MICHIGRAS 1956
PARADE on STATE STREET
REMOTE "MICHICAST" BROADCAST
from YOST FIELD HOUSE
PARADE on STATE STREET
REMOTE "MICHICAST" BROADCAST
from YOST FIELD HOUSE
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| The Michigras parade passes the Michigan Union with Angell Hall in the background. |
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| Parade reporters Tom Russ and Peter Wolff. |
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| The Tech Crew: Ted Hurchik and Paul Ritzmann. |
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| Floor Plan of Yost Field House WCBN in the WUOM press box. |
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| WCBN Michicast in the WUOM pressbox. |
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| Our view of Michigras from the pressbox. |
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| WCBN crew in a forest of steel girders and beams George Chase, Dwight Presser Bob Keysmith, Nora Lee Paselk, . | |
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| WCBN tech crew sets up the equipment. Dick Ballard, Dave Brewer, Bill Congo. |
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| More equipment setup. Ed Brown (standing), Bill Congo, Gene Zajko |
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| Bill Butler interviews University President Harlan Hatcher. |
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| Jim Klause, Bill Butler, Harlan Hatcher. STUDENT ACTIVITIES BUILDING OPENING CEREMONY 1957 The Student Activities Building included office space for Campus Broadcasting Networks even though the three studios continued to opearate out of the men's quads. The office included two desks, file cabinets.   WCBN covered the Dedication Ceremony live. Meryl Richelew at the controls.  included two desks, file cabinets, chairs, and a telephone (313-668-6416). The phone was a direct outside line as the University administration did not permit student activities to connect to the University switchboard. |
Eric Warden in the CBN office at SAB
Eric was the Chairman of the CBN Board
Bill Butler in the CBN office at SAB
Bill was a member of the family that owned the Holland Evening Sentinel, (now the Holland Sentinel) in Holland Michigan.
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MICHIGRAS 1958
PARADE on STATE STREET
REMOTE "MICHICAST" BROADCAST
from YOST FIELD HOUSE
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| The Parade on State Street, Michigan Union in the background. |
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| WCBN Coverage of the event. From left: Al Wineman, Cliff Vanderyacht, unknown. Note the portable FM transmitter used to send the audio signal to the WCBN engineer. |
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| WCBN staffer Cliff Vanderyacht demonstrates the portable FM transmitter used to send the audio signal to the WCBN engineer located inside the Michigan Union. |
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| WCBN engineer David Mills, located inside the Michigan Union overlooking State Streetn |
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| WCBN engineer Paul Ritzmann at the controls at Michicast in Yost Field House. |
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| WCBN engineer Paul Ritzmann at the controls |
