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Reverend William Denton *       Reverend Bill Denton was born in England in 1895 and died in 1982. This veteran radio preacher had a record of 57 years on radio in Akron . His broadcast ministry over the years was a daily feature on WADC, WFJC and WSLR. Other radio stations often carrying his sermons included, WCKY in Cincinnati, WMIE in Miami, WDBO in Orlando, WRRN in Warren, WSPB in Sarasota, WWST in Wooster, COCO, CMQ and CMCK in Cuba and others in Pennsylvania.       His mission work from the Furnace Street Mission expanded into hospitals, prisons, and nursing homes. He maintained a Widows and Orphans home in Korea , a mission in Japan and parolees’ home here in Ohio .