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WAVE's Brown Hotel
transmitter being readied to hit the air (1933) |
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WAVE studio at the
Brown Hotel |
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WAVE's Inaugural Broadcast from the Brown Hotel (1933) |
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WAVE
Newspaper Ad (1933) |
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The Brown
Hotel "Home of Station WAVE" - 335 West Broadway (Mid-1930s postcard)
WAVE opened
its radio studio on December 30, 1933, on the 15th floor of The Brown
Hotel, its 239-foot tower perched like a giant Erector Set on the rooftop.
The first program aired by the station originated from the Crystal
Ballroom and was part of a nationwide NBC Network salute to its new
affiliate. |
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Reginald Billin, WAVE
Radio's first Program Director (1933-1934) |
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Popular WAVE performers the Conway Sisters and Burt Blackwell (1934)
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Slim
Miller and his band at WAVE's Radio Center |
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Slim
Miller and his band at WAVE's Radio Center |
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NBC and Eastern Airlines rush WAVE a generator to help keep the
station on the air during the 1937 flood |
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WAVE's 1937 Dodge at Bowman Field |
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WAVE's mobile unit at Union Station during Derby Week |
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WAVE-TV mobile unit in front of the Brown Hotel |
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WAVE Program Schedule (Outside) |
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WAVE Program Schedule (Inside) |
