Someone 2 Know: Bob Carroll

Accomplishing 60 years in one career is something that not a lot of people have done. The industry in this story: broadcasting. The person is Bob Carroll. 

"I started in 1956, and I've been doing it everyday since then," said Carroll. 

Bob is the host of 'Music of America' on 88.7 Reno Public Radio. At 18-years-old, Bob got started working for KSUE radio in Susanville. 

"First job," he said. "1956. Yup."

Four years later, he joined KOLO-TV in Reno. 

"In those days, if you wanted to do something, you just did it. You went on the air live."

He interviewed then Vice President Richard Nixon during the 1960 Winter Olympics

"And then again when he was running for president," Carroll remembers. "He came out to visit then Governor Paul Laxalt."

He interviewed some powerful celebrities too.

"Marilyn Monroe when she came to film The Misfits in 1960."

He was also there for the first live television remote. 

"This is the first remote telecast ever done in the state of Nevada," said Carroll. "It was the opening of the legislature in the early 1960's."

In 1967, Carroll switched stations to KTVN. He actually started the news department here at Channel 2. 

"When Channel 2 went on the air, back in '67, I was the original news director there, and put the news department together."

He has seen a lot over the last 60 years, and is proud he got to spend it here in Northern Nevada. He admits, the thought about moving up in markets did cross his mind.  

"'Do you want to be a little fish in a big pond or be a big fish in a little pond?' That was pretty good advice, I think."

Listeners, viewers, and even bosses alike are glad he listened to that advice. 

"The listeners enjoy the nostalgic music," said David Stipech, the General Manager of KUNR, Reno Public Radio. "People have grown up in this market, and he's still doing it 60 years later."

By the way, Bob has no intention of retiring anytime soon.