February 14, 1921 – Hugh Downs is born in Akron and graduates from Lima’s Shawnee High School. His career in journalism began as an announcer with WLOK of Lima and culminates as host of ABC’s news show 20/20. His career includes NBC’s Today Show and the game show Concentration. In 1985 he was credited with having the most air-time on broadcast television with 15,188 hours – a title he lost to Regis Philbin in 2004.
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