Henry Niederkofler *

      Henry was born in 1916. He obtained an amateur license in 1934 and constructed a transmitter and receiver on 160 meters. He became an instructor of radio for the National Organization in 1938. Later, with the Signal Corps, Henry was stationed in Philadelphia . He studied advanced electronics at Temple University and then joined Westinghouse Corporation as a Design Engineer in the development of search radar for the Navy. After World War II, he served as Chief Engineer at WDAD and WESA both in Pennsylvania . Henry came to Akron and assumed the position of Chief Engineer at WHKK. In 1956, he became Chief Engineer of WCUE and still holds that position upon his induction into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1984.