Television Correspondent. Born Roy N. Hinkle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921, he was recognized as a leading news expert in spaceflight and science. As a NBC TV news executive, he covered all of the Mercury missions and later reported the Gemini and Apollo missions and the early space shuttle flights. He hosted the ARRL video production, New World Of Amateur Radio, an overview of ham radio in space and also appeared in the films "The Night Holds Terror" (1955), "Cry Terror" (1958) and the documentary "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie" (1995). In early 2003, he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame for his role in persuading NASA officials to allow Amateur Radio operation from space in the 1980s. He died at age 82 in North Carolina, following heart surgery.
Television Correspondent. Born Roy N. Hinkle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921, he was recognized as a leading news expert in spaceflight and science. As a NBC TV news executive, he covered all of the Mercury missions and later reported the Gemini and Apollo missions and the early space shuttle flights. He hosted the ARRL video production, New World Of Amateur Radio, an overview of ham radio in space and also appeared in the films "The Night Holds Terror" (1955), "Cry Terror" (1958) and the documentary "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie" (1995). In early 2003, he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame for his role in persuading NASA officials to allow Amateur Radio operation from space in the 1980s. He died at age 82 in North Carolina, following heart surgery.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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