KKCR Radio Station refutes allegations of racisim.
By Nathan Eagle - The Garden Island
Posted: Friday, Jan 04, 2008 - 11:07:50 pm HST
PRINCEVILLE — Several residents have banded to tackle alleged racism at KKCR after Kaua‘i’s community radio station fired a Hawaiian programmer last month and canned two talk show hosts this week.
Protests late Thursday afternoon outside the Princeville station led to police arresting Anahola activist Hale Mawae, 24, for trespassing and resisting arrest.
Ka‘iulani Edens-Huff, who hosted the popular but controversial “The Song of Sovereignty” program Monday mornings on 90.9 FM, was suspended “due to multiple violations of station policies and FCC laws,” KKCR Program Director Donna Lewis said yesterday.
“It’s really unfortunate that some mad folks are trying to spin this into a racial issue — it’s not in any way,” Lewis said...
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Maui, Hawaii: Maui Second Circuit Court Records
Meanwhile, public court records on Maui show that, Jay April, CEO/President of Akaku: Maui Community Television has illegally attempted to claim copyright ownership of all Akaku: Maui Community Television Board Meetings, and has sued a Maui non-profit vocational school to remove from the Internets all recorded copies of all 2007 Akaku: Maui Community Television Board Meetings.
Apparently high school age students had posted a recorded video of a 2007 Akaku: Maui Community Television Board Meeting documenting CEO/President of Akaku: Maui Community Television, Jay April, and Akaku: Maui Community Television "Parlimentarian" Lance Collins jokingly referring to members of Maui's Public Access Television Community using the racially derogatory term "Tar Baby" in front of the entire Board of Akaku: Maui Community Television, comprising a majority of white men, the Akaku: Maui Community Television Cameras, the Akaku: Maui Community Television Staff, and broadcast live to the entire community of Maui on Time Warner/Oceanic Cable Channel 53.
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