTENTION, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF ITS GRUESOME NATURE, GENERATING TOUSANDS OF WEB PAGE VIEWS ON THE INTERNET AND LOTS OF UNWANTED ATTENTION FOR KUKUI GARDENS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/29/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:36 SUMMARY HUNDREDS GATHER TO HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY TO HONOR 24 MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS WITH HAWAII TIES WHO HAVE DIED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LAWMAKERS JOINED FAMILY MEMBERS AND FELLOW SERVICE MEMBERS AS THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN WERE READ ONE BY ONE, WITH LOVED ONES COMING FORWARD TO RECEIVE MEDALS IN THEIR HONOR. AMONG THE REMEMBERED WERE CHRISTOPHER CAMERO, A 2010 GRADUATE OF HONOKA'A HIGH SCHOOL, AND KRAIG VICKERS, 36, OF MAUl. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/29/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/30/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY STATE SENATORS ARE LOOKING TO PUMP A HALF-BILLION DOLLARS INTO OUR ECONOMY THROUGH MUCH-NEEDED CONSTRUCTION AND INFRA-STRUCTURE REPAIR PROJECTS. THE FUNDING FROM THIS WOULD COME THROUGH BONDS, AND THERE APPEAR TO BE PLENTY OF WILLING BUYERS. WITH LOW INTEREST RATES, CHEAPER LABOR, AND LOTS OF MOTIVATION TO HELP THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MIRED IN A RECESSION, THIS ALL SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. THIS FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF THE $300-MILLION CONSTRUCTION MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY ASKED THE LEGISLATURE FOR. Public Service Announcements o Honolulu Theatre For Youth: During the quatier, KFVE aired 25 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. This PSA promoted the theatre's performance of Lion Dance. Honolulu Theatre For Youth is a non-profit theatre company providing drama education program for Hawaii's young people o Hawaii Foodbank Checkout Hunger: During the quarter, KFVE aired 50 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. Viewers could go to any participating grocery store and buy coupons with different monetary values to donate to the Hawaii Foodbank. The funds helped feed families in need. o Aloha Council Boy Scouts ofAmerica: During the quarter, KFVE aired 155 public service messages for this cause :30 and :15 seconds in length. The PSAs informed the public of the mission of the Boys Scouts and encouraged parents to sign up their children. o Special Olympics Hawaii Fueling Dreams: During the quarter, KFVE aired 10 public service messages for this cause : 15 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Fueling Dreams fundraiser where people could donate money to Special Olympics Hawaii at select Tesoro Hawaii gas stations. o Punahou Carnival: During the qumier, KFVE aired 35 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSAs promoted the annual carnival held by Punahou School. The event raised money for the school's educational programs. o Na Koa: During the quarter KFVE aired 85 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. Funds raised by Na Koa go directly to supp01iing the Warrior Football program and supplementing the budget provided by the UH Athletic Department. o March ofDimes March For Babies: During the quarter KFVE aired 225 public service messages for this cause :30 and :15 seconds in length. The :15 second announcements featured Hawaii News Now Anchors Stephanie Lum and Shawn Ching encouraging the public to partipate in the March For Babies Walle Funds raised by this event goes to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects. o Diabetes Association Step Out Walle: During the quarter KFVE aired 40 public service messages for this cause : 15 seconds in length. The announcement promoted the Step Out Walk event which helped raise funds for diabetes research. o Go For The Record Hanahou: During the qumier KFVE aired 50 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The event was a fundraiser for Music For Life Foundation. Local celebrities such as Jake Shimabukuro and Billy V. took part in the musical event. o Special Olympics Hawaii Polar Plunge: During the quarter, KFVE aired 30 public service messages for this cause :15 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Polar Plunge event \Vhere people jumped into an icy pool of water to help raise money for Special Olympics Hawaii. o HcnFaii State Junior GolfDay: During the quatier, KFVE aired 65 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The announcement promoted the Hawaii State Junior Golf Tournament where Hawaii's junior golfers compete. The purpose of the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association is to provide an environment where any junior golfer can enjoy golf and progress at his/her own rate from beginner to a proficient level while promoting and preserving the traditions and integrity of the game B. FINANCE ISSUES, including local issues, labor matters, job opportunities, and the state of the economy. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/9/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/10/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY STATE SENATORS ARE LOOKING TO PUMP A HALF-BILLION DOLLARS INTO OUR ECONOMY THROUGH MUCH-NEEDED CONSTRUCTION AND INFRA-STRUCTURE REPAIR PROJECTS. THE FUNDING FROM THIS WOULD COME THROUGH BONDS, AND THERE APPEAR TO BE PLENTY OF WILLING BUYERS. WITH LOW INTEREST RATES, CHEAPER LABOR, AND LOTS OF MOTIVATION TO HELP THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MIRED IN A RECESSION, THIS ALL SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. THIS FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF THE $300-MILLION CONSTRUCTION MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY ASKED THE LEGISLATURE FOR. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/10/2012 LENGTH 0:45 SUMMARY HSTA AGREEMENT.FEDERAL EDUICATION OFFICIALS ARE PLEASED THAT THE HSTA HAS AGREED TO A NEW TEACHERS' CONTRACT. THE LONG DELAY ON THE AGREEMENT COULD HAVE JEOPARDIZED MILLIONS IN RACE TO THE TOP FEDERAL FUNDING. THE SIX-YEAR PROPOSAL INCLUDES INCREMENTAL PAY RAISES BEGINNING IN 2013 AND NO RANDOM DRUG TESTING. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/10/2012 LENGTH 0:18 SUMMARY KAPOLEI WALMART HIRING. THE COMPANY IS LOOKING TO FILL ABOUT 300 POSITIONS. THEY'VE SET UP A TEMPORARY HIRING CENTE ON KAMOKILA BOULEVARD DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HOME DEPOT AND ABOVE THE STARBUCKS IN KAPOLEI. CONSTRUCTION BEGAN LAST MARCH, THE STORE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN THIS SPRING. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/11/2012 LENGTH 0:18 SUMMARY HAWAIIAN AIRLINES UPGRADES AIRCRAFT. A PLANE FLYING FROM HONOLULU TO OSAKA WILL HELP BRING IN MORE VISITORS. HAWAIIAN WILL SOON START USING THE 294 SEAT AIRBUS A-330. THE AIRLINE SAYS THE BIGGER PLANE WILL ADD 11,000 NEW SEATS EACH YEAR. THE NON-STOP SERVICE WAS LAUNCHED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/12/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/13/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY A SECOND ITEM OF NOTE WAS THE LOWER REVENUE FORECAST PUT FORTH BY THE COUNCIL ON REVENUES, WHICH INDICATES A MERE $268-MILLION SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS FROM THE LAST FORECAST A SHORT WHILE AGO. WOW, A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS OFF ... AND SOME WANTED THE PROJECTIONS TO BE EVEN LOWER. A GOOD CHUNK OF THIS PROJECTION EJECTION WAS DUE TO A CHANGE IN PROCEDURES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION. HOW THIS LACK OF MONEY AFFECTS US WILL BE DECIDED UPON IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A SEMI-ANNUAL EVENT WITH MISSED PREDICTIONS AND CHANGING OF REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS. IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE PROJECTIONS PROFFERED WITH A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, AS IT SEEMS LIKE MORE CUTS ARE LEGISLATIVE INEVITABILITIES AS THE SOOTHSAYER'S NUMBERS JUST DON'T ADD UP FROM QUARTER TO QUARTER. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/19/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/20/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY AS BUDGET SHORTFALLS ARE PROJECTED FOR THE STATE A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION BEING TOSSED AROUND, AS USUAL, IS TO RAISE TAXES. WITH OUR CITIZENRY ALREADY FEELING THE BURDEN OF THREE TOUGH YEARS WITH A WEAK ECONOMY, THIS IS NOT A HAPPY SOLUTION. OF COURSE, RAISING TAXES IS NEVER A HAPPY SOLUTION. FOR A PRIVATE BUSINESS TO THRIVE AND CONTINUE TO EXIST DURING TOUGH TIMES, IT HAS TWO OPTIONS OR A COMBINATION OF TWO OPTIONS- INCREASE REVENUES AND/OR DECREASE EXPENSES. THAT'S IT, SIMPLY AND DIRECT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/3/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH :57 SUMMARY KAILUA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD TO VOTE ON KAYAK RULES. KAYAKING IS A POPULAR SPORT, BUT UNREGULATED USE OF THE WATERCRAFT HAS RESIDENTS CONCERNED. AN OUTRIGHT BAN WOULD KILL BUSINESSES AND SEND WORKERS TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE, BUT THOSE WHO FREQUENT THE BEACHES IN KAILUA AND LANIKAI SAY SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. ONE BUSINESS OWNER SUGGESTS LIMITING THE NUMBER OF KAYAKS HE CAN RENT EACH DAY, AND BELIEVES A PERMIT SYSTEM WOULD HELP GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/4/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :25 SUMMARY NEW HIGHRISE CONDO PLANNED FOR KAKAAKO. THE PROPERTY IN KAKAAKO ALONG ALA MOANA BOULEVARD HAS A LONG HISTORY-IN RECENT YEARS IT HAS BEEN A COMPUTER STORE, AN ELECTION HEADQUARTERS, AND AN AUTO DEALERSHIP-BUT TODAY HAS A NEW FUTURE. ALEXANDER AND BALDWIN HAS BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS AND PLANS TO BUILD A HIGHRISE CONDO, POSSIBLY ONE THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL SPACE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/18/2012 6:59 LENGTH 1:01 SUMMARY PASSENGERS STRANDED AFTER AIR AUSTRALIA CLOSES. MULTIPLE AIRLINES ARE OFFERING REDUCED-FARE TICKETS TO PASSENGERS WHO WERE STRANDED AFTER AIR AUSTRALIA ABRUPTLY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. EMPTY SEATS ON HAWAIIAN AIRLINES WERE SOLD FOR $320, BUT THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO GET OUT ON A FLIGHT WERE IN TROUBLE. LOW HOTEL OCCUPANCY IN AND AROUND WAIKIKI FORCED SOME CUSTOMERS TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN A CONFERENCE ROOM AT HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THOSE WHO DID SEEK HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS WERE LEFT ONLY WITH WHAT WAS AVAILABLE, AND SOME SAY THEY PAID UP TO $460 FOR A ROOM LAST NIGHT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/18/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 2:20 SUMMARY SAILORS RETURN FROM DEPLOYMENT. THOUSANDS OF SAILORS STATIONED ON BOARD THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS WERE GREETED BY FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AS THEY RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM A SEVEN MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND WESTERN PACIFIC. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROVIDED AVIATION SUPPORT TO COALITION TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, AND EVEN BATTLED SOME SUSPECTED PIRATES ATTACKING A CARGO VESSEL. DURING PORT VISITS, THE SAILORS ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS IN 10 COUNTRIES. THE SHIP IS ON THE WAY BACK TO ITS HOMEPORT IN BREMERTON, WASHINGTON. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/22/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:44 SUMMARY FARMERS PROTEST PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. TRACTORS DESCENDED UPON DOWNTOWN HONOLULU, BUT THEY WEREN'T THERE TO FARM. A PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN LEEWARD OAHU HAS RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FARMLAND THAT WILL BE LOST. THE SAVE OAHU FARMLAND ALLIANCE SAYS THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT ROWS OF CROPS TO BE REPLACED WITH CONCRETE. THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD CRIPPLE SMALL FARMS IN THE AREA AND POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPLY OF LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE. THE OFA GATHERED SIGNATURES ON A PETITION HOPING TO STOP THE DEVELOPMENT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/24/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 105 SUMMARY IT'S A CONSTANT STRUGGLE IN PARADISE. DEVELOPMENT IN KAILUA TOWN IS STARTING TO RAMP UP, AND RESIDENTS ARE WONDERING HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE SMALL-TOWN FEEL IN THE AREA. THERE ARE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES. KOLOA CAMP PROPERTY ON KAUAI AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AT BEACHES IN HALEIWA, KAILUA, AND ELSEWHERE, AND THE CONCERN OF POTENTIALLY RUINING WHAT IS SO SPECIAL FOR SO MANY. HAMAKUA REZONING FOR HOUSING, HIGH RISES IN KAKAAKO, SUPERFERRY, H-3, and A RAIL ALTERNATIVE FOR LEEWARD OAHU ... THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. THIS IS NOT A MARKET THAT READILY EMBRACES CHANGE, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE LIKE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR SMALL NICHES OF HAWAII UNIQUE, SPECIAL, AND RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DECADE TO DECADE. AND IT'S GREAT WHEN CONVERSATIONS ARE HAD AMONGST THOSE INVOLVED IN PROPOSING CHANGES AND THOSE AFFECTED BY CHANGES. IT'S THE WAY A CIVIL SOCIETY IS SUPPOSED TO BE RUN. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ROOM FOR A GROWING POPULATION BASE HERE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE OR AT LEAST REQUEST CHANGES THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/28/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:38 SUMMARY LETTERS FROM HAWAIIAN QUEEN UP FOR AUCTION. TWO LETTERS SIGNED "YOU'RE AFFECTIONATE COUSIN, LILIUOKALANI" WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. THEY ARE ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM LEE, A BOSTON PUBLISHER WHO WAS EDITING THE MANUSCRIPT OF QUEEN LILIUOKALANI'S BOOK, "HAWAII'S STORY BY HAWAII'S QUEEN." LOCAL HISTORICAL SITES LIKE THE BISHOP MUSEUM CAN'T AFFORD TO PLACE A BID, BUT ARE HOPEFUL THE WINNERS WILL DONATE THE LETTERS. BIDDING IS SET TO BEGIN AT $9,500. PROGRAM 9pm News KFVE DATE 2/29/2012 6:59 LENGTH :49 SUMMARY LOCAL INMATES IN MAINLAND PRISONS AN ADDED EXPENSE. THE STATE HAS A LITTLE MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND INMATES, AND NEARLY TWO THOUSAND OF THEM CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN ARIZONA. STATE LAWMAKERS ARE HOPEFUL THAT BRINGING THEM HOME WILL HELP SAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY. THE STATE HOPES TO FIRST REDUCE ITS PRISON POPULATION BY MAKING CHANGES TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM, THEN PLANS ON ADDING NEARLY 1,000 BEDS TO PRISONS ON OAHU, MAUl AND THE BIG ISLAND. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/2/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:39 SUMMARY CITY MAKES CHANGES TO SAND REPLENISHING PROJECT. THE SAND REPLENISHING PROJECT IN WAIKIKI HAS CHANGED THE WAIKIKI LANDSCAPE FROM PICTURESQUE TO CONSTRUCTION SITE, AND CHANGES TO THE PLAN AREN'T HELPING. CONTRACTORS NOW PLAN TO DRIVE DUMP TRUCKS RIGHT ON THE BEACH IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT SAND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM THE PUMPING AREA TO ITS NEW HOME ON THE BEACH FRONTING THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL. THE NEW PLAN WILL COMPLETELY CLOSE THE BEACH DURING WORK HOURS, AND IS SURE TO HAVE AN AFFECT ON WAIKIKI HOTELS AND TOURISM BUSINESS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/2/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 2:08 SUMMARY NEW HART CHIEF UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED. WITH A 10-0 VOTE, DAN GRABAUSKAS WAS UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED AS THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONOLULU AREA RAPID TRANSIT GROUP. GRABAUSKAS SAYS HIS GOALS INCLUDE BUILDING A SAFE SYSTEM THAT RUNS ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, BUT KNOWS A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE IS BOUND TO HAVE ISSUES. OPPONENTS BELIEVE THAT HIRING A NON-RESIDENT WAS A BAD IDEA, SINCE HE MAY NOT KNOW HAWAII AS WELL AS SOME WOULD WISH. GRABAUSKAS HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN BOSTON. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/3/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:43 SUMMARY WHITE HOUSE LOOKS TO CUT FUNDING FOR NOAA. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ARE IN DANGER AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THEY WERE LOOKING TO CUT $4.6 MILLION FROM THE GROUP'S BUDGET. THE NOAA, WHICH OPERATES PROGRAMS LIKE THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER, SAYS THE QUALITY OF ALERT PROGRAMS FOR NATIONAL DISASTERS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE CUTS COME AT A TIME WHEN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE CENTER, LIKE OCEANIC MONITORING BUOYS, ARE ALREADY BROKEN AND IN NEED OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/20/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:09 SUMMARY GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON CONTRACT DISPUTE. GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE HAS FIRED BACK IN THE ONGOING CONTRACT DISPUTE WITH THE STATE TEACHER'S UNION, SAYING HIS OFFICE HAS DRAFTED A NEW SETTLEMENT OFFER. HE SAYS THE OFFER DOESN'T FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE PROPOSING, AND THAT THE TEACHER'S UNION OFFER QUOTE IS "FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND DEVOID OF REASONALBE POLICY REGARDING STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE." THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMENT YET FROM THE HSTA ON THE PROPOSAL. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/23/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH :17 SUMMARY SOUTHWEST PLANNING POSSIBLE HAWAII FLIGHTS. THE DISCOUNT AIR CARRIER HAS JUST RECEIVED ITS FIRST OF MORE THAN 70 NEW BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT, BIGGER PLANES WITH THE CAPACITY TO FLY TO HAWAII. THE COMPANY PLANS TO START FLIGHTS TO THE ISLANDS AS SOON AS IT WORKS OUT A NEW CONTRACT FOR UNION PILOTS AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/28/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:00 SUMMARY STATE SENDING GUNS BACK TO MANUFACTURER. AFTER SITTING IN STORAGE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, 350 NEW 9 MILLIMETER PISTOLS AND MATCHING HOLSTERS THAT WERE INTENDED FOR USE BY HAWAII'S SHERIFFS ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK TO SMITH AND WESSON. THE RETURN COMES AFTER QUESTIONS INTO WHETHER OR NOT STATE PROCUREMENT LAWS MAY HAVE BEEN VIOLATED DURING THE ACQUISITION. AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL GUN DEAL. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/28/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:02 SUMMARY CAYETANO'S BANKRUPTCY CLAIMS. FORMER GOVERNOR BEN CAYETANO SAYS HONOLULU'S PLANNED RAIL TRANSIT PROGRAM WILL BANKRUPT THE CITY. CAYETANO ALSO SAYS THAT 17 MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE DIVERTED AWAY FROM THINGS LIKE THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP FUND RAIL. MAYOR CARLISLE SAYS THE MONEY FOR RAIL IS NOT BEING TAKEN FROM PUBLIC SAFETY OR OTHER PROJECTS, CONTENDING THAT THE RAIL MONEY COMES FROM RAIL REVENUE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/28/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 3:50 SUMMARY HELP ON THE WAY FOR HOMELESS VETS. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS SENDING $72 MILLION DOLLARS TO VETERAN'S AFFAIRS AGENCIES TO HELP HOUSE HOMELESS MILITARY VETERANS. A LOCAL HOUSING COMPANY SAYS THE MONEY WILL HELP SUBSIDIZE THE RENTS FOR BETWEEN 50 AND 75 VETERANS THIS YEAR. THE VA HOPES TO PUT AN END TO HOMELESS VETERANS BY 2015. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/28/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:47 SUMMARY STATE MEETS WITH FEDERAL 'RACE TO THE TOP' TEAM. HAWAII IS ON HIGH-RISK STATUS AND IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANT MONEY FOR UNSATISFACTORY EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE. TODAY THE FEDERAL RACE TO THE TOP TEAM WALKED INTO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DISCUSS WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THE STATE HAS MADE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/29/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:53 SUMMARY NEW WAL-MART OPENS IN KAPOLEI. WEST OAHU'S LARGEST NEW RETAIL STORE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AT 155,000 SQUARE FEET, THE STORE IS AMONG THE LARGEST OF WAL-MART'S FIVE OAHU LOCATIONS AND WIL EMPLOY MORE THAN 300 AREA WORKERS. WAL-MART SAYS IT IS HELPING LOCAL ECONOMIES BY SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON MERCHANDISE FROM LOCAL RETAILERS TO SELL ON ITS SHELVES. THE STORE SERVICES A COMMUNITY WITH MORE THAN 110,000 RESIDENTS. C. EDUCATION ISSUES, including education standards, school safety, budget matters, outside-of-the-classroom learning, etc. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/3/2012 LENGTH 1:24 SUMMARY OUTSIDE ACTIVITY INCREASES SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. THE HATLEY SISTERS GETS PLENTY OF EXERCISE WITH THEIR MOM AT A NEARBY PARK. RESEARCHERS IN THE NETHERLANDS ANALYZED 14 STUDIES FROM THE US, CANADA AND SOUTH AFRICA AND FOUND STRONG EVIDENCE OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/5/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/6/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY AS HAWAII STANDS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO LOSING SOME, IF NOT ALL, OF ITS RACE TO THE TOP MONEY DUE TO INTRANSIGENCE AND THE STATUS QUO MENTALITY THAT IS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR THE WOES OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM, THERE IS ALSO A LARGE RESPONSIBILITY THAT RESTS ON THE SHOULDERS AND IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PARENTS OF SCHOOL KIDS. AS THE HOLIDAY VACATION ENDS, NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR PARENTS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW TERM, TO MAKE SURE THEY SHOW INTEREST IN THEIR KID'S EFFORTS, ACHIEVEMENTS, PROGRESS, AND GROWTH IN THE HALLWAYS OF OUR SCHOOLS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/16/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/17/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY EVEN WITH THE RECENT SENSE OF RELIEF OVER THE APPARENT DETENTE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE HAWAII STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT HAWAII DIDN'T FARE TOO WELL IN YEAR #1 OF ITS MISSION RELATED TO THE RACE TO THE TOP $75-MILLION GRANT. AS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORT INDICATES, DELAYS IN HIRING, "SIGNIFICANT SETBACKS" IN CERTIFYING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, TIME MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN GETTING THINGS DONE, ET AL., PROBABLY ADD UP TO A DON THE YEAR #1 REPORT CARD. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/23/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/24/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK TO GRUMBLING ABOUT POTHOLES AND PEOPLE TEXTING WHILE DRIVING COMES WORD THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS OVERHWELMINGL Y TURNED DOWN A NEW CONTRACT OFFER THAT THEIR OWN UNION HAD SAID WAS GOOD TO GO. THE VOTE WASN'T EVEN CLOSE- 2 TO 1 AGAINST THE OFFER. SOMEHOW, THERE WAS A DISCONNECT, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, BETWEEN WHATTHE HSTA HIERARCHY THOUGHT MADE SENSE INCA CONTRACT PROPOSAL AND WHAT THE TEACHER'S FELT IN THEIR GUTS COME VOTING TIME. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/26/2012 LENGTH 0:26 SUMMARY RACE TO THE TOP. STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS HOPE THERE'S SOME KIND OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS BY THE END OF MARCH. THAT'S WHEN FEDERAL EDUCATION OFFICIALS -ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO HAWAII. THEY'LL BE HERE TO ASSESS WHETHER HAWAII IS MEETING THE GOALS OF THE FEDERAL "RACE TO THE TOP" PROGRAM. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/26/2012 LENGTH 0:29 SUMMARY HSTA AGRREMENT. NOT GIVING FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS IS LIKE A COACH NOT TELLING THE PLAYERS DURING THE PRACTICE WEEK WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO WIN ON SUNDAY. LAST WEEK, TEACHERS REJECTED A CONTRACT PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDED EVALUATIONS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAID HAWAII IS AT HIGH RISK OF LOSING A $75-MILLION DOLLAR GRANT IN PART BECAUSE OF A LACK OF A TEACHER CONTRACT. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/30/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/31/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY AS THE STATE AND TEACHERS ASSOICATION GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO RESOLVE CONTRACT ISSUES, THE DOE IS LEFT IN THE UNENVIABLE POSITION OF DANCING AROUND THE CONCEPT OF MAKING PROGRESS IN ORDER TO ASSUAGE FEDERAL REVIEWERS AND KEEP OUR $75-MILLION IN RACE TO THE TOP MONEY. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/22/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 5:30 SUMMARY QUESTIONABLE SPENDING AT CHARTER SCHOOL. A HAWAII NEWS NOW INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS QUESTIONABLE SPENDING BY THE FIRED HEAD OF THE STATE'S LARGEST CHARTER SCHOOL. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING, AND PARENTS ARE ANGRY. JEFF PIONTEK SERVED AS HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR HAWAII TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY, WHICH HAS 900 STUDENTS, UNTIL HE SAYS HE WAS FIRED WITHOUT CAUSE LAST DECEMBER. FINANCIAL RECORDS SHOW $107,000 DOLLARS ON TRAVEL, INCLUDING AIRFARE, HOTELS, MEALS AND CAR RENTALS. PIONTEK DEFENDED THE TRIPS, SAYING THEY WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPREAD THE NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/25/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :40 SUMMARY NEW HYDROPONICS FARM AT LE JARDIN. LE JARDIN ACADEMY KICKED OFF A NEW SCIENCE PROJECT THAT FEATURES AQUA AND HYDROPONICS FARMS WITH TARO AND OTHER PLANTS. THE NEW RESOURCES WILL BE USED BY ALL SCIENCE CLASSES IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/20/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/21/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY THERE IS GRUMBLING GOING ON IN THE HIGHER ECHELONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ACTUALLY EARN HIGHER SALARIES THAN THEIR SUPERVISORS-AREA SUPERINTENDENTS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/15/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/16/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK ON THE RACE TO THE TOP FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. LOSING THESE FUNDS WOULD NOT BE THE END OF THE WORLD, OF COURSE, BUT YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM HERE. WE ARE IN THE NINTH MONTH OF THE HSTA/STATE OF HAWAII LABOR DISPUTE, SEPNDING OF THE EARLY RACE MONEY IS SLOW, AS THERE HAVE BEEN ADMINSTRATIVE SNAFUS AND OTHER ISSUES WHICH HAVE HELD THINGS UP. FEDERAL RACE TO THE TOP REVIEWERS WILL BE HERE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, AND PERSONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SEEM CONFORTABLE IN SAYING THAT REAL CHANGE IS BEING MADE. Public Service Announcements o Hawaii Association ofBroadcasters: During the quarter, KFVE aired 35 public service messages for this cause of: 30 seconds in length. This public service announcement promoted scholarship opportunities for higher learning. D. CONSERVATION/WEATHER ISSUES, including conservation, global warming, littering, environmental issues particular to Hawaii, environmental education, and political issues, as well as tsunamis, typhoons, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other severe and non-severe weather. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:33 SUMMARY HIGH SURF. A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT AS WAVE FACES ALONG OAHU'S NORTH SHORE REACH 35-FEET. THE WEST SIDE COULD SEE 25 FOOTERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS GETTING READY, MONITORING THE SHORES. THE WAVES ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE EDDIE. PROGRAM 630 NEWS & 9PM KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:59 SUMMARY KILAUEA VOLCANO. THE HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS IN BUSINESS. IT'S THE OLDEST VOLCANO OBSERVATORY IN THE US AND GEOLOGISTS WILL BE HOLDING SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE BIG ISLAND ALL MONTH LONG. PROGRAM SUNRISE SAM KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:46 SUMMARY A LAWSUIT AIMED TO SLAM THE BRAKES ON THE RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT IS FACING SOME NEW OPPOSITION. THE PACIFIC RESOURCE PARTNERSHIP FILED A MOTION ASKING THE FEDERAL COURT TO KILL THE ANTI RAIL LAWSUIT. IT REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/5/2012 LENGTH 0:16 SUMMARY EWA PLAINS NOISE. FLIGHT PATTERNS CHANGED DUE TO THE STATE'S REPAIR WORK AT A RUNWAY AT THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE CLOSURE AND THE FLIGHT PATTERN CHANGES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/11/2012 LENGTH 0:14 SUMMARY TRASH OVERFLOW. THE GARBAGE CANS AT DIAMOND HEAD LOOKOUTHAVE NOT BEEN EMPTIED FOR A WHILE NOW. A CONCERNED CITIZEN SAYS THAT THE CITY HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND HAS BEEN TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EMPTYING THE CANS, ON HIMSELF. THE CITY HAD A CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY BUT THAT CONTRACT EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31ST. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/12/2012 LENGTH 1:42 SUMMARY MONK SEAL INCIDENTS. THE HUMANE SOCETY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE INSTITUTED A PROGRAM THEY HOPE WILL HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERIOUS SLAUGHTER OF THREE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL SINCE LAST NOVEMBER, REWARDING PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP SOLVE THE CASES. THEY ARE OFFERING UP TO $30,000 OR $10,000. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/6/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 2:01 SUMMARY BROWN WATER ADVISORY ISSUED AFTER HEAVY RAINS. THE STATE IS WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER-NO SWIMMING OR SURFING BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAW SEWAGE AND WASTE THAT HAS RUN OFF INTO THE OCEAN FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS. OFFICIALS SAY THAT NOT ONLY DID 51,000 GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE SPILL INTO THE OCEAN, BUT SO DID ITEMS LIKE WIPES, TAMPONS, AND SYRINGES. THE CITY REMINDED PEOPLE THAT TOILETS ARE NOT TRASH CANS, AND THAT ONLY HUMAN WASTE AND TOILET PAPER SHOULD BE FLUSHED. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/4/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:47 SUMMARY VIOLENT MONK SEAL CAPTURED. AN AGRESSIVE MONK SEAL WAS CAPTURED AND REMOVED FROM MIDWAY ATOLL AFTER ATTACKING AND KILLING YOUNG SEAL PUPS. "K-E 18"," AS HE IS CALLED, WOULD HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED AFTER ATTACKING 13 JUVENILE SEALS IN THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IF NOT FOR SCIENTISTS WHO INSTEAD SUGGESTED HE BE QUARANTINED AT THE WAIKIKI AQUARIUM. THE SEAL IS REPORTEDLY DOING VERY WELL WHILE BECOMING ACCLIMATED TO HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/4/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :53 SUMMARY ENTANGLED WHALE IN TROUBLE OFF MAUL WHALES CAN SURVIVE FOR WEEKS, SOMETIMES EVEN MONTHS, DRAGGING ROPES AND NETS AROUND, BUT THE SOONER THEY CAN BE UNTANGLED THE BETTER. NOAA HAS PROVIDED US WITH A COUPLE PHOTOS OF AN ENTANGLED WHALE ON MAUl, AND WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE PICTURES, THE ROPE ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE WHALES MOUTH. IF IT'S ON THERE FOR TOO LONG, THE ROPE WILL DIG IN AND MAKE FEEDING DIFFICULT. RESPONDERS ARE STANDING BY TO TRY AND CUT THE ROPES LOOSE, BUT THE WHALES ARE SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/9/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/10/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY IF IT MAKES IT HERE, A 50-MILLION TON FLOTILLA WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO OUR PROSTINE BEACHES, CORAL REEFS, AND NATIVE AQUATIC CREATURES, SO NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO START ANALYZING WHAT CAN BE DONE, BOTH HERE AND ON THE WEST COAST, BEFORE THIS GRIM TSUNAMI REMINDER CREEPS CLOSER. UNLIKE A FAST-MOVING TSUNAMI, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO PREPARE FOR AND PERHAPS ACT ON THIS UNWANTED RESIDUE BEFORE IT GETS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:43 SUMMARY WAII PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/22/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:08 SUMMARY NEW NOAA FACILITY. WHEN IT'S DONE, THE "PACIFIC REGIONAL CENTER" WILL BE HOME TO SOME OF THE PACIFIC LEADING RESEARCH, DATA GATHERING, AND REHABILITATION OF GREEN SEA TURTLES AND HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS. THE 37,000 SQUARE FOOT MARINE SCIENCE AND STORAGE FACILITY BEING BUILT ON FORD ISLAND BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION INCLUDES 15 MARINE TANKS AND A 1,500 FOOT SALTWATER WELL. THE $130 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2013. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/22/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:54 SUMMARY NATIVE SNAIL SPECIES AT RISK. NATIVE OAHU TREE SNAILS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO ENDANGERED NUMBERS IN RECENT YEARS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY BEEN COLLECTED BY THE THOUSANDS FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL SHELLS, BUT NON NATIVE PREDATORS LIKE JACKSON'S CHAMELEONS AND RATS HAVE ALSO DECIMATED NUMBERS. SOME SPECIES, AFTER A TWO YEAR QUARANTINE PERIOD, ARE READY TO MAKE A COMEBACK. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/25/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:48 SUMMARY GROUNDBREAKING FOR NEW WIND FARM. GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN ON A NEW WIND FARM SLATED TO PROVIDE AROUND FIVE PERCENT OF OAHU'S ANNUAL ELECTRICITY LOAD. NEARLY 15,000 HOMES WILL BE SERVICED BY THE WIND FARM, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HAVE ALL 30 TURBINES UP AND CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. CUSTOMERS HOPE THAT IMPROVING HAWAII'S CLEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH PROJECTS LIKE WIND FARMS WILL HELP LIMIT THE STATE'S DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN OIL. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/6/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:27 SUMMARY HEAVY MACHINES UNCLOG STREAMS. IN KAHULUU ON OAHU'S WINDWARD COAST, CITY CREWS USED BACKHOES TO GRAB BUCKETS OF BOULDERS AND PLOW THROUGH PILES OF ROCK TO UNPLUG AHUIMANU STREAM. THE GOAL WAS TO UNCLOG 36 INCH PIPES THAT RUN UNDER THE ROAD THAT HELPS MOVE WATER FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STREAM TO THE OTHER, IN ORDER TO PREVENT WATER FROM RISING ONTO AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING THE ROAD. CITY CREWS CONDUCTED OPERATIONS SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN KAHULUU AROUND THE ISLAND IN PLACES LIKE WAIANAE AND LAIE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/6/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:47 SUMMARY DOGS RESCUED FROM OVERFLOWING NUUANU STREAM. A PAIR OF GOOD SAMARITANS RESCUED TWO DOGS FROM A RAPIDLY RISING NUUANU STREAM. NOBODY KNOWS HOW THEY BECAME STRANDED, BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET OUT ON THEIR OWN, AND THE HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY MAY HAVE BEEN TOO LATE TO SAVE THEM. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/7/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 2:01 SUMMARY LIGHTNING STRIKES HOME. LOCAL MEDIA PERSONALITY SWEETIE PACARRO WAS GETTING READY FOR BED WHEN LIGHTNING SUDDENLY STRUCK HER FAMILY'S HOME IN ROYAL KUNIA. HER CHILDREN WERE ALSO IN THE HOME, WHERE THE BOLT OF ELECTRICITY WENT RIGHT THROUGH HER ROOF, FINALLY HITTING GROUND IN THE GARAGE AND CAUSING A DEAFENING BOOM. EVEN THOUGH HER ENTIRE HOUSE SHOOK, PACARRO SAYS AT FIRST SHE WAS UNAWARE THAT LIGHTNING HAD STRUCK. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/7/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 2:13 SUMMARY SEVERE FLOODING IN EAST OAHU. GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE HAS SIGNED A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR OAHU WHICH HAS BEEN HIT HARD WITH RAIN OVER THE LAST FEW OF DAYS. RUNOFF FROM STREAMS FLOODED SEVERAL HOMES, SOMETIMES WITH AS MUCH AS THREE FEET OF WATER, AND FIREFIGHTERS USED PUMPS TO DRAIN THE WATER. THE PUMPING IN SOME AREAS PROVED FUTILE, AS WATER IN STORM DRAINS WAS OFTEN HIGHER THAN STREET LEVEL. RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE WORK TO HEAD HOME AND ATTEND TO THEIR HOMES, SCRAMBLING TO GET POSSESSIONS TO DRY GROUND BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/7/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:32 SUMMARY KAPAHULU RESIDENCES UNDER WATER. A SHORTAGE OF STORM DRAINS ALONG PALANI AVENUE IN THE KAPAHULU AREA IS BEING BLAMED FOR FLOODING THAT IS DAMAGING PROPERTIES. ONE MAN SAYS THAT HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM SINCE HIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT 15 YEARS AGO. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS SPENT AROUND $10,000 TRYING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, BUT WHEN THE DRAIN IS FULL, WATER HAS NO PLACE TO GO. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:33 SUMMARY POLICE ADVISE WAIALUA RESIDENTS TO ABANDON HOMES FOR HIGH GROUND. MATUSO LAWRENCE SAYS THAT POLICE INSTRUCTED HIM AND HIS NEIGHBORS TO SEEK SHELTER FROM FLOODING AT WAIALUA HIGH SCHOOL. LAWRENCE LIVES BEHIND THE OTAKE STORE NEAR FARRINGTON HIGHWAY, AND NEARBY RESIDENTS WATCHED THE WATER LEVEL RISE AT KAUKONAHUA BRIDGE BEFORE POLICE CAME BY AND DELIVERED THEIR MESSAGE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/10/2012 6:59 LENGTH 1:58 SUMMARY TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN NEAR ENCHANTED LAKES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED TODAY THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON OAHU'S WINDWARD COAST. WHAT STARTED AS A WATER SPOUT OFF THE COAST OF LANIKAI BECAME CLASSIFIED AS A TORNADO AS IT TOUCHED DOWN ON LAND, TRAVELING EAST THROUGH KANEOHE AND INTO THE ENCHANTED LAKES NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE IT THEN DISSIPATED. WITNESSES SAY THE WIND THAT ROARED AROUND THEIR HOMES SOUNDED LIKE A "JET ENGINE," DAMAGING HOMES BUT NOT CAUSING ANY REPORTED INJURIES. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :44 SUMMARY MORE HAIL FALLS IN WINDWARD OAHU. RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM LANIKAI TO KANEOHE ALL REPORTED WAKING UP TO THE SOUND OF LARGE HAILSTONES UPON THEIR ROOVES. WHILE LIGHTNING FLASHES LIT UP THE SKY AND THUNDER BOOMED ALL AROUND THEM, CHUNKS OF ICE FELL FROM THE SKY BEGINNING AT AROUND 6 A.M. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/16/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:39 SUMMARY HEAVY RAINS CAUSE SEVERE ROAD DAMAGE. A NATIONAL, NON-PROFIT RESEARCH GROUP HAS FOUND THAT NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF HAWAII'S MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND THOROUGHFARES ARE DETERIORATING, WITH DRIVERS PAYING THE PRICE. THE WASHINGTON, D.C. BASED GROUP SAYS HONOLULU DRIVERS SPEND $1,500 A YEAR IN WEAR-AND-TEAR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ROAD CONDITIONS. RECENTWEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE CREATED POTHOLE ISSUES AROUND THE STATE, AND REPORTS OF VEHICLES BEING DAMAGED BY THE HOLES CONTINUE TO POUR IN. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/21/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:56 SUMMARY CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR FLOATING TSUNAMI DEBRIS. EXPERTS WITH NOAA HAVE LOWERED PROJECTIONS ON HOW MUCH DEBRIS WILL ACTUALLY HIT HAWAII, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT HAS BROKEN UP OR SANK, BUT THE SMALLER PIECES OF FLOATING TRASH MAY MAKE THEM HARDER TO LOCATE AND STOP FROM HITTING HAWAII. NOAA IS DISCUSSING SUCH POSSIBILITIES AS STRINGING OFFSHORE NETS TO CATCH THE DEBRIS, AND WONDERS IF TRASH FROM THE MASS SHOULD BE RADIATION TESTED. Public Service Announcements o Division ofAquatic Resources: During the quarter, KFVE aired 45 public service messages for this cause of: 30 seconds in length. This public service announcement informed the public about keeping our water system clean. o Hawaii Energy: During the quarter, KFVE aired 12 public service messages for this cause of: 30 seconds in length. This public service announcement informed the public about energy conservation and CFL light bulbs. E. HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, including health education, awareness, and safety along with homeland security, crime prevention, police conduct, and fire safety. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 1/2/2012 9PM NEWS, 1/3/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY LUCKILY, IN HAWAII, WE HAVE GREAT HOSPITALS AND CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE REACHING OUT TO HELP IN THIS GREAT TIME OF NEED, AS SOON AS THE INCESSANT PAPERWORK AND INSURANCE FORMS ARE HANDLED, OF COURSE. HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE WILL SHOW PATIENCE AS THESE FACILITIES NOW INCREASE THEIR NUMBER OF PATIENTS. AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE NEARLY 1,000 PEOPLE PUT OUT OF WORK BY THE HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER CLOSURES WILL FIND EMPLOYMENT QUICKLY AT HOSPITALS THAT TAKE ON ADDITIONAL CASES AND RESPONSIBILITY. BUSINESSES FAIL ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN THAT FAILURE INVOVLES LIFE AND DEATH SITUATIONS, AS WITH A HOSPITAL, THE PAIN BECOMES THAT MUCH MORE ACUTE. THINK ABOUT IT... PROGRAM 630 & 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/3/2012 LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY OAHU'S FIREWORKS BAN REPORTS QUIETTER NEIHBORHOODS. SEVERAL COMMUNITIES REPORTED A MUCH QUIETER NEW YEAR'S EVE. BUT PLACES LIKE KALIHI AND WAIPAHU SAY THAT IT HAS ONLY INCREASED THE USE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. HPD ISCONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE USING HOMEMADE BOMBS BUT SAY THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING THE ARREST AND CITATION FIGURES, AND WILL BE RELEASING THEM LATER TO THE PUBLIC. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:50 SUMMARY TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER OPENS TRAUMA CENTER. TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER WILL BEGIN TREATING CIVILIAN PATIENTS WHO SUFFER TRAUMATIC INJURIES. THE STATE INVITED TRIPLER TO JOIN ITS NETWORK OF TRAUMA HOSPITALS AS THE SECOND ON OAHU. TRIPLER WILL TREAT PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM LOW-LEVEL TRAUMA INJURIES, THE MOST SEVERE CASES WILL STILL BE RUSHED TO QUEENS. PROGRAM 630 & 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:20 SUMMARY FIREWORK CITATIONS. DESPITE REPORTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, HONOLULU POLICE DID NOT MAKE ANY ARRESTS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE DEPARTMENT DID SAY IT HANDED OUT 27 FIREWORKS-RELATED CITATIONS. IN 2010, OFFICERS ISSUED MORE THAN 300 CITATIONS. PROGRAM 630 & 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/10/2012 LENGTH 1:50 SUMMARY NEW LICENSE REGULATIONS. BEGINNING MARCH 5TH IT'LL BE MORE COMPLICATED.EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF A VALID SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.IN MOST CASES THAT MEANS ANYONE WANTING A LICENSE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, SHOWING PROOF THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED IN THE US LEGALLY. DRIVERS WILL ALSO NEED TO PRESENT A BIRTH CERTIFICAATE, PASSPORT. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/11/2012 LENGTH 1:42 SUMMARY SIMON JASPER MCCARTY PORN BAG. IN 2008 AFTER ARRIVING AT HILO AIRPORT, SIMON JASPER MCCARTY HAD PHOTOS OF NUDE CHILDREN. THE IMAGES FELL OUT OF HIS BAG WHILE A TSA OFFICER WAS EXAMINING IT. A LATER SEARCH UNCOVERED SOME 400 STILL IMAGES AND 200 VIDEO CLIPS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS LAPTOP AND EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/13/2012 LENGTH 2:02 SUMMARY HONOLULU FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING CENTER. A PROP CAR BURSTS INTO FLAMES. THE ALARM IS JUST AN EXERCISE BUT THE SCORCHING HEAT AND CREW'S PLAN OF ATTACK ARE VERY REAL. WHETHER THE JOB IS A HOUSE FIRE OR OCEAN RESCUE OR EVEN FIRE PREVENTION, THEY GET THE CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. PROGRAM 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/24/2012 LENGTH 1:53 SUMMARY OFFICER DAVID DEATH HELPS PUSH LAW INTO LEGISLATION. A PUSH FOR LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR POLICE AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ON HAWAII'S ROADWAYS ARE BEING PUSHED BECAUSE OF OFFICER DAVIS' DEATH. OFFICER DAVIS WAS KILLED IN THIS FIERY CRASH ON THE H-ONE FREEWAY IN AIEA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE 28-YEAR-OLD HAD PULLED OVER TO ASSIST A MOTORIST WHO HAD A FLAT TIRE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/9/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:03 SUMMARY WAIANAE RESIDENTS REPORT CASES OF IMPETIGO. IMPETIGO IS A BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION MOST COMMON IN CHILDREN THAT THRIVES IN WARM TROPICAL CLIMATES. RONNIE LOMAVITA SAYS ALL SIX OF HER KIDS WERE INFECTED RECENTLY. THE DISEASE ENTERS THROUGH EVEN THE SMALLEST CUTS AND SCRAPES, AND REQUIRES ANTIBIOTICS TO CURE. IF LEFT UNCHECKED, THE DISEASE CAN SPREAD AND EVEN CAUSE KIDNEY DAMAGE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE A WIDE SPREAD OUTBREAK, THOUGH. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/9/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:47 SUMMARY FINAL SALUTE TO FALLEN OFFICER. A CEREMONY WAS HELD TODAY FOR GARRETT DAVIS, A HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AS HE MADE A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE H1 FREEWAY. SINCE OFFICER DAVIS' FAMILY WILL TAKE HIS REMAINS BACK TO CALIFORNIA, HPD PLAYED TAPS AND HAD A 21 GUN SALUTE ON SECTION OF BERET AN lA STREET FRONTING HPD HEADQUARTERS. POLICE DISPATCH ALSO CARRIED OUT A FINAL ROLL CALL WHILE A POLICE HELICOPTER DROPPED FLOWERS ONTO THE CROWD BELOW. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:48 SUMMARY FATHER AND SON RESCUED AFTER BOAT SINKS. NINE-YEAR OLD WEST JAMES AND HIS FATHER ARRIVED IN HONOLULU JUST BEFORE DAWN, BUT NOT UNDER THE CONDITIONS THEY WOULD HAVE HOPED. A MONTH AGO THEY LEFT MEXICO FOR HAWAII, BUT THEIR 39-FOOT SAILBOAT GOT STRANDED 300 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILO AFTER THEIR MAST BROKE. THE BOAT SANK, BUT NOT BEFORE BRAD JAMES USED A SATELLITE PHONE TO CALL THE COAST GUARD, WHO HELPED COORDINATE THEIR RESCUED THEM FROM SEA. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/13/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/14/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY THERE WAS A GREAT STORY LAST WEEK ABOUT THREE VISITORS FROM CANADA WHO WERE RESCUED FROM THE SEA BY A CONTAINER SHIP THAT WAS IN THE AREA AND HEEDED THE "SOS" CALL. MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED DID SMART AND EVEN BRAVE THINGS TO MAKE THIS SEA TALE A HAPPY ONE. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/28/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH :28 SUMMARY CHARTER SCHOOL GROUP OFFERS REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON BEATING. MANA MAOLI, A CHARITABLE GROUP, IS OFFERING A $500 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF THE TWO MEN WHO MUGGED AN ELDERLY COUPLE FROM MOLOKAIIN KAKAAKO TO HELP VOLUNTEER FOR A CONCERT. THE MEN STOLE A BACKPACK FROM THE COUPLE AND THEN FLED IN A WHITE FOUR-DOOR SEDAN, THINKING THEY WERE CARRYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CASH. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/15/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:52 SUMMARY FIRES BURN OAHU RESTAURANTS. WHAT STARTED AS AN OIL FIRE HAS BURNED THE ENTIRE KITCHEN AREA AT GOLDEN COIN BAKE SHOP, AND EMPLOYEES ARE CALLNG IT A TOTAL LOSS. AN EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY WENT ON BREAK WITHOUT REMOVING OIL FROM THE STOVE, WHICH THEN PROCEEDED TO LIGHT ON FIRE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REPORTEDLY TRIED TO DOUSE THE FLAMES BY POURING WATER ON THEM, WHICH ONLY INTENSIFIED THE PROBLEM. THERE WERE NO CUSTOMERS IN THE RESTAURANT AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, AND NO EMPLOYEES WERE HURT IN THE ACCIDENT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/10/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 3:56 SUMMARY SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL. A 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT AT WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL SAYS HER TRACK AND FIELD COACH ERIC TAMURA GROPED HER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BUT THE SCHOOL INITIALLY DID NOT FEEL ANY NEED TO STRIP THE ACCUSED OF HIS DUTIES AND REMOVE HIM FROM CAMPUS DURING ITS INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. THE 37-YEAR OLD WAS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF THIRD-DEGREE SEX ASSAULT LAST SATURDAY AND HAS ALREADY MADE A COURT APPEARANCE. TODAY WAS HIS FIRST DAY ON DEPARTMENT-DIRECTED LEAVE. TAMURA'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS 100% INNOCENT. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 2/29/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 2:08 SUMMARY UH REPORTS CASE OF DATE-RAPE DRUG. A WOMAN HAS REPORTED BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AFTER BEING GIVEN THE DATE-RAPE DRUG, A CLAIM VERIFIED BY THE SEXUAL ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER AT KAPIOLANI. OFFICIALS SAY THE WOMAN CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING WHAT APARTMENT SHE ENDED UP IN, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PURSUE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. CAMPUS POLICE SAY SHE WAS GIVEN THE DRUG AT AN ON-CAMPUS BAR AFTER A MAN ASKED IF HE COULD BUY HER A DRINK. SHE TOLD UH SECURITY SHE THEN WOKE UP SIX TO SEVEN HOURS LATER IN A STRANGE APARTMENT, AND DID NOT KNOW THE MAN WHO SHE WAS WITH. SHE SAYS SHE STUMBLED AWAY FROM THE APARTMENT, AND GOT A RIDE HOME FROM A PASSERBY. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/1/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/2/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING ... WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE LOCALLY HAVE BEEN IN MINOR, LET ALONE MAJOR, FENDER BENDERS DUE TO LOSING FOCUS. I'M GUlL TY. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/1/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:47 SUMMARY INFANT DIES AFTER SUFFERING BRAIN TRAUMA. 14 MONTH OLD ZAYDEN LONERGAN HAD BEEN RECEIVING SPECIALIZED CARE AFTER SUFFERING SKULL AND BRAIN TRAUMA THAT DOCTORS SAY IS CONSISTENT WITH SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THE UNCONSCIOUS CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE FEDERAL FIRE STATION AT MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII AND TRANSFERRED TO CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER. HE HAD BEEN LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS ON BASE IN KANEOHE. HE DIED AT KULANA MALAMA, A CENTER THAT PROVIDES LONG TERM CARE FOR MEDICALLY-FRAGILE CHILDREN. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/15/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH 2:03 SUMMARY HOTELS RESIST NEW ADA SWIMMING POOL RULES. HOTELS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE BEEN SLOW TO MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR SWIMMING POOLS WHILE THEY LOBBY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RELAX THE RULE. CHANGES TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATE THAT ANY POOL 300 FEET OR LONGER MUST HAVE A WAY FOR THE DISABLED TO ENTER, LIKE RAMPS, STEPS WITH HANDRAILS, OR A HYDRAULIC LIFT. LOCAL BUSINESSES SAY RETROFITTING THEIR POOLS IS EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING, SINCE CONSULTANTS AND ENGINEERS NEED TO BE HIRED AND PERMITS NEED TO BE OBTAINED. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/20/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :43 SUMMARY PROTESTS OVER HEALTH CARE REFORM. CONSUMER GROUPS RALLIED AT THE STATE CAPITOL, DEMANDING A VOICE IN HEALTH CARE REFORM. THEY WANT REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD RESPONSIBLE FOR ROLLING OUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NEW AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE COVERAGE TO AN AXTRA 100,000 UNINSURED HAWAII RESIDENTS. THE GROUPS WERE UPSET THAT MANY OF THE GOVERNOR'S PICKS TO BE ON THE BOARD CAME FROM BIG HEALTH CARE COMPANIES. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/22/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/23/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY THE DIRE SITUATION CAUSED BY THE CLOSING OF THE HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALS THREE MONTHS AGO WAS UNDOUBTEDLY GOING TO HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT OUR HEALTH COMMUNITY, AND THE REPRECUSSIONS ARE BEING FELT IN NUMEROUS WAYS. AS VARIOUS SUITORS WEIGH THEIR OPTIONS BRINGING ONE OR BOTH OF THE LOCATIONS BACK FROM THE DARKNESS, THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER HAS THANKFUL Y BEGUN ITS NEW TRANSPLANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A HUGE RELIEF FOR THOSE IN NEED LOCALLY. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/23/2012 630PM NEWS, 9PM NEWS LENGTH 1:07 SUMMARY OAHU DOCTOR CLAIMS COURT VICTORY. LAST AUGUST, QUEEN'S TOLD OAHU ONCOLOGISTS THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL TO CONTINUE TO USE RADIATION SERVICES. DR. JOHN LEDERER CALLED IT A PLAY TO CORNER THE MARKET, AND SUED IN FEDERAL COURT CITING ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS. AN INJUNCTION WILL ALLOW LEDERER AND HIS COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO USE THE FACILITIES. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/23/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 2:09 SUMMARY STRANGER TARGETING CHILDREN AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AN OAHU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS WARNING PARENTS ABOUT STRANGERS WHO MAY BE TARGETING KIDS. STUDENTS AT LEIHOKU ELEMENTARY IN LEEWARD OAHU SAY THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW. LETTERS SENT HOME CONTAIN ADVICE FOR KIDS, AND THE AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOL ARE GETTING AN INCREASE IN POLICE PATROLS TO HELP KEEP EVERYONE SAFE. Program HAWAII NEWS NOW Date 3/23/2012 9PM NEWS Length 1:50 Summary DOG DIAGNOSED WITH MRSA DISEASE. A DOG NAMED CASHEW IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH MRSA AT AN UNKNOWN LOCATION. THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER HAD RECENTLY HAD SURGERY AND CAME DOWN WITH THE DISEASE THAT IS RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS. THE DISEASE CAN ALSO TRAVEL FROM PEOPLE FROM TO DOGS AND VICE-VERSA, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CALLING FOR PEOPLE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. Public Service Announcements o American Diabetes Association: During the quarter, KFVE aired 150 public service messages for this cause of: 20 seconds in length. This public service announcement promoted public awareness of the symptoms of diabetes. o American Lung Concert: During the quarter, KFVE aired 126 public service messages of: 15 seconds in length. The PSAs promoted the Clean Air concert for the American Lung Association. o American Red Cross Hawaii Chapter: During the quarter, KFVE aired 85 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSA raised public awareness of the contributions of the American Red Cross to Hawaii during emergencies and disasters. o Adcouncil Texting & Driving: During the quarter, KFVE aired 45 public service messages for this cause : 10 seconds in length. The PSA raised public awareness of dangers of texting while driving. o Brain Injury Conference: During the quarter, KFVE aired 237 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Brain Injury Conference which featured speakers talking about the state-of-the-art treatments and therapies of brain injury research. o Internet Safety Awards: During the qumier, KFVE aired 50 public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the Internet Safety Awards which is a contest that engages Hawaii youth to create public service announcements which raise awareness of the dangers of internet predators, cyberbullying, identity theft, etc. o Kapiolani Foundation: During the quarter KFVE aired 36 public service messages of :30 seconds in length. The PSAs aired were to inform the public about the health services the foundation offers. o MADD (Thought for the Road): During the quarter, KFVE aired 201 public service messages for this cause of: 30 seconds in length. MADD partnered exclusively with KFVE to promote safe driving throughout the year. o lvfove With Aloha: During the quarter, KFVE 50 aired public service messages for this cause :30 seconds in length. The PSA promoted the importance of walking or cycling and help educate the community on "sharrows"-road markings indicating a shared lane benveen motorists and cyclists. o Partnership for a Drug Free America: During the quarter, KFVE aired 56 public service messages of :30 seconds in length. This PSA brought awareness to the dangers of drugs and hope for a brighter future. F. NON-PROFIT/CIVIL SERVICE, including services provided by non-profit organizations, services which benefit the public, and civil service. PROGRAM HAWAII NEWS NOW DATE 3/28/2012 9PM NEWS LENGTH :20 SUMMARY RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ANNIVERSARY. THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CELEBRATED ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY. THE MANOA HOME HAS PROVIDED A PLACE TO STAY FOR SICK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. Public Service Announcements o Ronald ~M~cDonald House: During the quarter, KFVE aired 16 public service messages of :30 seconds in length. This public service announcement was to promote awareness about services provided to families by the Ronald McDonald House Foundation. o PBS Hawaii: During the quarter, KFVE aired 2 public service messages of :30 seconds in length. This public service announcement was to promote awareness about PBS programs. G. TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL ISSUES, including traffic, air travel news, travel construction, and relevant political issues related to transportation. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:20 SUMMARY RAIL LAWSUIT. THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT IS NOW FACING SOME BIG OPPOSITION. THE PACIFIC RESOURCE PARTNERSHIP FILED A MOTION TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT TO STOP THE SUIT. PROGRAM 630 NEWS & 9PM KFVE DATE 1/4/2012 LENGTH 0:49 SUMMARY TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF SURF. OF COURSE WHEN THE SURF IS UP, TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS BAD ON THE NORTH SHORE PARTICULARLY AT LANIAKEA. IT'S THE FIRST PLACE PASSING MOTORISTS CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE OCEAN, OTHERS WANT TO SEE THE SEA TURTLES. PROGRAM 630 NEWS KFVE DATE 1/4/2012, 1/5/2012 SUNRISE BAM, 630PM LENGTH 0:17 SUMMARY EWA PLAINS NOISE. FLIGHT PATTERNS CHANGED DUE TO THE STATE'S REPAIR WORK AT A RUNWAY AT THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE CLOSURE AND THE FLIGHT PATTERN CHANGES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PROGRAM 630 & 9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/10/2012 LENGTH 0:21 SUMMARY RAIL PROJECT. THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION HAS CHOSEN A COMPANY TO DESIGN THE AIRPORT SECTION OF THE ELEVATED RAIL PROJECT. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES WAS AWARDED THE $38.8 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. THE COMPANY WILL DESIGN JUST OVER FIVE MILES OF THE RAIL GUIDEWAY FROM ALOHA STADIUM TO KALIHI. AECOM'S DEADLINE TO FINISH THE DESIGN IS NEXT SPRING. PROGRAM 630PM &9PM NEWS KFVE DATE 1/10/2012 LENGTH 0:21 SUMMARY COMPANY SELECTED FOR AIRPORT SECTION OF RAIL. THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION HAS CHOSEN A COMPANY TO DESIGN THE AIRPORT SECTION OF THE ELEVATED RAIL PROJECT. AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES WAS AWARDED THE $38.8 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 2/27/2012 9PM NEWS, 2/28/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY RARELY HAS ONE ISSUE SO CLEARLY DEFINED AN ELECTION AS THE RAIL ISSUE DOES HERE ON OAHU IN THE UPCOMING RACE FOR HONOLULU MAYOR. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO BE PLAGUED BY INFRA-STRUCTURE PROBLEMS AND TAX REVENUE ISSUES, WHILE WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ANSWERS AND REVENUE-GENERATING IDEAS BEYOND TOURISM, THE FOCUS ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME BACK TO RAIL NOWADAYS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/5/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/6/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEW DEVELOPMENT, REVELATION, OR REASSURANCE ABOUT THE RAIL SYSTEM. LAST WEEK WORD CAME OUT THAT A PRIVATE CONSULTANT HIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTHASCONCERNSABOUTTHESUPPOSEDLACKOFSEATSTHAT EACH RAIL CAR WILL PROVIDE, RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF STANDEES. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/12/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/13/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, BUT IT SURE SEEMED LIKE EVERY SINGLE WORKING CAR ON O'AHU WAS OUT ON THE STREETS LAST THURSDAY. BAD WEATHER TENDS TO BRING OUT MORE VEHICLES, AS PEOPLE SCURRY ABOUT AMID POTHOLES AND DOWNPOURS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/19/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/20/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED, EXCEPT WHEN IT'S FOR THINGS YOU'D RATHER NOT BE KNOWN FOR. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH A RECENT LISTING BY THE ROAD INFORMATION PROGRAM, OR TRIP, WHICH SAID THAT HONOLULU DRIVERS PAY THE 4TH MOST OF ANY CITY IN THE NATION FOR AUTO REPAIRS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR CAUSED BY HORRIBLE ROADS. PROGRAM THINK ABOUT IT (EDITORIAL) DATE 3/26/2012 9PM NEWS, 3/27/2012 630PM NEWS LENGTH 1:30 SUMMARY THE HONOLULU CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO APPROVE THE MEASURE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE TRANSIT PROJECT. AS THE SAME TIME, THE COUNCIL IS ASKING THE CITY LAWYERS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE BOND MEASURE IS APPROVED, BUT THEN THE COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO FLOAT THE BONDS LATER. THE ONLY THING THEN THAT WOULD BE FLOATING WOULD BE THE UNBALANCED BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBERS APPARENTLY ARE UNSURE IF THEY ARE GETTING THE RIGHT DATA WITH GUARDED GUARANTEES. THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF THE MARETING AND PROMOTION SURROUNDING RAIL IS ACCURATE AND FAIR.