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Kenneth Hildebrand *

      Kenneth Hildebrand has done it all - a singer on WADC, an announcer on WJW and a newscaster on WSLR! Mr. Hildebrand’s career began in the early 1930’s, when radio was just coming on strong in Akron . In 1936, he moved to Pittsburgh , where he won the coveted H. P. Davis Announcer Award. He did the West Virginia University football play-by-play, blow-by-blow boxing from Hickory Park and color for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Hockey Hornets. In 1961, he moved to Cleveland , where he did local news and won the Cleveland Press Club Award twice. He also won the Twyla Conway Award. After many other radio activities, Mr. Hildebrand returned to Akron to finish his career with a term as newscaster for WSLR.