Hosted by Bob Hogue and anchored by Al Morikami, the show will air from 4 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. It is a joint venture between KHON-TV Fox 2 and KCCN Radio. Also reporting will be KHON's Jai Cunningham, Reggie Robinson and John Veneri, as well as Rainbow Sports Radio broadcasters Brooks Baehr, Jeff Ruffolo, Don Robbs, David Iverson and Jeff Portnoy.
The show is designed to give Hawaii's afternoon commuters a look at the sports news of the day, with heavy emphasis on University of Hawaii and local sporting events. Listeners will have the opportunity to call in.
The show will be available on the neighbor islands affiliates KAOI (Maui), KUAI (Kauai), KPUA (Hilo) and KKON (Kona).
Also, the fall lineup for University of Hawaii football and UH Wahine volleyball broadcasts on KCCN was announced yesterday.
Hogue returns for his fourth season as football play-by-play announcer. He will by joined by fifth-year analyst Shawn Ching.
Robbs will host the football pregame and postgame shows. Baehr will give sideline reports, starting with the Aug. 31 season opener against Boston College.
Baehr will do Wahine volleyball play-by-play for all home games. Jeff Ruffolo will do the road games beginning Aug. 23 when UH plays Florida in the NCAWAA Women's Classic at Normal, Ill.
All football games and selected Wahine matches also will be carried live on the affiliates.
Today, basketball players of all ages will shoot hoops for a chance to win a 1997 Jeep Wrangler.
There will be special appearances by University of Hawaii athletes, coaches and cheerleaders and live entertainment including a free concert by Rolando Sanchez and Salsa Hawaii.
The Hoop-It-Up Competition is held at Ward Centre, Ward Warehouse and on Auahi Street.
She had the fastest women's swim split, 20:57. Her 40-kilometer bike time was 1:20:06 and her 10-kilometer run time was 40:55.
Somerville, 32, replaces Alika Beamer, who resigned after three seasons. Somerville, currently the Maunalua Bay Club head pro instructor, played on the ATP pro tour for five years and for the University of California (1982-84).
Katayama, 41, was the varsity girls' coach at Punahou. Since 1980 her teams won nine state championships. Katayama was recently named the USPTA Hawaii Division Coach of the Year for 1996.
Other speakers at the 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Flamingo Chuckwagon will be Mike Story of the Aloha State Games and HMSA spokesman Chuck Marshall. Story will speak on the recently completed Games, while Marshall will talk about HMSA's sports-related community activities.
The public is welcome.