Barney Arnold was a farm director of WHAS, Inc., between 1952 and 1978. He received Kentucky Farm Bureau’s communications award three times and also received the National Farm-City award for the “creative dramatization of the interdependence of farm and city.” The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Indiana Farmer’s Union, Future Farmers of America, Mid-South Fair and the Hoosier Cooperative Clinic have recognized him for his role in the area’s agricultural community. Arnold traveled over 20,000 miles a year to gather first-hand reports for WHAS Radio and Television. He served as information specialist with the USDA War Board during World War II and later became farm director of KVOO in Tulsa. Arnold is the former vice president of National Association of Farm Broadcasters.