 According to his newspaper biography, he was so poor that he had to sleep on Waikiki Beach.Although he was terminated for insubordination within weeks of his arrival, Hal Lewis was able to get another job at KPOA.It was at KPOA that Lewis perfected his own style of presentation, which incorporated repetitious time checks, and it was this gimmick that caused him to get the name ""aku-head"" from a furious listener after he had given out the incorrect time on the radio.