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B4 1 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser News i consumers and violates federal laws barring the multiple ownership of television stations in a single market They are asking the Federal Communications Commission and other regulatory agencies to put a halt to the deal. On Friday, FCC asked Raycom to provide further information about the deal, including a copy of the shared service agreement and asset exchange agreement between the stations. The FCC is also asking for a copy of an agreement giving Raycom the option to purchase KGMB from Virginia-based MCG Capital Corp. Raycom has said that the shared services agreement between the stations doesn't require FCC approval because the deal does not involve an ownership change. Reach Rick Daysog at 525-8064 or rdaysoghonolu luadvertiser.com.

should expect to see more exclusive and in-depth reporting. KGMB, KHNL and K5 announced in August that they planned to merge newsrooms, simulcast some news programs and cut about a third of their staff. The shared services agreement resulted in the terminations of all but four of KHNL's on-air staff. Raycom Media Inc. of Alabama, which owns KHNL and K5, said the deal was necessary to prevent one or two of the three stations from going under during a severe downturn in the local television advertising market.

According to Raycom, the combined annual television advertising revenues in the Hawai'i market have declined by 30 percent, or about $20 million, during the past three years. But community groups such as Media Council Hawaii say the deal will hurt CONTINUED FROM B1 rooms will create the largest television news operation in the state and promised to provide more news and more voices. Under the deal, the stations are simulcasting their 5 p.m. and 10 p.m weeknight newscasts and KHNL has moved its 6 p.m. local newscast to 530 p.m.

The combined news operation has been rebranded as "Hawaii News Now." Yesterday's launch went relatively smoothly although the newscasts had little in terms of exclusive content. There was a minor studio sound problem and an incorrect video was used for a story that aired on KHNL's 530 newscast. Blangiardi said the "technical transition issues" are being ironed out. He added that the stations' viewers Nanakuli He's the most celebrated entrepreneur on earth. He's earned more in a day than most people do in a lifetime.

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So far, though, the city has not indicated when it plans to clean up either Ma'ili Point or Kea'au Beach Park, let alone the wilderness refuge beyond. Reach Will Hoover at whooverhonoluluadve rtiser.com or 690-8909. ter or facilities, known as "the wild West" is the last outpost for scores of chronic homeless people, some of whom have lived in the bush for more than 10 years. "We're beginning to get close to the end of that toothpaste tube," said Jordaa "All the stuff we envisioned several years ago, we are getting very close to realizing now." Jordon, who has supported the park closures and cleanup efforts so far, said she wants Ma'ili Point and Kea'au Beach Park to be cleaned up simultaneously. CONTINUED FROM B1 be cleaned up as far as Kea'au Beach Park.

Jordan said many in the area are afraid that that's where the city's cleanup efforts will end leaving Kea'au Beach Park as the last "out of sight, out of mind" refuge for many of O'ahu's homeless people. The area just past Kea'au Beach Park a dense thicket of underbrush with no wa As a result of my three-day the floor, historically low interest rates, and record high inventories, 2009 is the "perfect storm" for real training, I made a profit of $30,000 on my first deal a flip property that lasted on the estate investors of every income market for only two days! Robert V. Los Angeles, California 'Personal Results, Results not typical and experience level. But you need to approach this with the kind of proven expertise contained in Donald Trump's powerful techniques and strategies. Dog park CONTINUED FROM B1 versity of Hawai'i graduate student in applied archaeology.

While there are no remnant structures on the site, a limestone feature remains, she said. She said that apparently no Native Hawaiian consultant was contacted. "Dog parks are part of this whole system of gentrifica-tion, where settlers from outside are coming into our communities and putting in their Starbucks and this whole development scene," Evans said. "Dog parks are part of that it's just a symptom of what's going on in our communities as Hawaiian cultural values and lifestyle are being replaced by foreign perspective." Evans said members of her group met with three women from Woof Pack but they deferred to the city, saying the decision was now up to city officials. The North Shore Woof ka Bay Beach Park, but not about the dog park, Lyons said.

"I said if you bring it up, Til stop it," he said. The board discussed the dog park at three meetings before a final vote to support the dog park in concept, Lyons said. The Woof Pack people changed the plan three times to accommodate concerns about the proximity of the park to homes, the highway and the school, he said. Only one board member voted against the proposal in a 10-1-1 vote in February. Lyons said from all of the people he's spoken to, he does not believe that the heiau is in the park.

"The heiau is on, I believe, Dole or Gilman land," he said. "The sugar company actually piled all its rubbish on it, and when it closed up, they cleared the property and the heiau was destroyed." Reach Eloise Aguiar at eaguiarhonoluluadver tiser.com or 239-7618. Pack declined to comment for this story, saying the project is in the city's hands. City spokesman Bill Bren-nan said the group is mistaken. "My understanding is the dog park is nowhere near the heiau," Brennan said.

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