The 1954 WLS Family Album:

The WLS Staff Orchestra

Above: Herman Felber is shown conducting the talented WLS Orchestra on Dinnerbell Time, as seen by the engineer and producer from Studio A control room. Herman Felber is recognized as a leading conductor of Chicagoland. For 21 years he has directed the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra with distinction. He also conducts the Youth Orchestra of Greater Chicago as well as Northwestern University's Symphony Orchestra.

Standing members of the orchestra Les Schein and Roy Knapp; seated, back row: Tom Moore, Lou Klatt, Joe Rullo; middle: Ted DuMoulin, Walter Lewis, Emilio Silvestre; front: Henry Waxman, Charlotte Chambers, David Chausow.

Left: Margaret Sweeney is one of Chicago's best known harpists.


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