Monday, June 16, 2008

Thanks Herb!


Its with sadness that we announce the passing of Herb Wittka on Monday, June 16, 2008
On Saturday June 28th, 2008 We will have a memorial service on air for Herb.......
You can leave your audio memorials, that will be rebroadcast, by calling 414-501-4722
BTW thats Tom Petersen out in front of the old WMIL studio which was 1290 back then!
A side note both Wittka and Petersen are misspelled on the board!

2 comments:

Scott Shuster said...

Thank you for this picture, which triggered my emotions very deeply. My first job was in this building, principally as a country music announcer, but also -- just a few times - as yet another "Willie Schloss." One day Herb was away and the engineer had me read a commercial in German from Herb's extremely florid German handwriting. I don't even speak German!! Oh, don't get me started with the anecdotes, will ya'? ... This was where my voice first touched the air, where I first presented a newscast, where I first learned to love American polka music, and also where I learned my first lessons in how to work in an office, with real live grown-ups! I was only 15, and l left for WRIT at 17. But this building means so much to me...

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