This got posted by the newly formed Route 66 TV channel on YouTube over the weekend:
Here’s the description of the video:
The inaugural episode of Route 66TV. Join us for each episode as host Jim Conkle takes you on a journey down the “Mother Road” discovering the past, present and future of the legendary highway known as Route 66. In this episode Jim talks about a The 22nd Annual Stater Brothers Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino, he also fills us in on a freeway project that will actually reconnect a section of Route 66 in So. Cal. and teases us about an upcoming interview with the developers of Topock 66 Spa and Resort, a Route 66 themed casino, on the “Mother Road”, being built along the Colorado River in Arizona.
In an e-mail, Conkle said a new video will be posted weekly. As for the Route 66 TV team, he said:
The team is made up of myself and three other guys, all professionals in the video producing industry. Don Fish, Jr is the owner of the studio and functions as director, Bill Comb and Danny Lopez are the video/sound men. Most of our shows will be done with two and/or three camera shoots. This is a very talented three guys who have some awesome equipment. I had shot some promos with another group that the finished product was not acceptable. With the new partnership we have done some shooting both outside and in studio to work out any kinks. Now we are ready to go to the next level, and this is our first step.
Conkle also said he envisioned the video series as a sort of “On the Road with Charles Kuralt,” except it’s Route 66.
Conkle’s had some good and bad times with Route 66 in recent years, of which I don’t have the space or desire to elaborate. (You can check the archives here if you’re curious.)
But as long as it stays focused on Route 66 ‘s businesses and people, this Conkle-led project will earn my support. If it’s good for the Mother Road, it’s good, period.