Combs, McConnell, Willy, Seg Man and Dave Yiddy Armbruster All Started Here

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Now an office at the Cincinnati Business Committee, this was the air studio at 700 WLW until 1988.

In the 1970's and 1980's, 700 WLW's studios were located on the third floor of 3 East Fourth Street in downtown Cincinnati. It was home to Bob Trumpy and his legendary SportsTalk show. And to Gary Burbank and his genius talent. And legendary morning man Jim Scott. His successor Mike McConnell became the midday host at 3 East Fourth with Dave "Yiddy" Armbruster at the controls. Now Dave is in charge of sports broadcasting at the Big One. The present king of midday, Bill Cunningham, became the king of late night radio at the downtown studios. His sidekick Bill "Seg" Dennison did everything from monitoring police scanners for traffic reports to covering the Reds and Bengals when he worked downtown. Legendary anchor and reporter Jeff Henderson started with 700 WLW at its downtown studios in 1983 and later became the news director until his retirement. Brian Combs started there in 1985 and today he is the dean of morning radio news in Cincinnati.

Thanks to Tom Millikin of The Port, Combs and colleague Matt Reis were allowed to take a tour of what used to be the old studios, where the news sound bites, music and commercials were played for listeners using tape cartridges and reel-to-reel tape machines.

In 1988, 700 WLW moved to Mt. Adams and eventually moved to Kenwood where it broadcasts today.

It's been a long time since the last broadcast from 3 East Fourth Street. 35 years this coming October, as a matter of fact. But Combs and Reis had no trouble locating site of the air studio, the news booth, the news room and the rest of the former home of 700 WLW.

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Entrance to 3 East Fourth Street.
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Brian Combs standing in what used to be the newsroom.
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Entrance to the air studio. News booth is to the left.
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Combs stands where the news booth used to be.
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Combs steps back in time where we used to report the news and the sports.
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The view from the studio where legends like Gary Burbank and Jim Scott entertained and informed 700 WLW listeners.
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The view Jim Scott and Gary Burbank enjoyed from their studio.
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Hallway from the air studio and news booth to the studios used by Mike McConnell, Bill Cunningham and Bob Trumpy. Those studios were along the windows on the right. Programming offices were on the left and at the end of the hall.
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Hallway from the air studio and news booth to the studios used by Mike McConnell, Bill Cunningham and Bob Trumpy. Those studios were on the right. Programming offices were on the left and at the end of the hall.
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This is where the talk and production studios were located back in 1988. Bob Trumpy SportsTalk, Mike McConnell Midday, Bill Cunningham 9p-midnight.
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Brian Combs and Tom Millikin of The Port take a walk down memory lane, standing where the production and talk studios used to be.
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Brian Combs in what used to be the program director's office.