LATE MOVIE 18
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
SHOCK THEATER (WUHF)
SHOCK THEATER (WVTV)
SHOCK THEATER (WVTV)

BOB BERINGER - "ANNOUNCER"

Bob Beringer was a television announcer. Between 1963 until 1980, Beringer was the voice announcer for the following horror movie shows: Shock Theater Shock Theater Shock Theater Saturday Night at the Movies Late Movie 18

"Shock Theater" - WUHF-TV Channel 18 Milwaukee: "Shock Theater" was a non hosted horror movie show on WUHF-TV Channel 18, that ran from 7 September 1963 till 11 September 1965, with Bob Beringer who announced each show.

"Shock Theater" - WVTV Channel 18, Milwaukee The show was aired on Friday nights at 10:30 pm, from 16 January 1970 through 29 May 1970, as "Shock Theater". It used as a background the Glenn Strange Frankenstein's monster with a voice announcer - Bob Beringer. It screened some 20 movies. Then in 1971 - WVTV used movies from the Shock! and Son of Shock! packages when it ran its "Shock Theater" on Saturday nights starting on 4 September 1971. The opening of each show used a sequence made up of clips from a variety of films, and also used the voice announcer Bob Beringer. It used as a background the Glenn Strange Frankenstein's monster photograph. The first show aired at 8:30 pm, and then was moved to 10:00 pm in the following week. It maintained this time slot until 1 January 1972, when it was moved to a double feature movie show starting at 8:00 pm. Sometimes the double feature was cut to one movie to allow other programing such as Alfred Hitchcock Hour or the Variety Club Telethon. It continued as a double feature till 16 September 1972. It then was changed to a single feature until 6 April 1974, when the show ceased.

"Saturday Night at the Movies" - WVTV Channel 18, Milwaukee: WVTV Channel 18 Milwaukee, Wisconsin aired hosted horror movies from 13 April 1974 till 25 August 1979; using an announcer Bob Beringer, rather than a host. The show presented a double feature of horror movies. The show would commence at 8:00 pm. The opening sequence to the show had a dusty book, with the title "Saturday Night at the Movies", which was on a table top. A candle cast a light onto the book. The stations logo, which was a cube with "WVTV Milwaukee" on one face and "18" on another face was behind it. There was also a rope coiled to the left of the book. There was flashes of lightning which could be seen through a window, and thunder claps could be heard. A tarantula crawled over the book, while the voice announcer Bob Beringer introduced the film title. The spider was named Shirley, named after the zoo keeper's wife Ken Schoenrock, who it was on loan.

"Late Movie 18" - WVTV Channel 18, Milwaukee: "Late Movie 18" was a non hosted horror movie show aired by WVTV Channel 18 Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 7 September 1979 to 16 May 1980, with Bob Beringer as the announcer. There were no shows on 29 February, and 21 March until 2 May 1980 due to basketball broadcasts.

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