The people of Hawaii will see the leading candidates for Governor and the 1st Congressional District in a variety of venues and formats. But the only time these candidates will sit down on live television for an uninterrupted conversation will be October 14th on PBS Hawaii.
In an unprecedented edition of Insights on PBS Hawaii, host Dan Boylan will be joined by the leading candidates for Governor and U.S. Congress for two back-to-back conversations. Candidates Abercrombie and Aiona will be first to join Boylan for a conversation beginning at 7PM on Thursday, October 14. Without interruption for commercials or station breaks, for the next 45 minutes these candidates will answer Boylan’s questions as well as questions submitted by the public via phone, email and a live Insights blog forum.
Immediately following Abercrombie and Aiona, the leading candidates for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional district, Charles Djou and Colleen Hanabusa, will sit down with Boylan for their turn answering questions in the same live conversation format.
“The format is civil discourse. Disarmingly simple–and yet the exchanges are sometimes profound,” said Leslie Wilcox, PBS Hawaii President and CEO.
“We should expect our leaders of differing perspectives to disagree in a civilized manner, and to truly listen instead of just waiting to speak. We ask that candidates show the sense of respect and fairness that governs normal conversation.”
To accommodate the earlier 7PM start time of this special 90-minute edition of Insights, PBS NewsHour will move to 6PM on this night only. Insights’ encore broadcasts will be scheduled on Friday night, October 15th at 9:30PM and Sunday afternoon, October 17th at 3PM. The entire program will be available online at www.pbshawaii.org on Friday morning following Thursday’s live broadcast.
Submitted by Linda Brock of PBS Hawaii