Hawaii station adds local programing

(October 6, 209) What happened to daytime national sports talk radio on Sports Radio 1420 in Honolulu? The station decided to expand its local lineup with Josh Pacheco and Scott Robbs bridging Bobby Curran and the Sports Animals. I can live without the midday ESPN national guys, but we also lost all sports talk on 1500 recently, including my favorite national voices of Tim Brando and David Stein.

Pacheco — whose hour each weekday is simulcast on the Big Island — is a talent with a big future. The St. Joseph grad's main weakness will take care of itself; he's just 22. His approach is way beyond his years; his voice, knowledge and insights are already fairly solid and will only improve.

"Right now he's technically the best on-air personality we have," says Chris Hart, the 1420 program director (and one half of the Sports Animals). "He has a plan for everything he does on the air, and he executes it."

I made Hart repeat that quote; the group includes himself, as well as Curran, the state's alpha sports talk host the past two decades.

Felipe Ojastro, 21, is another young one to keep an ear on. The Moanalua product was the board op for Rob and Russ on 1500 and keeps busy now with high school and Division II games.

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