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View Full Version : Where was the WKY Television Theatre located? Joe Kimball 04-03-2012, 08:25 PM I'm spending this inclement day looking at old YT vids, and I noticed this sign in this video (at :40): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6taIQ-6GYSE&feature=fvwrel . It's a pretty well-established joint, it looks like! I can't really think of any analogues today. Where was this at, and is the building still up? MikeOKC 04-03-2012, 08:59 PM I'm spending this inclement day looking at old YT vids, and I noticed this sign in this video (at :40): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6taIQ-6GYSE&feature=fvwrel . It's a pretty well-established joint, it looks like! I can't really think of any analogues today. Where was this at, and is the building still up? WKY Television Theatre was in the Civic Center Music Hall in the Little Theatre. At that time, WKY radio was located just blocks away at the Skirvin Hotel. The news department had the entire sixth floor. Earlier, they had been at the Plaza Court, where McNellies is now. Joe Kimball 04-03-2012, 09:09 PM Nice! I can totally see how a studio would fit neatly in that building; it's cavernous. janeyring 05-14-2012, 07:26 PM Did Mary Hart get her start at WKY Studios? Janey Reynolds Ring janeyring 05-14-2012, 07:28 PM Free Won't--thank you so much for sharing your website. That was great. Great to see Forman Scotty and Danny Williams again. Janey Reynolds Ring YO MUDA 05-14-2012, 07:35 PM Did Mary Hart get her start at WKY Studios? Janey Reynolds Ring She was co host of Dannysday at KTVY. Joe Kimball 05-14-2012, 08:17 PM Free Won't--thank you so much for sharing your website. That was great. Great to see Forman Scotty and Danny Williams again. Janey Reynolds Ring Oh, I'm glad to share what I've run across, but I can't take credit at all for the very thoughtful preservation of this history—that belongs to one of a few media enthusiasts on YouTube. There's some neat stuff on there, and more importantly, inspiration. Edmond_Outsider 05-15-2012, 08:34 PM I thought they had already moved to the current location by the time WKY-TV started? Edmond_Outsider 05-15-2012, 08:36 PM Ok, I watched the video. Civic center obviously. Edmond_Outsider 05-15-2012, 08:44 PM It's a shame that there's no longer a market for locally produced shows. I remember Gailard Sartain's Mazzeppa Pompazoidi Uncanny Film Festival & Camp Meeting on KTUL in Tulsa. It was pretty good. Gailard and Gary Busey and a bunch of others were young, talented, full of energy and that made up for the ultra low budget production values. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xFy_cQDERI&feature=related |