Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.
Kahuku High School Band Director Ernest Taniguchi and sophomore band member Tim Strain join Classical Pacific to discuss the band's upcoming Aloha Benefit Concert with special guest Kenny Endo. This benefit concert takes place on May 16 at Moanalua Performing Arts Center to raise funds for the recovery of the damaged instruments from the Kona Low Storms.