Rob is Analog

English | Yukon | 50 min | 1969

Rob “Radio Rob” Hopkins is a communications pirate with a mission – to keep our airwaves accessible. Trouble is… he’s an analog guy in a digital world, fighting for the public’s right to something they likely don’t even want.

Rob is many things: he’s an ex-hobo and a self-taught broadcast engineer; a scavenger who built a working telephone system from other people’s junk; and an advocate of over-the-air-technologies who collects CRTC licenses like hockey cards. He’s so enthusiastic that he’s even developed his own software to make analog broadcasting easier.

Join Rob as he works with fellow broadcasting  enthusiast Bill Polonsky as they attempt to expand CJUC 92.5 FM (the local community radio station) and revive over-the-air analog television with the establishment of the new local community channel CKWH (VHF Channel 9).