Television weathercasting
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ban, Raymond, 2008-10-30
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Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Raymond Ban, 2008. Interviewed by Robert Henson. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 2 hrs.): analog, mono + transcript (23 pgs.). AMS 238-239; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project.
Henson begins with asking about Ban’s childhood. Ban talks about his childhood in Pittsburgh, PA, how he became interested in weather, and when decided to become a meteorologist at Pennsylvania State University. Henson...
Dates:
2008-10-30
Volkman, Harry, 2004-08-27
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Identifier: Item 99
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Harry Volkman, 2004. Interviewed by Robert Henson. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (49 pgs.). AMS 189-190; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project.
Topics include: childhood; early influences in interest in weather (1938 hurricane); education and military service; early days in TV weather (including world's first televised tornado warning); and evolution of TV...
Dates:
2004-08-27