'Today's People' posted to YouTube

Another ham radio video has been added to YouTube, and this one has a rather interesting history.

Back in the late 1980's almost all the ham radio documentary and promotional videos were produced by the trio of Frosty Oden, N6ENV, Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF and the late Roy Neal, K6DUE.

The three would regularly toss ideas to one another. One of Bill's was a weekly cable television show aimed at 12 to 18 year olds that had a teenage host interviewing hams who had gained some level of fame.

To see if it could work a show pilot was produced. It was called Today's People and was hosted by then 18 year old Kelly Howard, N6PNY. Howard previously co-hosted the ARRL's "The New World of Amateur Radio" with K6DUE. The person she interviewed was the late Senator Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA.

Unfortunately, the show was never sold into syndication and the master tape of the 7 minute pilot was lost. That is, it was lost until the other day, when Bill was cleaning up a closet and found a VHS copy of the show.

Not wanting it to be lost forever he converted it to a DVD and then got the idea of putting it up on the YouTube video sharing website.

If you want to see it and maybe get a bit of inight into the late senator Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA, watch the video.

And less we forget. We don't know why the audio on YouTube sounds a bit compressed. On the VHS tape and the upload file made from the tape it sounds fine. (ARNewsline™)

Direct YouTube link
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jss9FYmzq8

Source: ARNewsline™