Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 2, 1 February 1994 — Hawaiian language radio newscast debuts [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian language radio newscast debuts

I ka nū hou ... (In the news ...) starting Jan. 31, Hawai'i Public Radio is presenting a five-minute evening newscast in the Hawaiian language, whieh Hawaiian-language advocates see as a enieial step in the revitalization of the language. This first-time-ever newscast airs weekdays at 6:08 p.m. on KHPR FM 88.1 for O'ahu residents and KKUA FM 90.7 on Maui. The program is the brainchild

of Keith Haugen, and is made possible by University of Hawai'i-Mānoa Hawaiian language students, who translate, edit, and read news from the Associated Press and The Honolulu Advertiser Cable-TV subscribers on Kaua'i ean hear the program through Garden Isle Cablevision or Kaua'i Cablevision at 91.1 FM. On Moloka'i, subscribers to Chronicle Cablevision ean hear it at 88.5 FM. On Maui it ean be

heard through Chronicle Cablevision at 89.1 FM, through Hawaiian Cablevision at 88.3 FM, or Chronicle Cablevision at 98.1 FM. On the Big Island it ean be heard through Jones Spacelink at 95.5 FM, Sun Cablevision at 89.3 FM, or Oeeanie Cablevision at 98.1 FM. Look for a feature article on the program in a future issue of Ka Wai Ola O OHA.