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"We're
often asked what training is necessary to become an announcer. Here's
Bob's answer: Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1911; school, then
newsboy, salesman, motorcycle racing, professional boxing, writing
and a long list of business activities that have carried him from
coast-to-coast and from Canada to the Gulf! Bob writes a column in
several sports publications; is a comic cartoonist of no mean ability;
lists as his favorite hobby Robert Hampton Steele, (Age 8 months)."
- from a 1939 station publication
While
Bob Steele "retired" as morning drive host on September
30, 1991, he hosted a show on the first Saturday of each month through
November, 2002. Steele was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at
the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago in October, 1995.
Bob
died in his sleep December 6, 2002 at the age of 91. He was affiliated
with WTIC (Hartford, Connecticut, USA) for 66 years.
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