FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Date: Thursday, July 19, 2007
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007
Pacific Radio Group's May Job Fairs – Kahului/Lahaina

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Date: Friday, October 27, 2006
Lahaina Job Fair

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Red Cross Donations Reach $60,000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Contact: Charly Espina Takahama or Wendy Osher
Phone: 877-5566
RE: PACIFIC RADIO GROUP’S HOLIDAY JOB FAIR

“LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER?”

More than 50 businesses will be searching for qualified employees at Pacific Radio Group’s Holiday Job Fair on Saturday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Queen Kaahumanu Center.

Employers seeking applicants range from smaller retailers like Checker Auto Parts and ABC Stores to larger employers like the County of Maui. Also on hand will be representatives from island banks, hotels and airlines.

A repeat participant this season is the Maui Police Department, which is seeking officers and dispatchers to fill 47 vacancies. The total number of officers the department is authorized to have on its force is 352.

Other return participants include Altres Medical, Hawaii USA FCU, and Safeway. Among the new participants this year are Kapalua Land Co., Monsanto and Paradise Beverages.

Statistics from the State Labor Department indicate that Maui County continues to post unemployment rates well below the national average. The 2.6% unemployment rate for August represents the sixth consecutive month that Hawaii’s rate has been below 3%.

Event organizer Charly Espina Takahama from Pacific Radio Group says the positive figures mean a more selective marketplace. That means employers are looking for better-qualified employees; and jobseekers that may already be employed, are looking for something better.

The October job fair is the second of two that Pacific Radio Group and the Queen Kaahumanu Center sponsor each year. The first is designed to find summer hires; the second one is for holiday hires.

PACIFIC RADIO GROUP RAISES $60,000 FOR KATRINA RELIEF | September 27, 2005

A combined effort from Pacific Radio Group’s 14 radio stations on Maui and the Big Island helped to raise an impressive $60,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts.

The campaign began with a one-day fundraising drive on the Big Island in which on-air personalities from Pacific Radio Group accepted donations for the Red Cross in front of Starbuck stores. The event alone brought in a one-day total of $40,232.

On Maui, an abbreviated version of the fundraising event on September 12th resulted in more than $10,000 in donations in just four hours. During the Maui drive, Haleakala Waldorf School dropped off nearly $2,000 in checks; and a bidding challenge between two companies at the Starbucks location at the Queen Kaahumanu Center, resulted in a combined total contribution of $3,025 from J.S. Construction and Excavation and A&A Trucking.

Additional funds were also raised through on-air auctions and walk-in donations at our Kahului offices.

100% of the funds raised are being used by the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina by providing immediate food and shelter. As immediate needs are fulfilled, additional funds will go towards long-term recovery efforts.

These kind donations on Maui and the Big Island are a true reflection of the giving spirit alive and well in our islands. In working together, we were able to extend our gifts in the spirit of aloha on behalf of all of Hawaii.