Radio City - WTMJ
I was looking at this photo:
source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1064589890390475/
and at first I thought that everyone was wearing clothes with pinstripes - but then I realized that the narrow white stripes were all over the picture and must be some artifact of either scanning or transmission. The only person wearing striped clothing is the woman to the right of Charlie McCarthy (the ventriloquists dummy).
So I tried doing a visual search with the picture but found nothing better online. However I came upon this photo:
source: http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/images/wtmjgrenadiers.jpg
from this interesting page:
http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/wtmjgallery1.html
I hadn't thought of Radio City for a long time. Radio City had studios and the headquarters of WTMJ in Milwaukee. It was located on the west side of the Milwaukee river on Capitol Drive. Really interesting pictures of Radio City:
source: http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/images/wtmj0007.jpg
and the floorplan:
source: http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/images/wtmjfloor.jpg
I hadn't known that there was an auditorium in the building - a friend mentioned that he once attended a broadcast by these fellows:
source: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AJJX3UNE22UHAH9E
Apparently Joe Schott and his Hot Shots played all manner of music including POLKA !:
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgH8FrIMXPY
Now Radio City has been abandoned by WTMJ radio and is apparently used by WTMJ television (radio and TV got sold to different companies - originally they were part of The Milwaukee Journal). Here are a couple of pictures from the internet of how it looks now:
.
Rabbit holes still exist on the internet - just have to be willing to scamper down and check them out !
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
 |
| The only ones I recognize are Bergen and McCarthy |
source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1064589890390475/
and at first I thought that everyone was wearing clothes with pinstripes - but then I realized that the narrow white stripes were all over the picture and must be some artifact of either scanning or transmission. The only person wearing striped clothing is the woman to the right of Charlie McCarthy (the ventriloquists dummy).
So I tried doing a visual search with the picture but found nothing better online. However I came upon this photo:
 |
| name your musical group: Heine and the Grenadiers ? Yes, it is Milwaukee |
source: http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/images/wtmjgrenadiers.jpg
from this interesting page:
http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/wtmjgallery1.html
I hadn't thought of Radio City for a long time. Radio City had studios and the headquarters of WTMJ in Milwaukee. It was located on the west side of the Milwaukee river on Capitol Drive. Really interesting pictures of Radio City:
source: http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/images/wtmj0007.jpg
and the floorplan:
source: http://theradiohistorian.org/wtmjgallery/images/wtmjfloor.jpg
I hadn't known that there was an auditorium in the building - a friend mentioned that he once attended a broadcast by these fellows:
source: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AJJX3UNE22UHAH9E
Apparently Joe Schott and his Hot Shots played all manner of music including POLKA !:
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgH8FrIMXPY
Now Radio City has been abandoned by WTMJ radio and is apparently used by WTMJ television (radio and TV got sold to different companies - originally they were part of The Milwaukee Journal). Here are a couple of pictures from the internet of how it looks now:
 |
| they moved the stairs closer to the street and added a driveway |
 |
| the view from above |
Rabbit holes still exist on the internet - just have to be willing to scamper down and check them out !
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
