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July 12, 2016

PBS to host live televised discussion with Honolulu mayoral candidates

HONOLULU – Voters are invited to watch PBS Hawaii on Monday, August 1 at 8:00 pm for a special episode of the roundtable public affairs show Insights on PBS Hawaii featuring Honolulu’s leading mayoral candidates. The discussion will also be live streamed at PBSHawaii.org/insights

Host Daryl Huff will moderate this discussion with incumbent , and challengers and Charles Djou.

Insights on PBS Hawaii is a regularly scheduled news interview program that normally airs Thursdays at 8:00 pm. The show’s trademark, Honolulu mayoral candidates Kirk Caldwell, Peter Carlisle and loosely structured live format sets Charles Djou are scheduled to appear in a live televised discussion these discussions apart from on Insights on PBS Hawaii, airing Monday, August 1 at 8:00 pm on traditional, rigid televised debates. PBS Hawaii and PBSHawaii.org.

“These are real-time conversations in which Hawaii’s citizens can assess whether opponents are able to think on their feet, ask questions as well as answer them, and disagree respectfully,” said Leslie Wilcox, PBS Hawaii President and CEO. “In previous elections, we received feedback from viewers that Insights discussions provided some of the more telling moments of the election season.”

The program will be available to watch after the live broadcast at PBSHawaii.org/insights

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