Carl Pellonpaa Oral History Interview, 1993

Carl Pellonpaa (born 1930) discusses his career as a radio announcer, a newscaster at WLUC-TV, and the host of Finland Calling, a Finnish language program. He discusses his training, job duties, how technology has changed. Other topics include his family, recreation, changes in Ishpeming, losing a chance to play minor league baseball due to a hunting accident, ski jumping, civic organizations, serving in the Korean War, visiting Finland and Hawaii, and why it's important to preserve Finnish heritage (and ethnic heritage in general). <br> <br> <a href="https://uplink.nmu.edu/islandora/object/nmu%3A137040">See the transcript for this interview here.</a>