Bill Bauman   Biography
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TRR    WLOF  WLOQ   WKIS   WESH-TV

Bill began his broadcast career at WVGT-AM 1580 in Mount Dora at the age of 18. Then on to WTRR-AM 1400 in Sanford. Then on to the "big city" - Orlando and the biggest "rocker" of them all WLOF-AM 950 in the news department, with other folks like; Steve Rutledge, Terry Lee,  Alan Moore,  Dave Elliott, Dan Tressler, Greg Gentlemen, Peggy Curry, David Waterman and Carl "Buzz" Hallberg. Bill would also do news at co-owned WLOQ-FM 103.1. Next stop, WKIS-AM 740. Bill worked here with good friend Wayne Trout, newsman Jim Philips, news director Richard King, Larry Shannon (Larry Roberts)Frank Reed, Bud Brewer, Alan Spector, Dan Tressler, Linda Coleman and Gene Burns. Then it was on to the TV news side. Bauman joined WESH-TV 2 as news director. Bill also served as WESH-TV President and General Manager and announced his retirement on December 18, 2007.


Bill Bauman at WKIS 
trying to phone in two news stories-1972 

Courtesy of Pete Simonson
 

 


Bill Bauman
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Russ Wheeler (as R.T. Rightwing) and Richard King chat with Gene Burns during Gene's 40th anniversary celebration on
KGO-AM 810 in San Francisco.  8-14-07

 


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