Business Columnist/reporter at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hawaiian Islands
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- Business Columnist/reporter at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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- TV anchor, columnist, reporter at Pacific Business News
- PBN Anchor at KITV in Honolulu
- Morning show co-host at New Wave Broadcasting
- News Director at KSSK-AM/FM
- Morning news anchor at KGMB-TV
- Overnight jock at KPUA-AM
- Board operator, show host at KIPA-AM
- Education
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- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Pahoa High & Elementary
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Erika Engle’s Summary
My column, "TheBuzz," is published five days a week in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. I ONLY write about local companies or businesses with a Hawaii connection. News tips and story pitches are welcome, but do NOT send Word or other MS attachments; please paste the content in as text.
Prior to this job I was a reporter and columnist for Pacific Business News, a weekly business journal in Honolulu.
I was a broadcaster from 1979 to 2000 at various Hawaii stations -- mostly radio, but I also worked in television.
Erika Engle’s Specialties:
I consider myself an expert at nothing, but love writing about media and other industries including advertising/marketing, restaurant/foodservice, hospitality and others. Twitter: @erikaengle
Erika Engle’s Experience
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Business Columnist/reporter
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
March 2001 — Present (8 years 10 months)
"TheBuzz" is published five days a week and has the flexibility to cover any type of business as long as there is a strong news peg and definitive Hawaii-connection.
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TV anchor, columnist, reporter
Pacific Business News
(Newspapers industry)
October 1998 — February 2001 (2 years 5 months)
Hired to represent PBN on KITV's morning news show by gathering, writing and anchoring the business news segments. Shortly thereafter my position expanded to writing for PBN's weekly print edition. I helped name and was the inaugural writer of its Scoops column; content that was viewed as exclusive for print subscribers only and was never posted online (well, it was once, but I think that was a slip).
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PBN Anchor
KITV in Honolulu
(Newspapers industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
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Morning show co-host
New Wave Broadcasting
(Newspapers industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years )
Co-hosted the morning show at KQMQ-FM 93.1 with my husband Cliff Richards (now deceased).
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News Director
KSSK-AM/FM
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1980 — 1994 (14 years )
Gathered wrote and delivered news on the air using various sources including Associated Press news wire, police/fire scanner and this thing called a telephone. Consistently broke news, provided news and information the community needed in times of emergency/natural disaster.
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Morning news anchor
KGMB-TV
(Newspapers industry)
1984 — 1985 (1 year )
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Overnight jock
KPUA-AM
(Broadcast Media industry)
1979 — 1980 (1 year )
Did the overnight air shift at KPUA-AM under the handle E. K. Soyokaze (was it at 670 on the dial at that time? 920?). Having gotten burned out on disco, I played a mix of rock, jazz, big-band music, punk (though not much), and for one insomniac listener/caller, I regularly played "Brandy" by Looking Glass. Why he loved that song so, I'll never know. Preceeded legendary Big Island morning man Mel "Mynah Bird" Medeiros; made sure the studio, AP wire copy and the coffee (percolated, ugh) were ready for him.
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Board operator, show host
KIPA-AM
(Broadcast Media industry)
1978 — 1979 (1 year )
Ran the board during the day for beautiful music shows (we played it off reels and vinyl, as I recall). Read news very occasionally; ran the board for American Top 40 starring Casey Kasem on the weekends; also hosted a disco show that got me a gig as a club DJ at the brand new CJ's nightclub. It started out as a weekends-only club at the Hilo Lagoon Hotel.
Erika Engle’s Education
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nevah grad , JOURN , 1977 — 1979
I pulled an air shift at KTUH-FM. Jazz, if I remember correctly. Not the deep, meaningful, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and Chick Correa jazz ... more the fluffier stuff like Spyro Gyra, Grover Washington Jr., Manhattan Transfer, Weather Report and Joni Mitchell.
It was as a result of Weller's radio production class that I got my first gopher "gig" at KKUA-AM 690, the hottest Top 40 station at the time. Gophering there and at the old K59 took its toll on my book-learnin', but it also led to a more than 20-year broadcast career.- Activities and Societies:
- Enjoyed Dr. Don Weller's radio production class and Ms. Jane Evinger's newswriting class. LOVED Ashworth Sensei's Jpnse 101. Didn't care for Jpnse 102. Different instructor.
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Pahoa High & Elementary
Gradumacated , College prep , 1973 — 1977
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Erika Engle’s Interests:
Column topics that will make people talk around the water-cooler and/or e-mail my column to colleagues and friends and/or pitch me exclusive tid-bits for new columns; funny stuff; old media; new media; long-time Hawaii businesses and businessfolk; branding; marketing; advertising; the restaurant industry; cooking; demographics; psychographics; EXCELLENCE in customer service; interesting people making money (legally) doing something they are passionate about and love. Their enthusiasm is infectious and the world needs more of that!
Erika Engle’s Groups:
Society of Professional Journalists; Hawaii Publishers Association; Hawaii Newspaper Guild (all through the Star-Bulletin). Former Easter Seals Hawaii host, for telethons and telecasts. Former board member, Mediation Center of the Pacific (then known as Neighborhood Justice Center).
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Hawai'i Chamber of Commerce of Northern California -
Hawaii Women's Business Center
Erika Engle’s Honors:
- 2008 SBA Award -- Small Business Journalism, C&C of Honolulu
- SPJ Finalist, Column Writing/News for "TheBuzz"
- AP award for the most member-contributed stories (not just water main breaks and power outages, either). The award was for the entire news department at KSSK-AM/FM, for one particular year of my tenure as news director. (1991? 1992? Can't remember.)
- Associated Press Managing Editors' "Instant Citation" for providing AP the first confirmation that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos had landed on Guam and was heading for exile in Hawaii.
Erika Engle’s Contact Settings
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