Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 12, 1 December 1994 — HPR's Hawaiian newscast recognized [ARTICLE]

HPR's Hawaiian newscast recognized

Both the Honolulu City Council and the Hawai'i Visitors Bureau have recognized Ke Aolama. Hawai'i Public Radio's daily Hawaiian language newscast. The Honolulu City Council recently honored HPR and Ke Aolama for efforts toward keeping the Hawaiian language alive. The Council presented on Oct. 1 2 an honorary certificate, generated by Councilmember John Henry Felix and signed by all the councilmembers, extending on behalf of the people of the City anel County of Honolulu "its deepest appreciation to all members of the Ke Aolama program and Hawai'i Public Radio for their dedication and perpetuation of the Hawaiian language." The certificate specifically mentioned A1 Hulsen, president and general manager of Hawai'i Public Radio, as well as UH Hawaiian language professor Kamoa'e Walk and graduate student Analu Okimoto. Walk and

Okimoto. who has a journalism degree, serve as co-pro-ducers. They volunteer many hours eaeh week rewriting news into Hawaiian and working with a volunteer student staff. The Hawai'i Visitors Bureau gave its Kahili Award to HPR and Ke Aolama at its annual "Keep it Hawai'i" awards luneheon held October 28. The purpose of the award is to rew;ud and encourage individuals and eomp;tnies for their work in the display and perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture. Ke Aolama airs weekdays at 6:08 p.m. on KHPR 88.1 FM and KKUA 90.7. The program's title means "The Enlightened World."