Fiscal Year 2017 | YEAR IN REVIEW | July 2016 – June 2017 Home is here 315 Sand Island Access Rd. p: 808.462.5000 pbshawaii.org Honolulu, HI 96819-2295 f: 808.462.5090 Dear Viewers and Supporters: On May 2, 2017, PBS Hawai‘i completed our first full year in the new headquarters provided by individuals; families; businesses; charitable foundations throughout the Islands, California and Maryland; and the Hawai‘i State and Honolulu City governments. These generous gifts have enabled us to have a debt-free facility, and the collective investment drives us, more than ever, to maximize value to the public. The new spacious, open-concept PBS Hawai‘i building has allowed us to develop an expanded role as a convener. We’ve long been a convener of people and ideas in our programming. Now we also welcome folks into this trusted “bricks and mortar” space. In line with our mission of advancing learning through storytelling, priority is given to the work of educators and filmmakers. Teachers from public, private and charter schools across the state have met here for training in digital media, journalism and other storytelling; Hawai‘i State Department of Education Complex-Area Superintendents have held talks here; members of the community come at least monthly for free advance screenings and discussions of national and local films; and fellow nonprofit organizations hold mission-related sessions here. All of this has yielded better understanding of what others care about and are doing. And that has led to relationship-building and some budding collaborations. From Day One in the building, our Board of Directors and Staff, with significant help from college students and volunteers, have been striving for more community engagement and continuous improvement in the work we do for others. As of August, it’s been a pleasure meeting with, and listening to, more than 1,400 individuals, singly and in groups, who have requested tours of the building. Here are a few highlights of the last year: – Our Board of Directors adopted a three-year strategic plan. It’s an action-oriented document designed to grow engagement by offering customized content, interactivity and events on multiple platforms. It’s also a commitment to present authentic content that follows our mind, heart and na‘au (gut). We are also moving to increase private support of PBS Hawai‘i, by making Major Gifts, including Planned Giving, a stronger element of our fundraising. – HIKI NŌ moved closer to becoming an elective course in Hawai‘i’s middle and high schools. The state’s largest public high school, James Campbell High in Ewa Beach, and a feeder school, Ilima Intermediate, are piloting our curriculum. – HIKI NŌ students, all from public schools, walked away with 20 percent of the awards given out in a large national scholastic journalism competition in Anaheim, California. Thirteen Hawai‘i schools participated. The rigorous competition involved originating and producing quality video stories in an unfamiliar city, on deadline, no excuses. 315 Sand Island Access Rd. p: 808.462.5000 pbshawaii.org Honolulu, HI 96819-2295 f: 808.462.5090 – PBS Hawai‘i was the presenting TV station of a new national PBS series, Family Ingredients. With our colleagues at Pacific Islanders in Communications and the Hawai‘i-based production company Rock Salt Media, we brought to PBS stations across the country a series of stories combining food, family, genealogy, culture and international travel. – Pacific Heartbeat, another PBS Hawai‘i collaboration with Pacific Islanders in Communications, enjoyed its fifth year as a national PBS series. Viewers see beyond some of the unfamiliar customs and trappings of diverse Pacific Islanders to the heart of their culture and to their lives today. – The Films of Eddie and Myrna Kamae, From the Heart, was the first-ever on-air, online film festival of the iconic Kamae film collection. The Kamaes have been explorers of a different sort – they looked to the past to inform the future. Their films present striking elements of Hawaiian cultural life and remarkable individuals who navigated difficult transitions. These films were viewed by a global audience, as well as our local community. – Three months of almost-weekly election forums, without rules inhibiting the flow or limiting follow-up questions. Candidates agreed to engage in civil discourse, with a moderator present to pose viewer questions and ensure follow-up. These conversations among opponents were often more illuminating than structured debates elsewhere. – The first-ever online, live, multi-island HIKI NŌ Awards program celebrated student achievement. We rejoiced in our organizational ability to use our digital technology in a new way. We’re grateful to all who support PBS Hawai‘i’s enriching programming, which is not driven by commercialism or politics. Our children’s shows are based on education curriculum, and our priority in newscasts is fact-based, verifiable accounts. It’s a privilege to do this work, and we are very grateful that our supporters uplift lifelong learning and create new hands-on learning opportunities, especially in the rural, low-income areas that PBS Hawai‘i serves across our island state. Sincerely, JASON FUJIMOTO LESLIE WILCOX Board Chair President and CEO YEAR IN REVIEW FY ‘17 Contents Hawai‘i is Home. Home is Here. 5 Home is: Our Local Programming 8 Insights on PBS Hawai‘i 9 Na Mele 14 HIKI NŌ 16 Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox 23 PBS Hawai‘i Presents 31 Eddie and Myrna Kamae 33 Pacific Heartbeat 38 Home is: PBS KIDS 40 Home is: In Our Communities 43 Technical Advances in Our New Home 52 Statewide PBS Hawai‘i Board of Directors 55 Statewide Community Advisory Board 56 PBS Hawai‘i Management 57 Foundation Supporters 58 Business Supporters 59 Financial Snapshot 60 Programming on PBS Hawai‘i 61 ON THE COVER PBS Hawai‘i’s new home at 315 Sand Island Access Road, featuring an outer brise soleil design by architect Sheryl Seaman. YEAR IN REVIEW FY ‘17 Hawai‘i is home. Home is here. Hawai‘i is in our name, our people, our stories and our DNA. Representing and serving our Islands with quality 5 stories and educational content of impact is critical, and at the core of who we are. PBS Hawai‘i is our Islands’ only public television station, the sole member of the nationally trusted Public Broadcasting Service. We’re also the only locally owned statewide television station in Hawai‘i, led by a Board of Directors from all across the Islands, and a locally based team of management and staff. Home was an ever-present theme over this last year, as it marks the first full year for PBS Hawai‘i at its new home: 315 Sand Island Access Road in Honolulu. The $30 million goal for our new home was met in 2016, thanks to the support of the Hawai‘i State Government – including the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs – the City and County of Honolulu, charitable foundations, businesses and many individuals from across our Islands. It was truly an inclusive, or kākou, effort. YEAR IN REVIEW FY ‘17 Home is why we serve. We at PBS Hawai‘i believe that lifelong education starts at home, and through our educational content for all ages, we serve our Island communities right in their homes. We are the only federally licensed statewide educational broadcaster in the Islands and the only Hawai‘i member of the trusted Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Our mission says it all: We advance learning and discovery with storytelling that profoundly touches lives. Home is across our Islands. Regardless of which island you call home, chances are, our broadcast signal reaches you – even to the farthest reaches of our island chain. PBS Hawai‘i’s free, over-the-air transmission reaches farther than that of any other television broadcaster in Hawai‘i, allowing us to serve as many homes as possible. With two broadcast transmitters on O‘ahu and Maui, along with 12 translators on Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island, our broadcasting system provides no-cost broadcast service to six populated islands, including all 25 of the most financially disadvantaged areas in Hawai‘i, as identified by the 2012 U.S. Census. In some of these areas, we are the only available broadcaster. With online and live streaming delivery of locally produced programs, we’re also reaching the world with stories of Hawai‘i. 6 5 translators transmitter KAUA‘I 1 O‘AHU MOLOKA‘I 1 transmitter LĀNA‘I MAUI 7 translators Home is here HAWAI‘I YEAR IN REVIEW FY ‘17 PBS Hawai‘i volunteers from Alpha Delta Kappa. Front row, from left: Judi Hamamoto, Pat Takamiya, Stella Shido, Linda Coble, June Watanabe, Myrna Sugiyama, Carol Fong, Kathy Tanaka, Leslie Wilcox. Middle row, from left: Alison Crabb, Christine Taylor, Valerie Okihara, Jean Kiyabu, June Ibara, Elaine Okazaki, Myrna Nishihara, Clara Goto, Joyce Saiki, Julie Shimonishi. Back row, from left: Cindy Turse, Carol Kuroda, Arleen Young, Sharon Holaday, Kathy Kiyabu, Judy Ching, Christine Ho. 7 The people who call PBS Hawai‘i home: 31 Full-Time Staff 2 Part-Time Staff 9 Production Students 23 Board Members 9 Community Advisory Board Members 87 Volunteers 1,203.25 Volunteer Hours 476 Volunteer Days 13,956 Donors PBS Hawai‘i staff members and video talent at an on-location shoot for a TV spot. Clockwise, from bottom left: Jason Suapaia, Mark Doo, Chris Jose, Forest Butler, Emilie Howlett, Trina Tsutsui, Emily Calbero-Tsutsui, Todd Fink, Rianne Tsutsui. YEAR IN REVIEW FY ‘17 Home is: Our Local Programming When you think of home, what comes to mind? Perhaps it’s having a lively discussion with family over the dinner table.