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Ilene Mintz Hoover

      Ilene was born into the Akron radio scene as the daughter of John “Jake” Mintz, WADC control operator. She joined WADC in 1943 as a control operator and, to our knowledge, Jake and Ilene was the only father-daughter combo in the country. In 1945, she moved to WHKK, where she did board work for such shows as “Charming Children”, “Man on the Street”, and “Mel Miller”. She met her husband, Chuck, at WHKK. They have two sons. Later, Ilene had a career in fashion retailing, but returned to radio at WFMR in Milwaukee , Wisconsin .