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In 1947, when the newly organized Children’s Concert Society was getting ready to bring the Cleveland Orchestra to Akron to play concerts for school children, Ralph Gillman was Director of Music Education for the Akron Public Schools. To prepare the students for the concerts, preview programs via recordings were broadcast weekly over WHKK by Ralph. He called his program “Learning to Listen” and tailored it primarily for fifth and sixth grade students. It was picked up by the central radio in each school and directed to the proper rooms. WHKK carried this program for two years until the Akron Public Schools’ own station, WAPS, went on the air. Ralph continued his program until 1959 when he became Assistant Superintendent. He retired in 1981 after serving as Superintendent of the Summit County Public Schools for 19 years. |