greg otterholt is known as a musician broadcaster and inspirational entertainer he was born without part of his left arm below his elbow and was one of the youngest children fitted with an artificial arm or transradial prosthesis otterholts progress with the device was observed throughout his childhood at childrens hospital and regional medical center in seattle washington that progress continued into his adult life otterholt has tested a variety of prosthetic arms including the myoelectric and trs designed limbs he claims to favor the original prosthetic hook design for its simplicity durability and ease of useas an athlete otterholt has been seen on televisions wide world of sports for ski racing played for the world cup soccer tournament with the us amputee exhibition team and appeared in the pages of golf digest after hitting a onehanded hole in oneas a musician and entertainer otterholt is best known for his talent as a vocalist and recording artist he has three solo albums including hook line singer black white portrait and was and is and is to come otterholt uses his prosthetic hook to play a variety of instruments from percussion to piano and some inventive guitar work he created his own production company in 1993 hook pan productions manages his commercial voice work and studio recordings custom music and jingle creations as well as his freelance broadcast and marketing contractsas a broadcaster otterholt has worked in both radio and television he has been most recognized as one of the hosts and weather reporter for newsview on kvostv northwest washington statesouthwest british columbia canada he was hired as part of the original behindthescenes production crew at the inception of the show in may 1990 and was the only veteran crew member to remain through the shows near 17 year duration his weather education and radio experience led to additional work as a weatherview reporter in the early 1990s otterholt then first appeared in front of the camera as a weatherman for newsview in 1994 in 2002 otterholt became the lead weather reporter and a news anchor until newsview was cancelled after the final show on january 23 2007