| Hawaii News Now | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Live News Telecast |
| Presented by | see below |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Honolulu, United States |
| Camera setup | Multiple camera |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Studios of KGMB, KFVE & KHNL/Honolulu (United States) |
| Original airing | October 26, 2009 |
| External links | |
| HawaiiNewsNow.com Website | |
Hawaii News Now is the name of the news department shared by three Honolulu, Hawaii television outlets, KGMB, KFVE and KHNL. The newscasts are produced by Raycom Media, which owns and operates KGMB and KHNL and shares studios with KFVE (Owned by MCG Capital) through a local marketing agreement.
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The origins of the three stations sharing their resources was announced on August 18, 2009, when MCG Capital Corporation and Raycom Media (owner of KHNL and, at the time, KFVE) announced a shared services agreement which would see Raycom merge the three stations' operations into the KHNL/KFVE studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu (KGMB would vacate its studios on Kapiolani Boulevard). Though non-news programming would remain in place, the 3 stations' news operations would be combined under one banner. The arrangement would also see a channel swap, with KGMB moving from PSIP channel 9 to channel 5 and KFVE move from 5 to 9. KFVE's newscasts would remain in place[1]
The two stations began to jointly produce and simulcast a weeknight 5 and 10 o'clock newscasts while KHNL moved their 6 P.M. show to 5:30. KGMB continues to have its own weeknight 6 o'clock newscast. The only times when they don't simulcast is during the 7AM hour when KHNL starts airing NBC's Today Show, 5:30PM when KGMB airs The CBS Evening News, and at 6PM when KHNL airs The NBC Nightly News. Weekday morning and weekend shows are simulcasted on the two but can be preempted on one station due to network obligations. The local news schedule on KFVE-TV remains unchanged. There is no weekday midday news on either station.[2]
The shared services agreement resulted in the termination of all but four KHNL on-air staff and all of KHNL's morning show technicians when its newsroom merged with KGMB on October 26, 2009 when they began their simulcast.[3] Seniority was guaranteed to technicians in the IBEW Local 1260 contract, but management said, "New equipment nullifies any previous seniority.", even though the technicians had installed and been operating the new equipment for over 6 months. The new hires had no prior experience operating the new equipment and had to be trained. The IBEW reps and heads were paid to turn a blind eye to the situation. People let go had been with the station from between 20 to 30 years, while those with as little as 6 months were allowed to keep their jobs, this suggests those with long service were let go to hire new people at less pay.
The combined merger, especially the newscasts in general, is also drawing complaints from local media watchdog groups, who cite Raycom for trying to monopolize the market by operating three stations at once and limiting the choices that viewers have for their news. This has prompted several groups that are opposed to the merger to file petitions with the FCC to end the arrangement.
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise anchors
Hawaii News Now (Evening anchors)
Hawaii's Severe Weather Team (Hawaii Weather Now)
Hawaii Traffic Now
Hawaii Sports Now
Hawaii News Now Reporters
Hawaii News Now: Sunrise at 8 (Weekday mornings 8 to 9 A.M.)
Hawaii News Now at 6:30 (Weeknights 6:30 to 7 P.M.)
Hawaii News Now at 9 (9 to 9:30 P.M.)
Weeknights
Weekends
Cheap Eats (Wednesdays on KFVE-TV)
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