Sanford Scores an Epic Hit 'On Air': Reaches 8,000,000 Listeners with Solid Facts
Dublin Core
Title
Sanford Scores an Epic Hit 'On Air': Reaches 8,000,000 Listeners with Solid Facts
Alternative Title
Sanford Scores an Epic Hit 'On Air'
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Theaters--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Radio--United States
Broadcasting--United States
Description
Newspaper article on the WJZ broadcast at the Milane Theatre of a Sanford and Seminole County program of information and music to an audience of 8,000,000 radio listeners.
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.
Source
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2: Item number DP0008901. Central Florida Memory. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120820.
Publisher
This Week in Sanford
Curnick, Arthur R.
Date Created
ca. 1926-06-28
Date Copyrighted
1926-06-28
Date Issued
1926-06-28
Has Format
Original newspaper article: This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper photograph: This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2.
Is Part Of
This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926.
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
257 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
Charlotte, North Carolina
Spatial Coverage
28.810527, -81.266859
40.754543, -73.982245
40.756732, -73.974064
35.229916, -80.841737
Temporal Coverage
1926-06-25/1926-06-28
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by This Week in Sanford.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by This Week in Sanford and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Source Repository
External Reference
"Helen Stairs Theatre." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"Theater History." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.
External Reference Title
Transcript
SANFORD SCORES AN EPIC HIT 'ON AIR'
REACHES 8,000,000 LISTENERS WITH SOLID FACTS
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REACHES 8,000,000 LISTENERS WITH SOLID FACTS
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Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 newspaper article
Collection
Citation
“Sanford Scores an Epic Hit 'On Air': Reaches 8,000,000 Listeners with Solid Facts,” RICHES, accessed May 29, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1091.