Richard Bouchard Biography
WDBO
Col.
Richard Bouchard-In
1976,
became the backup traffic pilot on WDBO-AM
580. He was hired full-time three years later and continued until 1993.
He was also a traffic reporter for WFTV
channel 9 for nine years.
died Friday December 26, 2003. He was 72. Colonel Bouchard
was called "one of the pioneers as an air-traffic reporter in the Central
Florida area," by Ben Aycrigg,
former news anchor of WDBO TV 6 (now WKMG). Richard
and his wife met through the radio station when she won breakfast in a contest.
He offered to let her fly with him, and she went. It was on a Valentine's Day.