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Helen Zelkowitz
Helen E. Weiner Zelkowitz (November 7, 1911 – December 16, 2006) was an American broadcaster, the co-founder of two radio stations, and a member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Zelkowitz was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio.
On May 26, 1951, Zelkowitz and her husband, Charles, began WMVO-FM, a radio station in Mount Vernon, Ohio. They complemented that station with the launching of WMVO (AM) in Mount Vernon two years later. In 1972, they expanded their media holdings with the creation of Mount Vernon Cablevision.
Zelkowitz was involved with the two stations in a variety of ways, from being president of the business to being sales manager, general manager, and community director. After the creation of Mount Vernon Cablevision, she served as chairperson of the board of the three operations' umbrella organization, Mount Vernon Broadcasting Company. On the air, she was host of the Coffee Cup program, described as "an intimate daily portrait of Knox County life", for 44 years. She was estimated to have broadcast 11,440 episodes of that program.
In 1977, Zelkowitz was appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Ohio State Newark Campus Citizens Advisory Council.
Zelkowitz and her family played a key role in creating the Food for the Hungry Drive in 1981. She also was charter president of the Mount Vernon chapter of Soroptimist International.
In 2001, Zelkowitz donated $50,000 to Kenyon College to establish the Zelkowitz Family Kenyon Hillel Endowment Fund to support Jewish studies and Jewish education at the college.
She married Charles Zelkowitz on February 13, 1933.
Helen Zelkowitz
Helen E. Weiner Zelkowitz (November 7, 1911 – December 16, 2006) was an American broadcaster, the co-founder of two radio stations, and a member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.
Zelkowitz was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio.
On May 26, 1951, Zelkowitz and her husband, Charles, began WMVO-FM, a radio station in Mount Vernon, Ohio. They complemented that station with the launching of WMVO (AM) in Mount Vernon two years later. In 1972, they expanded their media holdings with the creation of Mount Vernon Cablevision.
Zelkowitz was involved with the two stations in a variety of ways, from being president of the business to being sales manager, general manager, and community director. After the creation of Mount Vernon Cablevision, she served as chairperson of the board of the three operations' umbrella organization, Mount Vernon Broadcasting Company. On the air, she was host of the Coffee Cup program, described as "an intimate daily portrait of Knox County life", for 44 years. She was estimated to have broadcast 11,440 episodes of that program.
In 1977, Zelkowitz was appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Ohio State Newark Campus Citizens Advisory Council.
Zelkowitz and her family played a key role in creating the Food for the Hungry Drive in 1981. She also was charter president of the Mount Vernon chapter of Soroptimist International.
In 2001, Zelkowitz donated $50,000 to Kenyon College to establish the Zelkowitz Family Kenyon Hillel Endowment Fund to support Jewish studies and Jewish education at the college.
She married Charles Zelkowitz on February 13, 1933.