MUSEUM

This index page serves as repository for WTIC memorabilia. It leads to subordinate displays, audio and video clips contributed by alumni and others.
Many items were contributed by Ed Brouder of ManFromMars Productions. His broadcast career dates from WDRC but his online museum features air checks of many Hartford area personalities. Visit him at www.manfrommars.com.

This is the earliest known WTIC printed envelope indicia. It dates from when the station was in the old Travelers building on Grove Street in downtown Hartford

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1930 Letter from Advertiser 1970 Calendar Showing GHO 50,000 Watts-what it will do for you in NEW ENGLAND ca. 1930 Advance Magazine 12/1961 Advertisement 1953 Allen Ludden Clip 1953 Announcers 1965 Announcers brochure Antenna Towers 1939 Arnold Dean & The Red Sox Trophy Atwood-Kern 1965 Avon Transmitter Site Begley's, Pattee, and Floyd Richards (ca. 1940-1945) Bob Coe to Bob Ellsworth Letter with Jay Ray Picture 1975 Bob Ellsworth, Dick Bertel, Ed Anderson, Floyd Richards 1960 Bob Scherago, Dick Bertel, (and a Clown) at the Circus Bob Steele and Bill Savitt Advertisement 01/24/72 Bob Steele, Dick Bertel, Bill Hanson 1963 Bob Steele/Doye O'Dell Bob Steele & Joe McGuinness 1984 Bob Steele and Broadcast House Drawing Early 1960s Bob Steele to Speak to Men's Club 12/02/1946 Bob Steele - Young Bob Steele Inducted into Radio Hall of Fame (03/1995) Bob Steele Way Plaque Bob Tyrol Appointed Announcer 12/01/1941 Bob Steele in Bulkeley Stadium Motorcycle Program Bob Tyrol Appointed Announcer 12/01/1941 Bob Tyrol's Expenses 1952 Boob Meetings featured in Hartford Magazine 01/2008 Brad Davis & Milk Broadcast House Construction (1961) Broadcast House Demolition 10/17/2009, 11/23/2009, 04/29/2010 Broadcast House in the Hartford Courant 11/26/61 Broadcast House Photos 1967-1974 Broadcast House Tape Machines Broadcaster Statue Broadcaster Statue Historical Pictures Broadcaster Statue Miniature Broadcasting Article by Harold Dorschug (05/1971) Bumper Sticker Bumper Stickers Old & New Calendar Showing Constitution Plaza 1964-1966 Carnival Quiz with Gene & Glenn Christmas Party 1945 Confirmed Reception 1929 Confirmed Reception Stamp Constitution Plaza 1968 Constitution Plaza 1974 CT Historical Society donation by WTIC Alumni CT Historical Society Mention of WTIC Alumni Donation D-Day & WTIC - June 19, 1944 Broadcasting Magazine Deercliff Baseball Game 1950 Dick Bertel & Harry Parcell 1959 Directional Antenna Don Moore Photo featured in "Perception" Don Tuttle Adv 1970 Downtown Hartford Antennas Early VCR (1958?) Eisenhower at Trinity Election Coverage (1956) Erroneous EBS Alert Fake Invoice 1944 Female Dress Code 1972 (Courtesy of Jeff Hugabonne) Flood of 1936 Flood of 1936 - Travelers Beacon Frank Atwood & President Eisenhower Frank Atwood's Biggest Thrill: Meeting Ike! (7/10/1955)  Fred Edwards Memorabilia Page Fred Edwards & Ham Radio in the Flood of 1936 FM Studio-Lani Jarev 1965 Gates 5kW Transmitter in Windsor Museum George Conklin in WTIC Studios General Assembly Resolution 1965 Gerald Dyar and WTIC First Stereo Broadcast Gold Building Photos (After the Sale) Gold Building Staff Photos Hank Keene Booklet Cover Hank Keene Booklet Page 3 Hap Richards Postcard 1958    Front     Back Hap Richards in Hartford Parade (1960s?) Hartford Times WTIC-TV Special Section-First day on the air (1957) High Voltage Sign Hootenanny Road Show Hospital Scene WTIC-TV ca. 1959 ICO-1959 It Happened to Jane WTIC bit role Kenn Venit & June Lockhart Lady's Handkerchief Margaret Thomas Christmas Show 1946 Master Control 1965 Match Book Media Gang 10/13/2007 Picture 1  Picture 2 Mikeline Mill In Rescue Demo 06/1973 Mind Your Manners With Allen Ludden 1947-1948 Mind Your Manners 1965 Misc. Photos From Jean Manning The Mixing Bowl ca. 1932 Monitor Salutes WTIC 8/14/1964 "NBC Curtails Service" The Hartford Times 12/31/59 NERN Broadcasting Ad 05/1947 Newsroom 1965 New York City TV News trip (ca. 1972-1974) Old Photo Patricelli Profile in "Broadcasting" 01/29/1968 Perception: Ron Rolly (1960) Picture of Russian Orthodox Liturgy Telecast Plaza Entrance Pre 1941 Radio Dial Program Directors 1965 Program Guide 1970s era Program Guide 1974 QST Article 1929 Radio Schedule 1970 Radiolog Paul Lucas 1931 Ranger Andy Ranger Andy Ticket Reunion at FOIA Day of Kenn Venit & Pat Sheehan Reunion of Joe Crowley & Steve Cohn at WHDH-7 in Boston Review of Book by George Malcolm Smith (9/21/57) (Courtesy of Dick Bertel) Ron Rollie 1959 Ron Rollie & Alistair MacDonald 1959 Ross Miller in "Hit Parader" 1959 Ross Miller, Sam Balnius, and Eddie Arnold Rusty Rogers Letter August, 2010 Sales Party photos courtesy of Chuck Albert (1970s-1980s) Sam Balnius & Dick Heinze Souvenir Book 1939 Space (1967) Stan Simon 1965 Steele-Downes 1965 "Old" Studio D - Pre-1939 Synchronization (1930) Theater 7 Newspaper Clipping 11/29/1961 TIC TOC Issues From 1962-1970 They Said Radio Was Dead 1965 Transmitter Plaque Travelers Beacon (Jan-Feb, 1965) Containing WTIC References Travelers Beacon (October, 1940) Containing WTIC References Travelers From East Hartford Travelers Weather Service Radar (Broadcast Engineering June, 1972) Tube from 1933 WTIC-AM Transmitter TV in the Field 1960 UCONN Basketball Broadcast 1975-1976 Unknown Party Victor Chain (date unknown) Vietnam Coverage (1965) Visit to Vintage Radio Museum 2002 Voice of the People Photo (1957) Voice of the People Hartford Times Article (1957) WDAK Photo of J.C. Randall (Future WTIC plant manager) Webster Then/Now WFSB on Wikipedia What In the World 1965 What Will Be on Channel 3? (03/03/1957) Who's Who On the Air (Unknown Date... probably 1960s) World War II Comes to An End (1945) WTIC-TV/(WFSB) 65th Anniversary WTIC Industry Ads (1962, 1966) WTIC Blue Book Late 1960s WTIC Bowling Trophy Plaques WTIC Election Ad 1960 (Courtesy of Doug Bertel) WTIC FCC History (Courtesy of Robert Paine) WTIC First Day on the Air (02-25-1925) (Courtesy Robert Paine) WTIC Goes to War WTIC's 30th Birthday (2/6/1955) WTIC Global War Map (1943?) WTIC Industry Ads (1962, 1966) WTIC Locations Through The Years WTIC Management 1965 WTIC Microphone WTIC Mics Through the Years WTIC in the National Capital Radio and Television Museum Journal with Dick Bertel Article (02/2017) WTIC Phone List 1973 WTIC Plans Full Time on the Air (November 1930) (Courtesy Robert Paine) WTIC Players 1965 WTIC Poster WTIC Program Listing-August, 1930 (Courtesy Robert Paine) WTIC QSL card WTIC-FM QSL card 1968 WTIC Radio Ad in "Broadcasting" WTIC Radio Personalities 1938 WTIC Radio Personalities 1954 WTIC Radio - Six Years on the Air 1931 WTIC - Radio to Remember 1985 WTIC RCA Microphone WTIC Record Label WTIC Sale in the Courant WTIC Studios 2001 2008 WTIC Tower Pictures WTIC Transmitter Late 1950's WTIC Transmitter Slides WTIC - Wikipedia WTIC-TV Ad in "Broadcasting" WTIC-TV Radar Tower @ Full Height in 1968 (Courtesy of John Ramsey) WTIC/WFSB Transmitter Site WTIC White Book (ca. 1962-3) WTIC 1960

The late Ken Smith, VP and WTIC-TV station manager kept extensive archives. Joanne D'Eugenio, his daughter, has graciously donated them to our museum. Here are some excerpts of hundreds of documents donated. 1956-07-25 Travelers Awarded CH3 by FCC ---Newspaper page unfortunately incomplete 1957-09-24_Channel_3_Born 1957-10_WTIC-TV_Program_Schedule 1959-02-05_New_WTIC_Building 1960 Construction of Constitution Plaza 1960 Invitation to see Plaza Model 1960-04-11_Broadcast_House_Groundbreaking 1960-07_WTIC_Aims_for_March_1961_Opening 1960-07-08_Constitution_Plaza_Construction_Begins 1960s_Broadcast_House_Tour 1960s_Constitution_Plaza_Booklet 1960s?-Broadcast_House_Floor_Plan 1961_Broadcast_House_Under_Construction 1961-09-08_Call_Letters_Added_to_Broadcast_House 1961-09-21_Broadcast-House-Starts-Broadcasting 1961-10-06_Travelers_Buys_Broadcast_House (News Release) 1961-11_Travelers_Buys_Broadcast_House (Advance) 1965-11-09_Great_New_England_Blackout 1967-06-05_Morency's_Opinion_on_V-J_Day_Programming  1969-04_In_The_Public_Interest,_Convenience_or_Necessity 1970-06-07_Broadcast_House_Expansion 1972-09-21_Lou_Palmer_Hair 1973-01-23_Staff Meeting_About_Sale 1973-01-25_Travelers_Bulletin_re_Sale 1973-12-31_Broadcast-Plaza-Balance-Sheet 1974-02-06_Call_Letter_Transfer 1974-03-06_Staff Resignations The following are after the sale--- but are quite interesting 1974-08-12_NIxon_Resignation_Programming_Changes 1979-09-02 What Happened to the Old Broadcast Team -1 1979-09-02 What Happened to the Old Broadcast Team - 2