Greg Hill

Milwaukee

Executive Producer at WTMJ-AM (Milwaukee, WI)

Executive Producer @620wtmj Producer of Wisconsin's Morning News w/ Vince Vitrano Professional Button Pusher - The Wu is the way The Tang is the slang

Articles

'IT'S A PRETTY NARROW WINDOW' Tournament of Roses President in Town for Official Invitation to Local Band

4 days ago | wtmj.com | Greg Hill

The President of Pasadena, California’s Tournament of Roses will throw out the first pitch at American Family Field tonight. Tomorrow night, Mark Leavens will be on the football field at Greendale High School. There he will officially invite the band to march in the 2026 Rose Parade. “In part to thank the band,” Leavens said of his visit. He told Wisconsin’s Morning News it’s a tradition for communities to receive a visit from the Tournament President.
Take a bite out of bark but keep an eye on that itchy grolar bear

4 days ago | newsminer.com | Greg Hill

Elmore Leonard once said “I don’t have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I would see things that interested me and never get back to writing.” Like the late Mr. Leonard, I forego smart phone ownership to avoid their consuming distractions. However, in dark, frightening times, a little distraction can be soothing.
Pancake Breakfast Special: A.I. Movie (Re)Creation

1 week ago | wtmj.com | Greg Hill

In a monumental move in Hollywood, Lionsgate studios has partnered with A.I. agent ‘Runaway’ for the first major movie studio / artificial intelligence deal. In an obvious cash grab, Vince Chairman Michael Burns says that using A.I. they can not only remake and re-market movies to different audiences. But he can also ‘sell it’Imagine the possibilities this has! To help your imagination, listen to this week’s Pancake Breakfast Special!
Manhood, empathy and the lessons we learn from fathers

1 week ago | newsminer.com | Greg Hill

Father’s Day is a good time to reflect on bullies. Bullying in our country has been legitimized by the highest elected officials and widely imitated by their followers, who feel unbound by the societal rules that have evolved over centuries to help us all get along. It takes some fortitude to stand up to bullies because most bullies need to dominate, don’t care about the feelings of others, and are generally angry people who believe the world owes them something.
State Champion Golfer Takes on the World in Stevens Point

2 weeks ago | wtmj.com | Greg Hill

The defending WIAA State Champion in girls golf will compete against the world’s best in her backyard as SentryWorld Golf Course hosts the Rolex Girls Junior Championship. The tournament in Stevens Point welcomes the top female golfers ages 12-19 for three rounds of competition June 17-19. Among the field will be 16 year old McKenna Nelson of Beaver Dam. She won the State Tournament last fall, shooting a blistering 65 on day one at University Ridge in Madison.
Pancake's Playlist: Father's Day

2 weeks ago | wtmj.com | Greg Hill

Here’s to you, Dad. Kick up your once white, now lawn stained New Balance shoes. Fire up the Weber grill. Have yourself a beverage and celebrate Dad for all that he does with the all encompassing Father’s Day playlist. https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/5UQB4eKd34fj0HHUyZrC89?utm_source=oembed
647 words, one Krazy comic: The surreal brilliance of George Herriman

2 weeks ago | newsminer.com | Greg Hill

It was sheer coincidence that led to the intersecting of reading “Which Language Is the Richest in Words?,” an article from Interpreters & Translators, full-page Inc. by Toni Andrews, followed by an engaging Sunday “Krazy Kat” comic strip from April 18, 1920, by George Herriman that contains 647 words, compared with the usual 150 words or so in a modern Sunday comics page.
Is that the missing Shanky's Whip Emu?

2 weeks ago | wtmj.com | Greg Hill

Back in March, we reported on the missing Shanky’s Whip Emu, the mascot-display for Shanky’s Whip whiskey at the Piggly Wiggly in Slinger, Wisconsin. Rewards were offered by the Slinger police department however, the investigation remains open with no known location of the missing Emu despite pictures of the ‘bird-nappers’ being released via press release. However, there was a special appearance as noted on the Brewers broadcast over the weekend. Could this be, that same Emu?
The legends who live in library stacks

3 weeks ago | newsminer.com | Greg Hill

If Friedrich Nietzsche was correct in claiming that “In heaven, all the interesting people are missing,” I suspect that’s because so many of them are hanging out in American public libraries. When their library’s decent — and most are — the most interesting people in town are inevitably regulars.
Day 4 of Maxwell Anderson Homicide Trial: detectives testify and present physical evidence

4 weeks ago | wtmj.com | Greg Hill

MILWAUKEE — The Maxwell Anderson trial continued on Day 4 with a focus on evidence related to a blanket connected to Sade Robinson and remains located near a park in Cudahy. Bodily Remains Found in Park The first witness called to the stand was Milwaukee Police Detective Casey Donahue. He was one of the first responders to find some of Robinson’s remains close to a playground near her burned out vehicle near 31st and Galena on the city’s north side.