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 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, the program at the school is a success story of the ARRL 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]