Topic: Politics and Election Coverage
In an unprecedented event, several Honolulu stations ran Hearst-owned KITV-TV’s Honolulu Mayoral Debate live on July 11. Raycom Media’s KGMB-TV and KHNL-TV, GMC Television’s KFVE-TV and Clear Channel’s KHVH-AM all ran the debate live, while PBS Hawaii re-broadcast the event later in the evening. "In order to best serve the public with this important debate, Hawaii’s local broadcasters agreed to make the production as widely available as possible," said KITV President and General Manager Andrew Jackson.
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