The tragic death of 19-year-old Homewood resident Lester J. Wolf in 1926 has gone national as an episode of the radio show and podcast “Our American Stories,” hosted by Lee Habeeb.

At the time of his death, Wolf was an employee of the radio station WOK, an early station broadcasting out of Homewood. Bob Anderson, Wolf’s great-nephew and the president of the Homewood Historical Society, said Wolf was intensely passionate about the fledgling radio industry and its potential.

In addition to being a radio technician, Wolf was also a performer going by Ukulele Les.

“He was so fascinated by this new technology of radio broadcasting, and the electronic part of it, the electricity part of it, that he dropped out of high school in order to work at this radio station in Homewood,” Anderson said.

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