page_title: Bob Steele (broadcaster)
section_title: Steele's Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Bob Steele (broadcaster) / Steele's Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque commemorating Hartford, Ct radio broadcaster Bob Steele, located at the corner of Prospect St and Bob Steele St.
context_page_description: Robert Lee Steele was an American radio personality. He was with WTIC Radio in Hartford, Connecticut for more than 66 years, and dominated the morning radio scene in Southern New England for most of that time. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1911.
context_section_description: Bob Steele has four sons, Robert, Paul, Philip, and Steven.  His oldest son, Robert H. Steele, represented Connecticut's 2nd congressional district in the early 1970s and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor in 1974.  
  In 1980, Steele published a book entitled "Bob Steele: A Man and His Humor." A second book celebrating his 50th anniversary on radio was published in 1986 and his last, "The Word for the Day," written with son Phil Steele, was published in 2002.
  The Bob Steele Reading Center at the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford facility on Arbor Street, dedicated in 1989, honors his years as an advocate of literacy. 
  On December 12, 2011, the Hartford city council voted unanimously to rename in Steele's honor a section of the city's Grove Street (between Prospect Street and Columbus Boulevard) in recognition of his iconic status and the 100th anniversary of his birth. Bob Steele Street was officially dedicated in a special ceremony on January 4, 2013. A bronze plaque honoring Steele's career was installed on the east side of the Travelers Insurance building at the intersection of Bob Steele and Prospect streets on May 19, 2015. The plaque, created by sculptor Michael Keropian , was unveiled in a ceremony on May 29, 2015.
caption: Plaque commemorating radio broadcaster Bob Steele, located at the corner of Prospect and Bob Steele streets in downtown Hartford.
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