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Welcome back to 70 Artifacts for 70 years! Look for our logo in platinum honoring the 70th anniversary of the Stark County Historical Society.
If you ask most longtime residents of Stark County whether they remember listening to John Baker on WHBC their reaction is always the same. First, a big smile crosses their face, and they give you an excited “yes!”
Today we add another oral history to our vast collection. John Baker helped us learn more and add more to our collection on early radio and television in Stark County.
John is a gentle and humble man who is a veteran, a radio announcer, “actor,” television anchorman, advertising agent, and Plain Township trustee.
More dear to him than any of the former are his accomplishments as a family man and husband to Nancy. Speaking about his wife, “Meeting, and marrying my wife Nancy was the best decision of my life!”
John and Nancy Baker viewing their “Bundles for Baker!”
Thank you to John & Nancy Baker for helping us learn more about our citizens of Stark County. Thank you to Volunteer, Tom Haas who worked countless hours on this project, and saw it to completion.
To view or listen to John Baker’s oral history, or any of the oral histories we have in our collection, please call 330-455-7043 to make an appointment.
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Well done, Mark. Thanks for putting this all together. The Bakers are great people….always active and giving back to our community.
Thank you so much, for all of your dedication to project! Great work!
My commendations to all involved in making this project a reality. It is beautifully done and a fitting tribute to John Baker, who offers amazing perspective and insight from his personal life and professional career. For anyone interested in the history of radio, television, and advertising in this town, this is a must-see!
Thank you so much, Rochelle!