[GCARC] FW: Ham Radio interview on Live TV Sunday Morning at 10 AM on Fox 29

[kbfrank3 at verizon.net]

I went to program my Tablo, but the directory shows "Game Day Live" at 10 AM, not "Talking Up A Storm".
Karl W2KBF

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Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 7:29 AM
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Subject: [GCARC] FW: Ham Radio interview on Live TV Sunday Morning at 10 AM on Fox 29

 

 

D. Jeffrey Garth

621 Greenbriar Drive

Williamstown, NJ 08094-1149

73, WB2ZBN

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From: ARRL Members Only Web site [mailto:memberlist at arrl.org]
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2025 20:15
To: qsowebdesign at gmail.com
Subject: Ham Radio interview on Live TV Sunday Morning at 10 AM on Fox 29

 

This is short notice I know. But on Sunday Morning at 10 AM I will be a guest on Philadelphia FOX 29 TV talking about ham radio. I just confirmed yesterday with my Host, meteorologist Drew Anderson, that it is live TV, not prerecorded, and I am the only guest on the show “Talking up a storm” for an hour. Talk about pressure. On the on-the-air Philadelphia area TV channel and on www.Fox29.com streaming live. Philadelphia hams know about this but I now see that it is also live on the channels internet streaming so it is widely available to the Atlantic Division.

The topic for the hour is ham radio along with Drew’s weather-centric live show. No canned slide presentations were requested nor desired, just live talk with weather forecasts interspersed with the live program discussions during the show. He has no outline or specific requests, so this should be interesting. He looked at my QRZ page, our main ARRL page I sent him to, and my LinkedIn professional profile page he explained and will have some of those graphics as backdrops during discussions. This got to me by radio clubs and other officials when the TV station became interested in ham radio when other TV meteorologist and storm chasers raise the subject.

Having briefed with Drew now in prep, he intends to go into my background he saw on QRZ, including career choices, electrical engineering, law, firefighting, and emergency communications and how ham radio influenced all of that. He especially seemed interested in our connection with weather (floods, hurricanes, etc), and other activities such as Skywarn assistance. He was interested in weather training used in getting a private pilot’s license. The theme is to tie it all with being an Amateur Radio Operator. He is not one himself yet but became interested in us over the summer when other TV meteorologist and storm chasers raise the subject.

I do not know that it will be made available for later replay anywhere, but I’ll find out. Given the over the air live broadcast (this Fox affiliate is popular), it will likely have thousands of viewers on the air and the cable rebroadcasts outside the major coverage areas watching tomorrow morning at 10 AM. The streaming is live too so there is that coverage I learned is nation-wide. My hope is it will reach a lot of newcomers.

73 and I will see you on the radio. Oh yeah, you will see me on the TV tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Bob Famiglio, K3RF

ARRL Atlantic Division Director
Chairman Legal Defense Committee
Chairman ARES Subcommittee
610-359-7300

www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF

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