3 - CEO Message 6 - TV Listings 18 - Partner Profile 4 - Cover Story 10 - Evening Grid 17 - Daytime Grid PROGRAM GUIDE MAY 2018 VOL. 37 NO. 5 PAGE 4 | MAY 2018 Hawai‘i students win big at national media competition Students from 18 Hawai‘i schools came home with School received the Broadcast Excellence Award for Monthly 18 percent, or 30 out of the 163 awards presented at the News Show. Student Television Network (STN) Convention, an annual, All but one of the 18 Hawai‘i schools were public schools, national student media conference. This year’s convention and all of them participate in PBS Hawai‘i’s HIKI NŌ took place March 15-18 in Nashville, Tennessee. statewide student news network. The Hawai‘i awards include seven first-place trophies, At STN, approximately 3,000 middle and high school and two wins in STN’s Broadcast Excellence Awards, which students from across the U.S. compete in on-site, time- recognize the top student news programs in the U.S. Maui restricted contests in video journalism, television production, Waena Intermediate School won the Broadcast Excellence filmmaking, music videos, commercials and public service Award for Middle School News Show, while Wai‘anae High announcements. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GUIDE Chair Vice Chair President and CEO Editor Jason Fujimoto Joanne Grimes Leslie Wilcox Liberty Peralta Secretary Treasurer Senior Vice President/CFO Graphic Artist Bettina Mehnert Kent Tsukamoto Karen Yamamoto Randall Choo Muriel Anderson Joy Miura Koerte VP Content Communications Assistant Susan Bendon Kamani Kuala‘au Linda Brock Emily Bodfish Jodi Endo Chai Mary Ann Manahan James E. Duffy Jr. Aaron Salā VP Integrated Media Contributing Writer Matthew Emerson Julie Shimonishi Jason Suapaia Emilie Howlett Jake Fergus Ka‘iulani Sodaro Jason Haruki Candy Suiso VP Communications Program Listings Noelani Kalipi Huy Vo Liberty Peralta Emily Bodfish Ian Kitajima Bruce Voss John Kovacich Director, Learning Initiatives Robert Pennybacker Chief Engineer John Nakahira pbshawaii.org 2 CEO MESSAGE A Concern About Hawaiians Leaving Hawai‘i Leslie Wilcox PBS Hawai‘i President and CEO Community Advisor Dr. Shawn Kana‘iaupuni, left Community Advisory Chair Karen Knudsen with fellow member Les Murashige Community Advisors pictured, from left: Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui (Hawai‘i Island), Les Murashige, Dennis Bunda, Kainoa Horcajo (Maui), Marissa Sandblom (Kaua‘i) and Dr. Shawn Kana‘iaupuni. Not pictured: Chuck Boller, Lei Kihoi (Hawai‘i Island) and Corrina Moefu. Besides our statewide, governing Board affecting a school which uses a curriculum of Directors, PBS Hawai‘i has a Community based on the Hawaiian culture. This curriculum Advisory Board, with all of Hawai‘i’s counties is deemed less relevant to the needs of new represented, to give us feedback about students. programming and other community engagement. Maui’s Kainoa Horcajo said that newcomers At a recent meeting, these Community and visitors are using social media to confer Advisors shared thoughts about the central new names on treasured places, resulting in a question of our April 19 KĀKOU – Hawai‘i’s “homogenization” of Hawai‘i. Town Hall: “How do we keep Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i?” All of the advisors counseled PBS Hawai‘i One theme of the discussion was concern staff not to worry if the Town Hall turns dour. about Native Hawaiians choosing to move out They pointed out that change is inevitable, and of state. mindfulness is a positive first step if we want to Dr. Shawn Kana‘iaupuni of Honolulu says keep Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i. there are research initiatives to measure the current outflow of Native Hawaiians. “That’s More to come on this subject...Aloha nui, our host culture,” she noted. Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui of North Hawai‘i Island mentioned that community changes are 3 | MAY 2018 COVER STORY Courtesy of Stephanie Berger Stephanie Courtesy of Host Meredith Vieira By Emilie Howlett Launches Tuesday, May 22, 8:00 pm Our favorite books occupy a special place in our hearts. national vote to choose “America’s Best-Loved Books.” They help us to exercise our imagination, shift our The novels on the top 100 list were chosen by the perspective and open our minds. American public in a specially commissioned, This summer, PBS puts a spotlight on the power of demographically representative national survey reading with The Great American Read, hosted by conducted by market research firm YouGov. Meredith Vieira. This eight-part PBS series and community Prominent authors and celebrities such as Margaret engagement campaign is designed to spark a national Atwood, Juno Díaz, Lauren Graham, John Irving, George conversation about reading, and the books that have R.R. Martin, Devon Kennard and more will lend their inspired, moved and shaped us. The project also explores voices and share their personal stories and connections the ways that our favorite books have shaped our to their favorite titles. collective imagination – asking what they have to say The series returns in the fall with five one-hour specials about our diverse nation, and how these stories affect us designed to take a deeper dive into the books on the list, as readers. grouped by theme. Leading literary experts will help us Launching with a two-hour special on May 22 at 8:00 pm, understand how these books and themes relate to our the series hopes to encourage a multi-generational, history, culture, psychology and the human condition – multi-platform dialogue about literacy in America. and what they mean to us today. Just prior to the May 22 launch episode, PBS will reveal the list of 100 novels the public will be voting on throughout the summer. The online voting campaign is the first-ever Online voting will begin May 22 at pbs.org/greatamericanread pbshawaii.org 4 Among the guests featured on the Great American Read My Favorite Book Local residents pick their great reads We asked several local residents read, even if I didn’t know it at the about their favorite books and the time. It captures life’s journey and its impact they have had on their lives. possibilities simply and colorfully, without leaving out the truth that Anne Braun some days will be harder than others Kula, Maui and that things won’t always go our way. Not only does it touch on success The Diary of a achieved through persistence, but it Young Girl also brilliantly conveys the message by Anne Frank that we, ourselves, have the freedom Courtesy of Nutopia/PBSCourtesy of to embark on any path we choose “I first read Anne and shape the adventures of our Author Margaret Atwood Frank’s diary when I was 11. The fact lives. The genius of Dr. Seuss is that that her name was Anne, like mine, this book is still relevant today, for and that she was just a bit older than anyone at any age.” I was when she started her diary, added to its appeal and intrigue. I was crushed when her writing ended Aiden Vincent and I learned that she and her family East Honolulu, O‘ahu had been rounded up in a Gestapo raid, separated, and sent off to Harry Potter and the concentration camps – and that she Order of the Phoenix and most of her family ultimately by J. K. Rowling died in the camp. “Anne Frank’s story ignited in me a “If I had to pick a favorite book from the Harry Potter Courtesy of Nutopia/PBSCourtesy of lifelong interest; I visited her hiding place in Holland and read many series, it would be Harry Potter and Actress and author Lauren Graham more books about the Holocaust era. the Order of The Phoenix. I remember What has stuck with me is that even reading this series in 2nd grade and in the midst of living a life where she as a teenager; I always come back to could have chosen to dwell in misery it. I think that what I really loved and self-pity, she maintained a belief about this series overall is how in the good of humanity.” relatable the characters are, despite the fact that they live in such a magical world. This book means so Eslie Medallon much to me because I can always Kalihi, O‘ahu rely on it to transport me to a whole new world. Harry Potter and the Oh, the Places Order of The Phoenix is my favorite You’ll Go! book because it shows Harry start to by Dr. Seuss embrace his leadership and band Courtesy of Nutopia/PBSCourtesy of [together] with his friends.” “Oh, The Places NFL linebacker Devon Kennard You’ll Go! is undeniably one of the most life-changing books I’ve ever 5 | MAY 2018 PRIMETIME & WEEKEND Courtesy Shutterstock of LISTING SCHEDULE PBS Hawai‘i is on the air seven days a week from 5:00 am to midnight. Viewers with cable service also have access to overnight programming which is indicated by Cable Only After Midnight. Viewers with cable service and high-definition (HD) TVs may watch PBS Hawai‘i in high-definition on Spectrum Channel 1010 or Hawaiian Telcom Channel 1011. NOVA WONDERS Wednesdays at 9:00 pm Close-up rendering of a DNA strand Over-the-Air Broadcast Channels (KHET) Channel 11.1 - 11.2 - 11.3 (KMEB) Channel 10.1 - 10.2 - 10.3 1 TUESDAY have left the island struggling to survive. Spectrum 7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH Basic Cable: Channel 10 LESLIE WILCOX They Did It Their 11:00 AMANPOUR ON PBS Digital: Channel 90 Way Look back on three previous 11:30 BEYOND 100 DAYS HD: Channel 1010 guests who paved their own paths Cable Only After Midnight PBS Hawai‘i Kids: Channel 443 in life and followed their instincts, 12:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE Season 7, Hawaiian Telcom often against the grain of society’s Part 7 of 8 Basic Cable: Channel 11 expectations.