Kanoa joined KHON2 as sports director in August 2004 after five years as a KITV reporter and anchor. He continues a long family tradition of sports broadcasting. Grandfather Chuck Leahey was the radio "Voice of the Rainbows" in the 1960s and '70s, and father Jim Leahey is known for his television broadcasts of UH sports.

Kanoa was born and raised in Hawaii and attended Iolani High School, University of Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University. As a junior at Hawaii Pacific, Kanoa was the first student from Hawaii to be awarded the Freedom Forum NCAA Foundation Journalism Scholarship.


Kanoa may be reached at kleahey@khon2.com or ph. 591-4278.