This is Irv Miller's radio and post-radio radio career, as told by Irv himself.

Irv's career started by accident in the late 40's and within a few years had him rubbing shoulders with fame. The fortune was to follow later. In the meantime, as WOKY's "Bob White", Irv was twice voted by the Teen Toppers Club "Milwaukee's top DJ" and MC'd many shows with big-name performers such as Nat King Cole and Perry Como. And Irv was just a 'swing and a miss away' from becoming the voice of the LA Dodgers. But fate had other plans.

The change in music and programming styles in the mid-60's - from losely formatted Big Band to tightly formatted Top40 Rock - signaled a change in Irv's career and an end to Bob White. Irv made what seems like a quantum leap - from DJ to stock broker. But once again Irv's distinct voice and quick-study delivery were put to use on the radio - this time as host of Wall Street Review. As the decade drew to a close, Irv fully transitioned to brokering and retired in 2006 as Sr. VP of a large stock brokerage firm.

We hope you enjoy Personality Profile with Bob White/Irv Miller.

Interview Synopsis: In part 1 of this 2-part series, Irv gives us a fun and dizzying history lesson in Milwaukee radio ownership, format changes and frequency flips. We hear about Top 40 radio pioneers Gordon McLenden and Jerry Bartell, the use of 'show biz' names, payola and a near-miss with Major league baseball's LA Dodgers through his Tommy Harmon sports network affiliation. And also of the changing radio and music scene, WOKY ratings domination and the then one-of-a-kind talk show called WOKY TALKY.

Like most broadcast people, Irv worked at a number of stations. After on-air warm up pitches as Irv Miller at ...
 

Add it all up and you've got a familiar voice on Milwaukee radio for 28 years.
We invite you to look and listen as Irv guides us through his radio scrapbook with stories and memories. (enlargable pictures below and on left and right sidebars)

Interview Synopsis: In part 2 of this 2-part series, Irv elaborates on his career as we flip through his scrapbook. We cover WOKY/Bartell Media's use of show biz names, telegrams from big name artists as Irv switches from WRIT to WFOX, pictues with Connie Francis (Lee Gray & Lee Marvin story), Steve & Edie, trans-gender entertainer Christine Jorgensen, Vicky Young, Fontane Sisters, Alan Dean, Herbie Fields, Rusty Draper, Betty Madigan, Jane Russell, Lawrence Welk, Neil Sedaka, and backstage pictures with Milwaukee on-air people including Tom Snyder, Lloyd Pettit & Gordon Hinkley. Irv comments on the WOKY hats at the Milwaukee Auditorium, 'nice guy' DJs, WOKY surveys, Barney Pip, his WOKY resignation letter,his WOKY-TALKY replacement Stan Major, Bernie Strachota and WRIT's anniversary, the Milwaukee Journal newspaper article about WWII and thre music of the day, the Milwaukee Sentinel's 1955 Milwaukee DJ summary, WDLB/Borchard Field play-by-play story, WMCS in Bahamas story, Bemidji paystub, Milwaukee Pulse and WOKY domination, the 1964 TV/Radio Mirror article: Shouting his way on the air, his first AFTRA card, a half inning of calling a Cubs game on WGN with Bert Wilson, meeting baseball legend Dizzy Dean, co-hosting with Jack Eigen on WMAQ, and his final thoughts on his long and varied radio career.