ShopTalk KITV Traffic Anchor Yasmin Dar Moves to KVAL By Merrill Knox on Jul. 17, 2012 - 11:25 AM Yasmin Dar has been hired as the newest anchor at KVAL, the CBS-affiliate in Eugene, OR. Dar is the traffic anchor at KITV, the ABC-affiliate in Honolulu. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, KVAL news director Sean Flanagan ...
TV Biz Hearst TV, Time Warner Cable Fail to Reach Retrans Agreement By Merrill Knox on Jul. 10, 2012 - 2:58 PM Despite extending talks for more than a week past the original expiration of their retransmission consent contract, Time Warner Cable and Hearst were unable to come to an agreement by midnight yesterday, leaving 13 stations unavai ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk KITV Names Chuck Parker News Director By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 3, 2012 - 11:53 AM Chuck Parker has been promoted to news director at KITV in Honolulu. A managing editor with the station since 2010, Parker has been overseeing KITV’s newsroom since the departure of news director Genie Garner in February. &# ...
ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Jodi Leong Leaving KITV for University of Hawaii Job By Merrill Knox on Mar. 2, 2012 - 11:26 AM After more than 20 years in the television business, anchor Jodi Leong is leaving KITV to join the University of Hawaii as director of communications. Leong began her career as a producer, reporter and weekend anchor for the Honol ...
Reporting | ShopTalk Honolulu Stations Stay Up All Night with Live Tsunami Coverage By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 11, 2011 - 11:59 AM Stations in Honolulu have essentially become 24-hour news channels as the islands of Hawaii are threatened by a tsunami stemming from Friday’s earthquake off the coast of Japan. ABC-affiliate KITV, CBS-affiliate KGMB, and NB ...
Anchors | ShopTalk Anchor Shawn Ching Returns to TV News, Joining Honolulu’s Hawaii News Now By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 2, 2011 - 10:12 AM Shawn Ching is returning to TV news. The former KITV anchor and sports director is leaving his second career as a lawyer to join Honolulu’s Hawaii News Now. “Shawn has a storied broadcast career that spans two decade ...