Showing posts with label milwaukee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milwaukee. Show all posts

Friday, August 10, 2012

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

What do you know about Milwaukee, Wisconsin

We've always seen a lot of posts from Milwaukee , so let's find out a little more about the city.

From Wikipedia:
Milwaukee (Algonquin for "The Good Land") is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States, and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the City of Milwaukee has a population of 594,833. 
Once known almost exclusively as a brewing and manufacturing powerhouse, Milwaukee's image has changed with the decline of industry in most of the US. In the past decade, major new additions to the city include the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Frontier Airlines CenterMiller Park, an internationally renowned addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Pier Wisconsin, as well as major renovations to the U.S. Cellular Arena. In addition, many new skyscrapers, condos, lofts and apartments have been constructed in neighborhoods on and near the lakefront and riverbanks.
During the first half of the twentieth century, Milwaukee was the major city in which the U.S. Socialist Party earned the highest votes. Milwaukee elected three mayors who ran on the ticket of the Socialist PartyEmil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960).
Milwaukee's location in the Great Lakes Region often has rapidly changing weather, producing a humid continental climate, with cold, windy, snowy winters, and very warm, humid summers. The warmest month of the year is July, when the 24-hour average is 71.8 °F (22.1 °C), while January is the coldest month, with a 24-hour average of 22.3 °F (−5.4 °C). Of the 50 largest cities in the United States, Milwaukee has the second-coldest average annual temperature, next to that of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Milwaukee has one of the highest per capita student populations in North America, ranking 6th among U.S. and Canadian cities in number of college students per 100 residents.
Milwaukee was once the home to four of the world's largest breweries (SchlitzBlatzPabst, and Miller), and was the number one beer producing city in the world for many years. Despite the decline in its position as the world's leading beer producer after the loss of two of those breweries, its one remaining major brewery, Miller Brewing Company remains a key employer by employing over 2,200 of the city's workers. Because of Miller's solid position as the second-largest beer-maker in the U.S., the city remains known as a beer town despite now only representing a fraction of its economy.
Milwaukee is a popular venue for Lake Michigan sailing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, ethnic dining, and cultural festivals. Often referred to as the City of Festivals, Milwaukee has various cultural events which take place throughout the summer at Maier Festival Park, on the lake. Museums and cultural events, such as Jazz in the Park, occur weekly in downtown parks.

Monday, July 23, 2012

A history of local Milwaukee TV Shows and the beginning of Real Milwaukee

By Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel TV Critic Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Television History," the book by the late Dick Golembiewski, and the city's actual broadcast history are littered with TV talk shows.
On the eve of the premiere of a new one - "Real Milwaukee," at 9 a.m. Tuesday on WITI-TV (Channel 6) - let's take a stroll down the analog streets of old Milwaukee, courtesy of Golembiewski's book, available onAmazon.com and from Marquette University Press atwww.marquette.edu/mupress/.
Any flaws and omissions are, of course, my own and not the fault of the book, whose complete title is "Milwaukee Television History: The Analog Years."
• "Today for Women": Premiered on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) in 1962. The first host was Jane Whalen. She was replaced by Bunny Raasch-Hooten in 1964.
• "A New Day": Premiered on WTMJ-TV in 1978. Hosted by Terry Meeuwsen, former Miss America and now inspirational author and co-host of "The 700 Club," and Pete Wilson. Shawn Briggs replaced Wilson in 1980. Meeuwsen left the show in 1986. Wilson later worked as a news anchor in San Francisco for 30 years, and also hosted a radio show. He died during hip surgery in 2007 at the age of 62.
• "The Morning Scene": The history of this is foggy. Pete Wilson co-hosted the show with former WITI-TV (Channel 6) anchor Joanne Williams "in the 1970s," according to a photo caption that accompanied Wilson's obituary. No channel was listed.
• "Dialing for Dollars": On WISN-TV (Channel 12) from 1968 to 1983. Co-hosted by Howard Gernette and puppeteer Bob Trent. After the first year, Trent was replaced by Rosemary Gernette, Howard's wife. Later called "At 12 With Howard and Rosemary."
• "Tempo 24": Two-hour daily(!) show was the flagship program of the then-new WCGV-TV (Channel 24), from 1979-'80. Co-hosted by Joe Thompson and the late BJ Rabb, who later filed a sex discrimination suit against the station.
• "More": WISN-TV show, hosted by Bobby Rivers and Liz Ayers, was on the air from January through December 1984. Myself, my big hair and very large glasses were all guests on the show several times.
• "Milwaukee's Talking": Hourlong weekday show on WISN-TV (Channel 12). Mark Siegrist was host from 1989 until 1991; Shaun Robinson hosted until 1993.
• "The Morning Blend": Hourlong weekday show still on WTMJ-TV. Many of its guests pay a fee to appear to promote their goods and services. Premiered in 2006, and is co-hosted by Molly Fay and Tiffany Ogle. The format recently has been syndicated to other stations owned by the Journal Broadcast Group.
It would be interesting to watch clips of those shows to see how similar or different they were. My guess is that not much about them changed over the years except the titles. Certain aspects of the daytime talk show format are writ in stone - hosts, guests, couches and chitchat, all aimed at women 25 to 54.
And "Real Milwaukee," weekdays at 9 a.m. starting Tuesday, is unlikely to reinvent the wheel.
It is hosted by Katrina Cravy, Rob Haswell, Nicole Koglin and Cassandra McShepard. Tony Clark joins the show Sept. 13. When asked if it was a talk, magazine or lifestyle show, its creator and executive producer, Anne Brown, said it's "almost easier to say what it's not."
"It's not going to be a newscast. Rob (who's also the 'Fox6 Wakeup' meteorologist) is not going to be doing the weather. It's not an infomercial," and it will not have paid segments - although Brown does host a four-minute paid interview segment (so labeled) - at 8:55 a.m.
Brown said the set will look a little like "The View." The entire cast will be featured in the opening segment to talk "about what's going on with them personally," after which the day's topics are introduced, each of which are handled by the various members of the group. Clark will do remote reports.
"One thing we want to do is involve viewers," said Brown. "I almost envision us having this cast of regular contributors" via Skype and Twitter, she said.
"I want to link people. 'How did you deal with that problem,' share the answer and have that mass conversation."
The show is part of a trend, Brown said, of local stations "controlling our own destiny and local content."
"I think you'll see everybody doing more of this rather than less," she said.
While "The Morning Blend" is produced by WTMJ-TV's sales department, "Real Milwaukee" is a product of WITI's news division.
"The news department is a content generator," said WITI news director Jim Lemon. "We produce local content, which no network will ever do."
But the trick is that "Real Milwaukee" is "a non-news show," he said. "It's totally fresh. It's totally different."
"Some people argue that we're stepping out on a limb," said Lemon. "But I don't think so. I just think we're being real."
To coin a phrase.


Thursday, July 5, 2012

Real Housewife Lynne Curtin Boots Up In Milwaukee




Interviewing Lynne Curtin is this blog's biggest current grail,
Marianne Lyles of WISN. 
If any of our Milwaukee area readers know of any pictures or videos of Marianne wearing boots, please let us know right away!!  It's kind of an emergency!




Lynne Curtin in Boots Video Link



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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Nicole Koglin is back on the blog

Fox 6 in Milwaukee recently upgraded their Video Player.
WOW!!!!   What a great clear view.
THANK YOU FOX 6 !!!!!!!!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Doctor, Doctor, Give me the news

I've got a bad case of loving boots!
This is Dr. Katharine Van Fossen on Real Milwaukee.