[SFDXA] Friday: Teenage Hams on TODAY Show

Bill bmarx at bellsouth.net
Fri Jan 5 08:17:30 EST 2024


Friday: Teenage Hams on TODAY Show

Tomorrow morning, January 5, 2024, a story about the Harbor Creek High 
School students making amateur radio contact with astronauts on the 
International Space Station 
<https://www.arrl.org/news/student-led-ariss-contact-a-success> is 
expected to air on NBC's TODAY, according to a promotion for the segment 
that aired on Thursday's broadcast.

Journalist Harry Smith and a crew from the top-rated national morning 
show traveled to Harborcreek, Pennsylvania for the December 11, 2023 
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. As 
ARRL News reported at the time 
<https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-teachers-institute-grad-prepares-students-for-ham-radio-contact-with-astronaut>, 
the program at the school is a success story of the ARRL Teachers 
Institute on Wireless Technology 
<https://www.arrl.org/teachers-institute-on-wireless-technology>.

ARRL has worked with NBC producers to provide additional footage to 
support the story.

A still frame from the Thursday, January 4, 2024 broadcast of TODAY on 
NBC, promoting a story about teenage ham radio operators contacting 
astronauts on the International Space Station through ARISS. According 
to the broadcast, the segment is planned to run on Friday, January 5, 
2023. Check your local listings. [Image: NBC Universal]
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