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Pacific
Broadcast
Services- A non-profit Corporation, incorporated in the State of
Hawai'i
on January 1st 2003, has one predominant role. That is to
perpetuate
Hawai'ian Culture, Music, Language and Arts utilizing the internet
as an educational medium
with the ultimate goals in mind of (1.) To further educate
resident and non resident
Native Hawaiians along with those of other ethnic backgrounds, in the
Hawaiian Culture and It's Arts. (2.) To increase awareness in other
ethnic communities of the world about the Hawaiian Culture and
its Arts. (3.) To bring the worldwide Hawaiian Community together
as one through communication and dissemination of information. This
Corporation
is devoted entirely to becoming a voice of the people of Hawaii and
Hawaiian Communities around the world. |
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WELCOME TO THE OHANA PAGE!!! Check here every time you visit our web site for programming notes for "HAWAIIAN HITS LIVE!", annoucements of special programming appearing on our supplemental channels, and links to all sorts of exciting web sites that share our vision: That of using the technology of the World Wide Web for the purpose of perpetuating all things Hawaiian. Not just the music, but its Culture, Arts and Language. For a look at our Official Hawaiian Top 30, click here. It is in a .pdf file so you will need Acrobat Reader to view it. You are also encouraged to print it out on your printer for your very own personal copy. If the document appears larger than 100 percent, reduce the size before printing. IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO ALL LOCAL MUSICIANS WHOSE MUSIC WE FEATURE ON "HAWAIIAN HITS
LIVE!" We are still trying to figure out just what is going on with
the RIAA and how they relate to our operation. As of right now, we pay
royalty fees to all songwriters via ASCAP and BMI. In fact, we were the
very first internet broadcaster to enter into an agreement with these
entities back in the 90's on an experimental basis. Until we can clear
the air we must warn all artists that we do not recognize Sound
Exchange and have no agreement with them as of this date. As far as any
copyright matter, we are considered an independant station playing only
ethnic music of Hawaii. To our knowledge, no artist we play is a member
of Sound Exchange. If you are
a member of Sound Exchange and you have heard us play your music,
please notify us immediately and we will remove your recordings from
our playlist. If you are a member and if you wish to continue to be a
part of our programming, we will need written permission from you to
play your music, for our files. If you are NOT a member of Sound
exchange read on... OUR POLICY REGARDING MUSIC PLAYED ON
HAWAIIAN HITS LIVE!: As stated earlier, we pay royalty
fees to ASCAP and BMI to cover fees due the song writers of the music
featured on our station. We cannot possibly check each CD to make sure
it is an independant release so if we receive a CD from you, we have to
assume you are sending it to us because you want us to feature tracks from it
in the programming we offer to our world-wide audience. Therefore we
consider the very act of your sending
us the CD as also giving us the right
to play the CD legally, with your permission. We are a
non-profit, publically owned charity and our aim was never to make a
profit from the music, only to expose it to an audience that might not
otherwise be able to hear it via the standard broadcast channels. Our final day of broadcasting will be December 31st 2007.This is personally for me, a very sad statement to have to make. We have been a intrical part of the lives of hundreds of thousands of expatriated Hawaiians, Part-time reisdents, students studying abroad and of our local men and women serving in the armed forces overseas. I know I have made "threats" of this nature before, but believe me, this time it's for real. In a nutshell: It just costs too much. Not just in the number man hours of volunteer work it takes to run the station, but in the costs involved in keeping the broadcast station legal. It's too much for one man to handle anymore. I am also weary from begging. I don't like to beg. For awhile there, it was fun. We barely made ends meet but we made ends meet. However, over the last few years it has become less fun and more sweating bullets trying to pay the bills and for me, less and less time left over for a life. Life will go on however, as we will be keeping the web site open and working behind the scenes in hopes that there will be enough of you out there who want to hear "Hawaiian Hits Live!" again. I'd jump at a second chance to live up to all those promises I made about improving our news coverage, airing more special programming and the like. We ask that you please continue to donate what you can, when you can and we will post each contribution that comes in. (Please say so if you do not want your name mentioned.) All funds recieved will be placed in a separate checking account for the broadcast side only. When we reach our goal of 6,000 dollars we'll fire up the ol server once again... until then it's been a great ten years world! Mahalo! LD Reynolds PS: Send checks to the address listed on this page or use the convinent Pay Pal method by clicking on the "donations" button on the main page. We are a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation and all contributions are tax deductable. |
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY HAS GRANTED US OUR TAX
EXEMPT STATUS AS A 501(3)(c) NON PROFIT CORPORATION. In a letter
dated September 11th, 2003 the IRS recognized
Pacific Broadcasting Service as a not for profit, community supported
entity. Our EIN is: 41-2068996. If you send us a donation you will need
the EIN number for your tax records. If you need a letter from us,
please let us know via e-mail and we will send you one promply.
TIPS ON LISTENING TO OUR BROADCASTS. The "supplemental channel" buttons will only work when we have programming available on them. We will eventually have a "Program Guide" available that will give information on what type of programs are airing and the times they are scheduled to air. For now enjoy a wide variety of music recorded right here in the islands. GRANT WRITERS WANTED! If you or someone you know is an accomplished grant writer and would like to help us raise our projected annual budget for 2007-8, call or write us for details. We are looking for volunteers who share our vision of spreading Aloha around the planet and educating its population about the Hawaiian Culture. In the process it is hoped that this will help preserve and build the Culture and allow it to take its rightful place within the World Community. As we are a young Non-profit corporation, money for operations is a rather precious commodity and fund raiser volunteers are urgently needed. Become a part of the team! Write us today! Send us e-mail at operations@voiceofhawaii.org. Our mailing address is: Pacific
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Kathy Hilden Randy Bazner Steve Samuela Daye Delani Sherryll Walker David Force Debbie Silva Dawn Kita Andrew Palk Sista Chris Shirley Hendrickson Flordeliza Gebi Lealani Kanae Helmick Mary Turner Maylene Kuahiwinui Stacie Wataguchi Jim Goehring Jim Rayl Don Sandifer Miguel Robia Norilda Garcia-Reed Joyce Zee Wong |
Dan Gianni
T.L. Beckhelm Kevin Scott Anonymous Francis Gabriel George Walker Karen Force Bill Silva Paul N. Georgadarellis Rita Potempa Jim Drake Ted Anderson Jan Gianni Jean Post Bruce Warren Pamela J. Collier Robert Kovach David A Sizemore Vicki Rayl Eleanor Sandifer Josephine Robia Jewlyn Hemlick William Pfau |
Kim Hilden
Peggy Bazner Shirley Ohta Mike Divillo Bob Inphor Alexander Kunukau Kuuipo Salisbury Hammon Andrea Stawitcke Gary Baebler C.P. Folsom Guittard Chocolate Co. Matthew Landess Dan Gianni Don Turner Kathy Hernandez Jerry Pulliam James W. Beckmeyer Samuel Grahan Sr. Garland Fite Ken Markham Alice Martin Myongsun Kong |
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If we omitted your name, it could be you didn't give one or we just couldn't read the hand writing. If we did not include your name and you gave, or if you see your name misspelled, please contact us immediately and we'll make the necessary changes. We apologize for the error. Our 100 dollar club is growing. We appreciate all who contribute and we'd like to especially acknowledge those who donate 100 dollars or more by inducting them into the "100 Dollar Club". We'd like to say a special Mahalo to: Gary Baebler and family, Myongsun Kong, Woodrow Nakashima, Leon Forbes, Sam Chesnutt, Yumi Bustillos, Daniel Ching, Mary Jurgensen and Jewelyn Helmick for becoming members since we started the club at the beginning of 2004. More recent members include James B. Campbell, Paulette Wood and James Pea. Much Mahalo Guys! If you would like to become a member, all you have to do is drop us a donation via personal check or our Pay Pal Account. Just click on the "Donations" button on the main page. We will add your name to the list. Some day we hope to have enough money left over after-budget to purchase some really cool t-shirts and maybe get a CD compilation released, when that happens, all 100 dollar club members will receive either one or both retroactively as a token of our appreciation. |
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to our sponsors: EMBASSY VACATION RESORTS, HAWAII HOLIDAY VACATION
RENTALS,
ALEXAIR HELITOURS OF MAUI, THE MAUI DIVE SHOP, DELMORE REALTY... and we
would like to extend a heart felt Aloha to our newest sponsor: THE
KAHANA FAMILY DENTAL CENTER., and we also welcome our
first national sponsor:OFFICE MAX... and of course the fine
folks who love
Hawaiian music that give us their private financial support.
A reminder: If you are a business who might benefit from a banner ad on our site or if you know someone who may... or if you just want to help out, send your requests for more information and/or support to the address listed on our main page. BTW: Send your mail to LD at ld@voiceofhawaii.org, requests to requests@voiceofhawaii.org and comments and suggestions to letters@voiceofhawaii.org. |
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For those of
you who came here to study Hawaiian History, we refer you to
this site, The Hawaiian Historical Society. Eventually we will
be developing a series
of programs for broadcast on this very subject. Stay tuned!
Founded in
1974, The Historic Hawaii Foundation works to preserve
Hawaii's unique architectural and cultural heritage.
For
the optimum Maui
experience, immerse yourself in Maui's colorful past at the Bailey
House
Museum, sponsored by the Maui Historical Society. There are many
links
to other culturally oriented Hawaiian Web Sites as well.
Pacific
Broadcasting
Service is pleased to include this very informative and important
link.
You will read about the issues vital to the Hawaiian Community both
here
in the islands and the Hawaiian Communities around the planet.
Learn
the language at
home with this easy to use Hawaiian Language tutoring site.
You'll
be talking like a kama'aina in no time. Indeed, learning the language
heightens
the pleasure one receives from listening to the music, since much of
the
lyrics written tell wonderful stories of love, hope and family.
Welcome
to Maui County,
the most Hawaiian part of the Hawaiian Islands. Maui County is made of
of three beautiful islands- Maui, Molokai and Lanai and is the fastest
growing county in the U.S. This is both good and bad for this area of
the
planet as more and more people move here, taking advantage of the
stable
weather, thriving economy and genuine geological beauty that makes Maui
county the most desireable place on the Earth to raise a family and
earn
a living. To learn more about this magical place visit Maui County's
new
offical web site by clicking on the silversword.
A
very large and very
official data base on the State of Hawaii, featuring statistics
on business, law, population demographics, geography, politics, the
environment
and much more.
Hawaiian
Hits Live!
broadcasts from the Magic Island of Maui. Here is an excellent source
of
culturally oriented Hawaiian Web sites brought to you by the akamai
Ohana
at the Maui Visitors Bureau.
We
at Pacific
Broadcasting feel a strong tie to all three of the islands encompassing
Maui County and Molokai can indeed stand alone when it comes to
being a destination paradise. See what Molokai has to
offer
and visit this awesome site!
Now that LD
Reynolds has officially stepped back into the world of broadcast radio
on Maui, we thought you might like to check out the station where he is
now Operations Manager.
Akaku-
Maui Community
Television. Video streaming from Maui produced by some of the best
aspiring
producers on the island. Televison by, for and of the people. Learn
more
about what makes our community tick. Click on the logo and enjoy!
Aloha
Worldwide
is a wonderful clearing house for all things Hawaiian. It's a web site
devoted to all the Hawaiians and Hawaiians at heart who are from this
place
and have for some reason or another, moved away. The next best
thing
to being here is visiting Aloha Worldwide!
The
Hawaii Academy
of Recording Arts is a non-profit organization formed in 1982 to
help
stimulate interest in the local recording industry and accordingly,
Hawaiian
music. Find out who the Na Hoku Award winners were for years gone by
and
the winners for this years awards held in May. Pacific
Broadcasting
Service and Hawaiian Hits Live! are proud members since 1996.
Since
1900, the Maui
News has been a community leader providing news, sports and human
interest
features from local to national and global stories. This publication
has
received many awards from the community it serves as well as national
recognition
for excellence in content and format. We provide this link for those
who
want to know what's going on here at home.
Another
great source for
local news from Maui is this weekly publication based in Kihei, the
home
of Pacific Broadcasting Service. It's news is a little more "spicy"
than
what you would find in the Maui News, but just as accurate.
A
good many of our most devoted listeners have asked us to include a link
to this marvelous web site, dedicated to Hawaiian Music and where you
can
find all those wonderful old favorites from the legendary Hawaii
Calls
Radio Show. When you go there, please tell them we sent you! Enjoy!
Hey!
We're not afraid
of a little competition... and here is where you'll find it all. If you
thought Hawaiian streaming media was a rare event on the internet, this
site will quickly change your mind. So in the interest of broadening
your
Hawaiian Music horizons, we suggest visiting Mele Mikini!
Caution:
some sites will require downloading special players other than what you
might be used too: like the more widely used Real Audio and Windows
Media
players. We cannot be held responsible for any complications that may
occur
by downloading an unknown type player. We recommend researching
the
product before installing and using it. Good advice!
Navigate
the island
of Maui with this extensive site of local road maps. Know where you
are going before you even arrive! You'll also find a complete listing
of
local Maui events month by month.
Our
continuous search
for great Hawaiian web sites has discovered another gem. Full of useful
information on what to expect when you arrive at Kahului Airport and
all
during your stay. Discover the island through the eyes of the Plantsman.
You won't be disappointed!
An
unusual name, an
extraordinary web site. What's showing on Maui theatre screens,
TV
listings, on line music, a chat and forum, a local bulletin board,
activities
discount coupons, live video cams, news, weather and sports... Did we
leave
anything out? Discover Maui with the help of the Maui Cheetah!
Check
it out!
This
link will take
you to my personal web pages. Learn more about what
Pacific
Internet Broadcasting is all about. If you have a favorite web
site
that is related to Hawaiian Music, please e-mail us the URL and we'll
go
take a look. We'd love to include it in our collection of links.
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