John R. Hampson, III, received a gift of inquisitiveness at an early age. In 1946, when he was young, he and his grandfather would watch TV test patterns and Kukla, Fran and Ollie in the afternoon while his mother worked in Hinsdale, IL, a surburb of Chicago, IL. John went with his mother to visit the first TV station in Chicago, WBKB, Channel 4. He watched two lady camera operators at work and then toured the inside of the TV studio. This eventually led John to a career as a Broadcast Engineer and a TV Cameraman, working for WIRL, Peoria, IL, WTTW in Chicago, NBC-Burbank, CA and WGN Channel 9 in Chicago. John worked in broadcasting for over 30 years and received the George Foster Peabody National Award for a documentary titled, Miles to Go Before We Sleep. He also won an Emmy in 1979 for his work for a Composite Videographer, while working in Chicago. After retiring from the TV industry, John turned his hand at writing. 50 HRS TO LA came to John while he was working in Burbank and traveling back and forth to Chicago. The many story ideas he has garnered from working in TV and his interest in aviation, has led him to be a full time writer. He has generated many different TV series, ideas and pilots listed at left. Suffering from dyslexia and not knowing until he was 45, he has continued to write and get his ideas onto paper. John, a true story teller, brings 50 HRS TO LA to life with his award winning style and background from TV. You will not want to miss this love story between a young couple trying to find each other after a nuclear bomb goes off in LA.