OHA to buy KGMB?
Advertiser
article
worth
noting:The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is exploring the purchase of local television station KGMB, raising concerns about potential government control over the locally owned media outlet.
Members of OHA's Board of Trustees voted yesterday to make a conditional offer for the local CBS affiliate and authorized its staff to spend up to $50,000 to study the plan.
Trustees
Stender and Mossman say OHA's interest is "largely as an investment and not as a
means to communicate a pro-Hawaiian
message."Also covered
in the
S-B.Update:
Doug examines the issues
involved. And Ian Lind does
also.Update 2:
Well that didn't last long.
Advertiser
reports
that "The Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs voted 4-2 today to
abandon a proposal to explore the purchase of local television station
KGMB."
Posted: Thu - July 6, 2006 at 08:08 AM