WXYZ: TV Director.
- WXYZ Picnic Circa 1994
- Just Friends and Family at WXYZ
There were many times that the crews gathered at the “Farm House”. The Farm House was one of the original buildings on the land which WXYZ-TV now occupies in Southfield, Michigan. The Farm House has now been converted into a dining area and a few meeting rooms on the second story. It once also provide a sleeping area during the early days of the station.
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Detroit Television (Images of America) – Tim Kiska and Ed Golick
It began atop the Penobscot Building on October 23, 1946, when WWDT shot a signal to the convention center, part of a “”New Postwar Products Exposition.”” WWJ-TV offered scheduled programming in June 1947, and WXYZ-TV and WJBK-TV jumped in a year later. The medium has influenced the city’s personality and social agenda ever since. Soupy Sales turned getting a pie in the face into an art form. Mort Neff celebrated the state’s outdoor charms. George Pierrot showed Detroiters the world. Other beloved personalities include: Milky the Clown, Ed McKenzie, Sonny Eliot, John Kelly, Marilyn Turner, Robin Seymour, Bill Bonds, Dick Westerkamp, Jingles, Bill Kennedy, Lou Gordon, Captain Jolly, Johnny Ginger, Auntie Dee, and many more.
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