E.D.
"Bob" Merrill
(1929 - ) |
E.D. "Bob"began
his broadcast career in 1953 as a weekend disc jockey
in Yuba City, CA while stationed at Beal Air Force
Base. Following the service, he moved to Great Falls
where he workd in sales at KFBB-TV. In 1964 he was
named manager of KFBB radio and in 1966 became the
manager of KFBB-TV. In 1967 Bob was transferred
and named V.P. and General Manager of KTWO in Casper,
WY. At KTWO he created the first Wyoming Capitol
News Bureau and served as President of the Wyoming
Assoication of Broadcasters. Bob transferred back
to Montana in 1974 and served as the V.P. and General
Manager of KULR-TV for the next fourteen years.
In addition to serving as the President of the MBA,
Bob also served as the Finance Chairman of St. Vincent
Hospital, was a founding member of Forward Billings,
originated the Phone-A-Friend program for latch-key
kids in Billings, served on the Boards of Directors
of the Red Cross and United Way, and was a member
of Montana's trade mission to Japan and Taiwan.
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MBA
HALL OF FAME - E.D. "Bob" Merrill (1929 - )