Read more about Fred Kohler's wrestling show on the DuMont Network here. Wayne Griffin did television commentary for the Rainbo Arena show in Chicago on ABC-TV. The program was featured on Wednesday nights. He began broadcasting in 1936 in Minneapolis. He joined ABC in 1942. During the war, he was featured on "Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands" and traveled more than 800,000 miles to military installations to present the program. Griffen was 35 in 1951 and studied electrical engineering while at Stout Institute in Menomonee, Wisconsin. He was married with one daughter, Catherine, who was 7. Official Wrestling, April 1951. By early 1950, Chicago wrestling matches were being televised in 330 cities by coaxial cable. Chicago and Los Angeles were the top suppliers of TV wrestling, with New York City and Columbus, Ohio on a smaller network of stations. |
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