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Reporting | ShopTalk

In Hawaii, KDKA Assistant ND Went from ‘On Vacation’ to ‘On Location’ as Tsunami Loomed

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 15, 2011 - 11:13 AM

KDKA assistant news director Brenda Pavillian’s two-week Hawaiian vacation was interrupted last week when tsunami warnings changed her status from on vacation to on location. Pavillian offered updates via phone for the Pitts ...

NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather

Al Roker Reports Honolulu NBC-Affiliate Was ‘Knocked Off Air’: Uh, Not True

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 11, 2011 - 6:19 PM

Al Roker made a dramatic announcement this morning on “Today”: NBC’s affiliate in Honolulu had “been knocked off air.” The only problem was that KHNL, along with its sister station KGMB, was still ver ...

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 ...

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