Double duty: Rick Blangiardi defends Emmis Corp.'s TV duopoly in Hawaii.(road ahead)(Interview)

Hawaii Business, August, 2003 by Bolante, Ronna

Perhaps it was the years he spent coaching University of Hawaii football, but Rick Blangiardi doesn't mind butting heads with local media organizations. Last year, he became senior vice president and general manager of KHON and KGMB television stations, both owned by Indiana-based Emmis Communications Corp. Since then, Blangiardi has taken hits from the Honolulu Community-Media Council and the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaii Chapter, who oppose Emmis' "duopoly" in the Islands' small television market.

It's a controversy that pervades media markets across the country. For the past decade, the Federal Communications Commission has prohibited ownership of more than one TV station ranked among the top four in any market. Locally, Emmis has owned both...

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