In Focus with Dave Kawada Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:06:07 -1000 en-us © 2026 In Focus with Dave Kawada yes 85b2e0a5-61db-565e-9b89-f9b71b4d7bc2 Dave Kawada episodic false Hawaii based Radio/Podcast talk show covering various current topics/issues/interests related to current events and news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle, sports, etc.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Dave Kawada https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8sgxl8uv6vx5ulsycg64bmz3z5cg?.jpg In Focus with Dave Kawada S2:E3 Katie Pickman S2:E3 Katie Pickman In the month of August Hawaii News Now General Manager KATIE PICKMAN overcame some of most significant challenges and "pivots" for television. There is the always daunting live coverage of the August 8 Primary Election, preparations leading up to the first game broadcasts as the new University of Hawaii TV Partner, AND Tropical Storm Lala hit on the the same weekend as the opening game broadcast.  This caused the broadcast to be cancelled all the while producing live storm coverage throughout the state.  

Hear how a young girl from the suburbs near Chicago found her way to our shores to lead a dominant media company in Hawaii with 3 TV stations, live original programming, streaming content, and now UH Sports.

Let's get In Focus with KATIE PICKMAN.

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]]> In the month of August Hawaii News Now General Manager KATIE PICKMAN overcame some of most significant challenges and "pivots" for television. There is the always daunting live coverage of the August 8 Primary Election, preparations leading up to the first game broadcasts as the new University of Hawaii TV Partner, AND Tropical Storm Lala hit on the the same weekend as the opening game broadcast.  This caused the broadcast to be cancelled all the while producing live storm coverage throughout the state.  

Hear how a young girl from the suburbs near Chicago found her way to our shores to lead a dominant media company in Hawaii with 3 TV stations, live original programming, streaming content, and now UH Sports.

Let's get In Focus with KATIE PICKMAN.

Check out our Youtube channel and Facebook page, @infocuswithdavekawada

]]> https://www.facebook.com/infocuswithdavekawada Dave Kawada Buzzsprout-19714490 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -1000 3231 Hawaii News Now, News, local media, Hawaii sports, TV 2 3 full false S2: E2 Kallin Spiller S2: E2 Kallin Spiller A former University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball player, Kallin Spiller is one of the brighest, personable, and ambitious young women in Honolulu.  With an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and TWO masters degrees from the University of Hawaii's Shidler College of Business, she has transferred the life skills she learned from participating in sports to becoming the Director of Advertising for the new Aloha State Daily news publication.

Get In Focus with Kallin Spiller from her youth in Seattle, to one of the top young professionals under 30 in Honolulu.

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]]> A former University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball player, Kallin Spiller is one of the brighest, personable, and ambitious young women in Honolulu.  With an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and TWO masters degrees from the University of Hawaii's Shidler College of Business, she has transferred the life skills she learned from participating in sports to becoming the Director of Advertising for the new Aloha State Daily news publication.

Get In Focus with Kallin Spiller from her youth in Seattle, to one of the top young professionals under 30 in Honolulu.

Check out our Youtube channel and Facebook page, @infocuswithdavekawada

]]> https://www.facebook.com/infocuswithdavekawada Dave Kawada Buzzsprout-19688798 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -1000 2586 Hawaii Women's Basketball, Aloha State Daily, Hawaii News, Shidler College of Business 2 2 full false S2:E1 - Rob DeMello S2:E1 - Rob DeMello The "Dean" of tv sports media, and the only remaining regular sports anchor in Hawaii is KHON Sports Director Rob DeMello.  He is a young veteran that started in the business at 19 years old who needed help to put on a tie for his first night on the anchor desk.  Since then he has created multiple shows for KHON, worked in radio, and is a devoted family man with a concrete set of priorities.  Find out what he has never consumed in his life and how it all started for this Kailua boy as we get In Focus with Rob DeMello.

Check out our Youtube channel and Facebook page, @infocuswithdavekawada

]]> The "Dean" of tv sports media, and the only remaining regular sports anchor in Hawaii is KHON Sports Director Rob DeMello.  He is a young veteran that started in the business at 19 years old who needed help to put on a tie for his first night on the anchor desk.  Since then he has created multiple shows for KHON, worked in radio, and is a devoted family man with a concrete set of priorities.  Find out what he has never consumed in his life and how it all started for this Kailua boy as we get In Focus with Rob DeMello.

Check out our Youtube channel and Facebook page, @infocuswithdavekawada

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