Tom Shanahan

V. Thomas Shanahan

• High School Washington High School
• Born February 13, 1925 in Milwaukee, WI USA
• Died March 10, 2014 in Wauwatosa, WI USA

Biographical Information

Tom Shanahan was a broadcaster.

While still in high school, Shanahan began working for WEMP in Milwaukee. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he returned to WEMP and remained there through the 1960s. He broadcast Milwaukee Brewers games alongside Mickey Heath and Earl Gillespie. In 1953, when Major League Baseball arrived in Milwaukee, Shanahan put together the first Milwaukee Braves broadcasting network. He also hosted a pregame show called Dugout Doings.

He also worked for WRIT-AM, WITI-TV, WCUB-AM, WHBL, WTKM-FM and WTKM-AM, all Wisconsin-based stations.

In 2003, he was inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame.