  {"id":102748,"date":"2019-09-06T15:18:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T01:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=102748"},"modified":"2019-09-06T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T01:18:39","slug":"ktuh-honored-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/06\/ktuh-honored-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council honors <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> for 50 years on air"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_102751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102751\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manoa-ktuh-city-council-certificate.jpg\" alt=\"four people standing in Honolulu City Coucil wearing lei\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manoa-ktuh-city-council-certificate.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manoa-ktuh-city-council-certificate-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manoa-ktuh-city-council-certificate-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Ari Eisenstat, <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> podcast director; Bjarne Bartlett, <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> program director; Andrew Menor, <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"disc jockey\">DJ<\/abbr> and Smee Wong, <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> general manager.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktuh.org\/\"><abbr>KTUH<\/abbr><\/a>, a student-run non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting from the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a>, was honored by the Honolulu City Council on September 4 in recognition of its 50th anniversary. <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> operates with a staff of more than 70 student and community volunteers annually.<\/p>\n<p>In 1966 <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> started as an <abbr title=\"amplitude modulation\">AM<\/abbr> closed circuit operation that reached <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> dormitories and the Hemenway Hall lounge. In 1969 <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> was issued its first educational <abbr title=\"frequency modulation\">FM<\/abbr> license. Through the years <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/28\/ktuh-has-new-frequency-and-island-wide-coverage\/\">the station increased its range<\/a> and currently broadcasts on 90.1.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> student and volunteer <abbr title=\"disc jockey\">DJ<\/abbr>s offer a wide array of music and talk shows. It continually expands its music selection and educational content.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related Âé¶¹´«Ã½News story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/24\/ktuh-50th-anniversary-exhibit\/\">Exhibit celebrates 50 years of KTÂé¶¹´«Ã½student radio<\/a>, June 24, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> is a student-run organization that functions as a learning lab allowing for exploration in media that reaches beyond our FM signal. Such students are the future of media in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; said <strong>Bjarne Bartlett<\/strong>, <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> program director.<\/p>\n<p>Students <strong>Ari Eisenstat<\/strong> and <strong>Crystal Kwok<\/strong> host talk shows and podcasts addressing topics such as LGBT and women\u2019s issues, sustainability and current affairs. News Director <strong>Jason Ellinwood<\/strong>\u2019s English-Hawaiian weekly news report is a 2019 finalist for a College Media Association award. <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> is also home to Monday Night Live, a venue for local performers, and K&#299;puka Leo, a weekly all-Hawaiian language show.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, the City Council extended a heartfelt mahalo to the station\u2019s supporters and volunteers who helped <abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> stay true to its mission of providing quality programming for its listeners.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> is incredibly grateful to our local government for publicly recognizing the contribution of college radio to our community, and we hope to continue this tradition for many more years,&rdquo; said Bartlett.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a <a href=\"https:\/\/ktuh50.brownpapertickets.com\/\">concert on October 4 at Hawaiian Brian\u2019s<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>KTUH<\/abbr>, a student-run non-commercial educational radio station broadcasting from the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, was honored by the Honolulu City Council on September 4, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[911,9],"class_list":["post-102748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-program-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102748"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102759,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102748\/revisions\/102759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}