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Bob Glaze's Hall of Fame Video Bio

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Date
2014
Main contributor
Glaze, Bob
Summary
Video bio of Bob Glaze, "Cowboy Bob," inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2014.

Narrator: Scott Wayman; 
Original Footage: WTTV-4; 
Produced by: DreamVision Media Partners;

Best known in central Indiana as “Cowboy Bob,” Glaze first worked live radio musical shows on WBBM-AM/FM in Chicago, before joining WTTV-TV in 1966 in Bloomington, Indiana. He began as a studio technician and director, then occasionally appeared with Jane Hodge on “Popeye & Janie.” By 1970 he had his own show, “Cowboy Bob & the Chuck-Wagon Theater,” with “Freckles,” “Windjammer” and “Tumbleweed,” among others. He was an after-school companion for a generation of Hoosiers. Following 23 years at WTTV-TV, Glaze had “Cowboy Bob’s Cable Stable” on American Cablevision.  He died Sept. 16, 2016, at the age of 73. 
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers 
Contributor
Wayman, Scott
Publishers
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers; WTTV-4; WBBM-AM/FM; WTTV-TV
Genre
News
Subject
Broadcasting--United States--History
Location
Indiana
Collection
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Collection
Unit
Indiana Broadcast History Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Permission to stream this video was provided by Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Related Item
Indiana Broadcast Pioneers 
Other Identifier
Other: IBHA.IBP.0062

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