Bobbie Wygant Wiki

Bobbie Wygant is an American journalist working as an NBC 5 Entertainment Reporter. She has spent 64 years of her career working with NBC 5. Bobbie was born in Lafayette, Indiana. She attended Purdue University situated in West Lafayette. Here, she graduated with a degree in broadcasting and psychology.

Bobbie Wygant Biography

Back in 2010, she received the Critic’s Critic Award from her peer group the National Broadcast Film Critics Association in Los Angeles. She also received an Emmy Award in Houston in 2004 making her the 17th American broadcaster to be elected into its prestigious Gold Circle for 50 years of broadcasting achievement.

Bobbie’s most challenging on-air experience was Nov. 22, 1963, when her 30-minute talk show was interrupted six or seven times with bulletins about the John F. Kennedy assassination. Following each announcement she was instructed to “pick up where you left off.” She did.

Bobbie Wygant NBC 5

Bobbie started her career in NBC 5 just two weeks before the station was named WBAP-TV. She used to do live game shows, commercials and produced and hosted a live talk show for 16 years during her early years.

Bobbie became the first woman in the Southwest to host a general interest talk show and the first broadcaster in the Southwest to present theater and movie reviews on television.

Bobbie Wygant Age

Bobbie was born in Lafayette, Indiana and she is 93 years old as of 2019.

Bobbie Wygant Husband

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