My first on air experience was reading the news. I was completely nervous. The news clips rattled in my hand, so the engineer signaled to me. To control the hand shaking, I put my hands on the desk. Problem was, the desk now shook and the boom mic was resting next to it. Sure enough,…
WMTH-FM Staff Maine North 1971-1981
Below are all 11 years of Maine North staff at WMTH-FM. They are sorted by first name. Source: Yearbooks. If you know of others, please add a comment below. Thanks in advance. Aaron Brooks Adam Burck Adam Greenberg Alan Stahl Alec Barinholtz Alison O’Brien Allison Willer Alysa Canter Amy Aronson Andrea Mork Andy Flaksman Angie…
WMTH-FM 1959-1960 Innaugural Staff
Via Marshall Seese, February 16, 2020 Newspaper article:WMTH-FM Staffing Completed Inaugural Staff Announced Dec 22, 1959 Mr. Keith Honn, Program Chairman, Sponsor, Station ManagerMr. Theron Whitfield, Engineer, Electronics Teacher Student Leadership: John Fry, Head of Script writing; Karen Anderson, Lead of Announcers; Carolyn Nosbaum, Head of the Office staff ANNOUNCERS: Jim Brockhouse ’61; Kathy Burns…
Jack Coombe, WMTH-FM sponsor 1962-1965
[Jack was a very diversified and talented man. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He was author and TV performer. To think that he was the WMTH-FM manager for a few years is quite a tribute to this group. Below are a couple obituaries for his amazing 97-year lifetime. The article skips over his WMTH…
Steve Goodman memories (1965) WMTH 1963-1965 Part 2.
[Robin Pendergrast was another WMTH announcer, along with Steve Goodman. He recorded interviewed for the Steve Goodman biographic. The book “Steve Goodman: Facing the Music by Clay Eals” has a web site at http://stevegoodmanbiography.com/ It is available on Amazon.com] Robin Pendergrast interview 9-4-2000“Neal Pollack had an interesting sense of humor. I don’t know where he…
Steve Goodman memories (1965) WMTH 1963-1965 Part 1.
[One of the most famous performers to come out of Maine Township High School East (Maine East / MEHS) was Steve Goodman. Steve was a sportscaster on WMTH from 1962 to his graduation in 1964. The following is from interviews for a biographical book about Steve. To Chicago Cubs fans, he is most famous for…
Obit: Theron Whitfield, chief engineer built WMTH-FM
March 31, 2003 Chicago Tribune Theron W. Whitfield, 87, of Elk Grove, beloved husband of the late Alice N., nee Koenig; fond brother of Hazel W. Woody; dear uncle of several nieces and nephews. Visitation Tuesday 3 until 8 p.m. at Oehler Funeral Home, 555 Lee Street, Des Plaines, where funeral services will be held…
Obit: Keith Honn, first sponsor of WMTH-FM
Chicago Tribune, Sunday December 20, 2009 HONN, KEITH A. Keith A. Honn of Des Plaines, beloved husband of Ruth, (nee Schmidt); dear father of Richard (Anne) and Stephen (Linda) Honn. Loving grandfather of Jacob and Andrew; fond brother of Marilyn (Harvey) Rempfer. Keith was a teacher and counselor at Maine East High SChool for over…
My autobiography by Marshall Seese (1960)
(The following is a bio page that he shares ahead of personal appearances) Marshall Seese, The Weather Channel, Retired Marshall Seese was born in Evansville, Indiana and raised in Park Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. As the son of a Chicago news radio personality, he was introduced early in life to the broadcasting business.…
Dave Schubert (1967-1970)
My story after WMTH shows how the WMTH experience is valued by college radio stations and Chicago area broadcasters. That is further down in this story. To put things in sequence, here is my WMTH story. MY THREE YEARS AT WMTH-FM In the Spring of my freshman year at Maine East, I saw the “ON…
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First High School Radio Station(s)
First high school radio stations? Let’s settle the argument with documented facts. The years posted below are the first year ON-THE-AIR. The years of planning don’t count, in my book. It can take from a year to never to get a station on the air. Below are the earliest AM and FM high school stations…
WMTH Yearbooks Project
Our collection of WMTH pages from yearbooks is progressing. With the recent addition of most yearbooks on Ancestry.com we are working our way through each of the yearbooks. Photographs are being posted as we move through them. Check the links along the edge of this page. It looks like yearbooks up to 1999 are online.…
WMTH 60th Anniversary Press Release
4 FEB 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – CHICAGO, NORTH / NORTHWEST SUBURBS This school year marks the 60th year of WMTH-FM, with studios at each of the Maine Township high schools in Des Plaines and Park Ridge. Alumni are excited about the event and making plans to return on Saturday April 4, 2020. Current and…
WMTH Alumni Web Relaunch
We have recently relaunched our website using the latest WordPress platform. We are looking for an assistant admin to help with making this web site a valuable resource and meeting place for current and past student staff of WMTH-FM and WMTH-TV. We are starting with 5 categories for posts: General Discussion, Job Hunting, Job Announcements,…