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By Star-Bulletin staff
POSTED: 01:02 p.m. HST, Oct 01, 2009
KITV, which began televising the Merrie Monarch Festival as a public service program in 1981, has lost its 29-year association with the annual hula competition.
Merrie Monarch said today that KFVE will televise next year's event on April 8-10 at the Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium in Hilo.
"We are truly grateful to KITV for helping us share the beauty of hula for the past 29 years," said Luana Kawelu, president of the Merrie Monarch Festival, "and we now look forward to building new relationships with KFVE-TV to perpetuate Hawaiian culture and the festival as both continue to grow and thrive."
KFVE, KHNL-TV and KGMB-TV are part of a so-called shared services agreement that is scheduled to go into effect later this month. That agreement is being challenged by local media watchdog and community groups.
KITV, which began televising the Merrie Monarch Festival as a public service program in 1981, has lost its 29-year association with the annual hula competition.
Merrie Monarch said today that KFVE will televise next year's event on April 8-10 at the Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium in Hilo.
"We are truly grateful to KITV for helping us share the beauty of hula for the past 29 years," said Luana Kawelu, president of the Merrie Monarch Festival, "and we now look forward to building new relationships with KFVE-TV to perpetuate Hawaiian culture and the festival as both continue to grow and thrive."
KFVE, KHNL-TV and KGMB-TV are part of a so-called shared services agreement that is scheduled to go into effect later this month. That agreement is being challenged by local media watchdog and community groups.
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