Congrats Walter Makaula! He's movin' on up!

[Angelakeen]

Walter has accepted a position with KSWB in San Diego. I've watched him improve by leaps and bounds since I worked with him at KGMB. He is a person who cares about people, he has worked hard on his talent and he has come such a long way. Please join me in wishing Walter well! He deserves it. I'm so excited for him. Here is the link to Erika's story. http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/15/business/engle.html

Go get em Walt!

[Likeke]

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Wow!!.. congratulations to the fella!

[Random]

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Congrats to Walt.

Going to miss his singing, though.

Think he can sing for the last time on TV?

Pray they won't screw up his last name over there.

[Kimo]

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He can always tell 'em

Muh-COW-luh, as in Cow Eee-noh-uh

Jes' joking - his family lives across the street from us. Great break for Walter - unfortunate to be losing a Native Hawaiian anchor here in Hawai`i Nei.

[scrivener]

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Yeah. San Diego. That's quite a step up. Is he aware of the fact that he'll be moving to San Diego?

[Leo Lakio]

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Pray they won't screw up his last name over there.

Maybe he'll change it. There's a reporter here in Seattle whose last name is "Legeros" (it's Greek); I knew him when he was an anchor for a station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he went by the last name of "George." I always found that odd, since there's a large Greek-American community in C.R. He blamed it on the advice of consultants.

[tutusue]

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I truly hope that Walter isn't influenced into changing his last name and that the area will adapt and learn to pronounce it. It's not that difficult. His name, like everyone else's, is a name to be proud of.

Congrats, Walter!

[Random]

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Maybe he'll change it.

I hope not. It's bad enough that Ku'ualoha Taylor had to change her first name to Aloha Taylor just to please the mainlander audience.

Next time, don't annex a territory if you can't pronounce the native language well, USA. Go annex the English-speaking Canada.

[Leo Lakio]

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Go annex the English-speaking Canada.

Good thing you put the qualifier in there, cause we would really screw up Quebec otherwise (not to mention Nunavut, the Yukon and Northwest Territories).

[bcr1652]

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It's bad enough that Ku'ualoha Taylor had to change her first name to Aloha Taylor just to please the mainlander audience.

ah! Looks like San Diego will now get two Hawaii TV news alumni. Walter will be in the same market with Ku'u. She's currently at XETV (the current FOX affilate of San Diego). As an unrelated note, ironically, XETV (FOX) and KSWB (CW) will be "swapping" affiliates on Aug. 1st.

[Walkoff Balk]

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I truly hope that Walter isn't influenced into changing his last name and that the area will adapt and learn to pronounce it. It's not that difficult. His name, like everyone else's, is a name to be proud of.

Congrats, Walter!

You mean when Geraldo Rivera is aka Jerry Rivers.

Will the mainland audience say that Walter is articulate for a Hawaiian?

[Random]

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Will the mainland audience say that Walter is articulate for a Hawaiian?

They'd be dropping their jaws.

[tutusue]

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You mean when Geraldo Rivera is aka Jerry Rivers. [...]

Jerry Rivers is an urban legend. However, Gerald did become Geraldo when he got into the news business. I still hope Walter Makaula stays Walter Makaula. It's a fine name.

[cezanne]

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Dang now I can't get THe Jeffersons theme song outta my head....

Congrats...

[Angelakeen]

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I hope not. It's bad enough that Ku'ualoha Taylor had to change her first name to Aloha Taylor just to please the mainlander audience.

She preferred to change it to Aloha... she doesn't like Ku'u which her Hawaiian teacher scolded not to use Ku or Ku'u when she was younger. That's a discussion I had with her a while back. She loathes Ku'u.

No worries Walt won't change his name. He is thrilled to hear about the positive support on this board! He is one of the kindest people I've ever met and worked with in the news biz. He has stocked up a lot of good karma and now it's coming back to him.