The Ham's Wide World NR 1959 · 30 min · Documentary The first televised broadcast covering the wonders of Amateur Radio presented on Johns Hopkins File 7 on the fledgling ABC network in 1959 Show more Directed by Ed Fryers · Written by Dave Bell + My List Mark as watched ↗ Share Your Rating ★★★★★ Cast E Edward Krieg Himself P Perry Klein Himself L Lynn Poole Host T Ted Jaffee Narrator Make it a double feature 3h together The Ham's Wide World + Contact A close match in mood and era. More Like This‹Contact · 1997Contact★ 7.41997MovieDramaScience FictionA radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.▶+