Harold L. Hageman *

     Harold L. Hageman had a lengthy career in radio beginning in 1931 as an announcer on WADC. He married Lucille Veling, a popular singer with Denny Thompson’s Orchestra. He broadcasted the finals of the All-American Soap Box Derby on CBS, NBC, and Mutual. He broadcasted 500 Man-On-The-Street programs from downtown Akron. He broadcasted the 1964 Democratic National Convention from Atlantic City. He interviewed Eddie Rickenbacker, Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, John W. Bricker and many other notables. After 26 years at WADC, Red became News Director of at WCUE in 1956. He became News Director of WAKR in 1959 and remained there 14 years.