 Bill
was born on Aug. 24, 1948, in
Wilmington, Delaware. He grew up in suburban Philadelphia. The family
moved to Central Florida when he was 14 and he attended Winter Park High
School. He graduated with an associate's degree from Orlando
Junior College in 1969. Bill married Jean Bumgardner, on Jan. 14,
1989. Bill began his broadcast career at
WVGT-AM
1580 in Mount Dora at the age of 19.
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.
He covered
earthquake relief mission to Managua, Nicaragua, for WKIS in 1972.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.
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