Olelo Community Media

Wth no one here to help the clients and they claim they are a Public access station who is community based. Where are they in their own station to help the community? Or better yet where are they in the community?
They get so much money from DCCA and waste it on remodeling their offices. Why not spend that money on getting good help and better equipment to service the community.
Also producers beware, they love to steal credit. One example is, a student produced show of the lemonade alley event. Olelo took all the credit and stated on their annual report that they used their Olelo students whom they trained. Bogus! They used the WIS Kids Productions students, students who were already media trained by the intermediate school. This was just one of many productions that they didn’t give credit to the students for.
Another example is that they take credit for the government shows, example: neighborhood board meetings, legislative hearings and city council hearings. They are just airing these shows, they didn’t produce any of them. So people be careful of this PEG station. If your program is good, they will say that they produced it.

It is best to ask someone that you know that has great experience with Olelo to help you navigate the waters of public tv.
It is not as user friendly as one would think.
I recorded 1 show with the help of a few friends — translation– I was 1 guest in a whole show taping and was not in charge at all and was told what to do.
I have 1 friend that used to have his 3^rd space at olelo– he did that many shows.
They are now digital– .mov files mostly. they have some great editing programs and it really is an equalizing force– if you can get viewers.
If you have something to say — go for it. Just be ready to do ALL the work yourself and the help there is extremely limited. It’s not that they are unfriendly but that they have their own stuff that they are working on — which isn’t your stuff.
Stealing a line–
Did you know that the Press is the only business directly mentioned in the Constitution?
If you didn’t know that — 1 you should read the constitution before making an opinion about our government — and 2 you should make opinions about our government– it is the only way to make your voice heard.

Olelo rocks. If you want to feel the pulse and see the creativity of Hawaii then tune into Olelo. I’m a public access type of person though. I don’t do «regular» television unless it’s for a certain show, but I get more out of public television.
The only thing is this – if you need to go to the actual office/​studios for anything, AND it’s the weekend, CALL BEFORE YOU GO. I can’t tell you how many times my husband and I have gone there to drop something off (from Ewa Beach when we lived out there – all the way to Salt Lake) just to find a sign on the door saying they’re closed – even though according to their schedule, they’re supposed to be open. It could be for ANY reason, but it happened enough so that we always call before we go there, even though we live a lot closer now. I see a trend with 3 day weekends… guarens that if Monday is a holiday, they will be closed on either Saturday or Sunday.
Sometimes it will be on their blog or twitter feed, but just call to be safe. Other than that, love them.

Great company with a very knowledgable staff! Everyone is extremely helpful and attentive.