Bob Glaze

Best known in central Indiana as “Cowboy Bob,” Glaze first worked live radio musical shows on WBBM, Chicago, before joining WTTV(TV), Bloomington, in 1966. He began as s studio technician and director, then occasionally appeared with Jane Hodge on “Popeye & Janie.” By 1970 he had his own show, “Cowboy Bob & the Chuck-Wagon Theater,” with “Freckles,” Windjammer,” and “Tumbleweed,” among others. He was an after-school companion for a generation of Hoosiers. Following 23 years at WTTV Glaze had “Cowboy Bob’s Cable Stable” on American Cablevision.  He died September 16, 2016, at the age of 73.