Background
Bowers, Robert Bruce was born on March 18, 1948 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Lewis and Pansy Ruth Bowers.
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Robert Bruce Bowers
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Student, Gardner-Webb College, Boiling Springs, North Carolina, 1966-1968; degree in radio-television-motion pictures, U. North Carolina, 1971.
Career
Reporter, Station WAYS Radio, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1971-1974; director news, Station WCCB-television, Charlotte, 1974; reporter, Station WBTV, Charlotte, 1974-1979; assignment editor, Station WBTV, Charlotte, 1979-1980; R & D - newsroom computers, Jefferson Data Systems, Charlotte, 1980-1981; investigative reporter, Station WSOC-television, Charlotte, 1981-1989; president, Bowers Media Group, Inc. (independent film and video producers), Charlotte, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member Investigative Reporters and Editors (Bronze Medal 1983).
Connections
Married Jenny Franks, November 10,1973. Children: Rob, Bridgett, Jeffrey.
Awards
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Recipient Investigative Reporting award Radio and television News Dirs. of Carolinas, 1979, 84, 87, 90. Named Alumnus of Year Gardner-Webb College, 1986.Recipient Investigative Reporting award Radio and television News Dirs. of Carolinas, 1979, 84, 87, 90. Named Alumnus of Year Gardner-Webb College, 1986.