WBEN: 75 years of photos

By Steve Cichon
steve@buffalostories.com
@stevebuffalo

UPDATED: February 21, 2005

Thanks to all those who have sent in pictures…
The latest submissions are at the top. We still need YOUR pictures!
Do you have a photo or two? E-mail it to me… or get me the picture
and I’ll scan it and get the original back to you… and I’ll post it here to share with everyone!

Thanks to those who’ve shared their photos so far:
Tom Langmyer, Tony Caligiuri, Candy Acierno, Tim Wenger, Pete Weber, Tom Kelly

Kurt Murphy,?,?,Sam D’Angelo,Chris Parker,Randy Bushover,Rob Lucas,John Caroll,Steve Cuccia,Joe Puma,Tony Caligiuri mid 90s

Bill Masters, John Corbett, Clint Buehlman, Ken Phillips, Gene Kelley, Al Fox, Van Miller, Stan Barron, Jack Ogilvie, John Luther early 70s

Candy Acierno and Tom Van Nortwick early 80s

Van Miller calls a Braves Game, Jack Ramsay, Braves Coach mid 70s

Stan Barron Calls Canisius Hoops for WBEN 1973

The WBEN TraffiCopter… Dave May & Mark Hamrick

WBEN Newsmen Joe Sviatko and Brian Meyer

WBEN “Studio C” 18th Floor Statler 1940s

Your Webmaster in the WBEN Control Room, 1997

Stan Roberts Afternoon host late 80s in AMCR

The WBEN Sports Team: Dick Rifenburg, Chuck Healy, Van Miller, Ralph Hubbell mid 60s

Van Miller with Buffalo Braves Randy Smith and Fred Hinton

Dick Rifenburg along the Bills Sidelines at War Memorial Stadium…

Van Miller in studio with Bills Players OJ Simpson and AC Cowlings. No word on what they drove to the station

Through the 70s, Jack Ogilvie would leave radio at 9am to read the news on Channel 4

The Motor Home with Downtown as a backdrop 90s

Dick Rifenburg in WBEN Control room late 70s

Afternoon Jock Bill Masters reads a spot 1973

Chuck Healy on the sidelines at the Rockpile 1972

WBEN Host Garfield Hinton with Muhmmad Ali in WBEN studios

Actor EG Marshall with WBEN Afternoon Host Ken Phillips

Lou Douglas with Al Anscombe and J. Michael Collins

Traffic Control Group shot in Conference Room Early 90s

Clint Buehlman celebrates 30 Years on WBEN

Scott Bowman with Stan Barron, Studio A 1981

Jack Ogilvie and Clint Buehlman; “Arthurmometer” on wall 1973

Manager Alfred Kirchhofer with Vice President Nixon, 1950s

Alfred H. Kirchhofer, The man responsible for the Buffalo Evening News Stations1940s

Engineers Philo Stevens & David Stein WBEN Control Room 1947

Fred Keller hosts Guys with Buildings named after them in WBEN studios: Dr Harry Rockwell, Msgr. Timothy Coughlin, and Dr. Samuel P. Capen

Announcers Budd Tesch and Ward Fenton 1947

Pete Weber and John Murphy at the Rockpile

Clint Buehlman & Bob Hope at WBEN Studios

Jeff Kaye, Sheela Allen, Frank Cascio, & Ken Phillips 1974

WBEN. We Put more into it… so you get more out of it.

Engineers Joe Puma, Tom Streich, Jonathon May, Dave May

The sign in front of the building early 80s

WBEN announcers Jack Ogilvie, Lou Douglas, Van Miller, Ken Phillips, Gene Kelley, Virgil Booth, Carl erikson, Bernie Sandler. Seated: Steve Geer, Harry Webb, Bill Ferguson, Mike Mearian.

Van Miller and Jayne Mansfield in the WBEN studios

WBEN Executives 1963: George Torge, James Righter, Alfred Kirchhofer, Mrs. Kate Butler, Bob Thompson

Sabres Hockey on WBEN: Rick Jeanneret, Ted Darling, Mike Robitaille, Jim Lorentz

Kaye Lapping, Oda Hanners, Eileen Tobias

Calvin Murphy & Van Miller, Niagara University Basketball on WBEN, 1968

Kevin Keenan, Mark Hamrick, Ed Little, Brian Meyer, Pat Johnson, Lou Douglas, Mark Leitner

Mike Mroziak, George Richert, Tim Wenger, Susan Rose, Claudine Ewing, Brian Meyer, Patrick Farrell.

WBS Ward Beck Systems control room board, early 80s

Larry Levite, “chief” of Algonquin Broadcasting, owner of WBEN 1977-95

Clint Buehlman, Earnest Roy and Tom Whalen, 1963

Rush Limbaugh and Sandy Beach, WBEN studios, late 80s

“The Women of Traffic & Accounting” Lorrie Maniscalco, MJ Wieleba, Melanie Krebs, Oda Hanners, Candy Acierno, Denise Burt, John the Computer Repair Guy 1986

Overnight man and sports guy Dick Rifenberg

Brian Meyer, Ed Little, Susan Rose, Tim Wenger, Monica Wilson, Mark Leitner, 1988

Jim McLaughlin, Dave May, Tom Kelly, Wendy Stahlka

WBEN Jock Jay Fredericks, aka Fritz Coleman

Allen Consantini Van Miller Kevin O’Connell late 70s

Calling All Pets with Kevin O’Connell late 70s

WBEN reporter Arlene Bolton with Mayor Makowski late 70s

Reformatted & Updated pages from staffannouncer.com finding a new home at buffalostories.com

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Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. His stories of Buffalo's past have appeared more than 1600 times in The Buffalo News. He's a proud Buffalonian helping the world experience the city he loves. Since the earliest days of the internet, Cichon's been creating content celebrating the people, places, and ideas that make Buffalo unique and special. The 25-year veteran of Buffalo radio and television has written five books and curates The Buffalo Stories Archives-- hundreds of thousands of books, images, and audio/visual media which tell the stories of who we are in Western New York. View all posts by Steve Cichon