- Disc jockey on several California radio stations, 1943-1968.
- Children: daughters Rosemary and Victoria; son Myron.
- Heard on Los Angeles radio from 1943-1968.
- Legendary disc jockey regarded as the first in the Western United States to spin rhythm and blues records and among the first to broadcast rock and roll.
- Was widely regarded to be one of the first radio disc jockeys in the western United States to play rhythm and blues records and rock 'n' roll.
- Was known on the air as "Ol' H.H." and was heard from 1943-1968 on a number of popular radio shows, including "Harlem Holiday," "Harlematinee," "Huntin' With Hunter" and the gospel show "Songs of Soul and Spirit."
- For several years, Hancock's shows were rated No. 1 among black listeners in Southern California, and in 1950, the Los Angeles Sentinel rated Hancock the most popular DJ in Los Angeles among blacks. As a result, his concertgoers were often surprised to discover he was white.
- Hancock tried nearly two dozen careers, including salesman, bank clerk, chauffeur, drummer and singer, before landing in radio when KMAC-AM in San Antonio hired him to read commercials and news copy. He played jazz and R&B records on a Los Angeles radio show that had been created to attract black listeners, at a time when no other disc jockey was doing so. In 1956, he became one of the first disc jockeys to play rock 'n' roll.
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